Technology
Ukraine’s Supreme Economic Court has suspended the renationalization of monopoly fixed-phone operator Ukrtelecom, and it is unknown when the case will be reviewed again, news agency Interfax-Ukraine r
Jun. 6, 2018
Eighteen information technology companies operating in Ukraine have made it onto the list of the best tech firms in the world – the 2018 Global Outsourcing 100. Twelve Ukrainian-founded software devel
Feb. 22, 2018
A member of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences has received a prestigious, $100,000 mathematics award from an Israeli foundation this week. Ukrainian-American Vladimir Drinfeld, 64, and his academ
Feb. 18, 2018
Kyiv Economic Court has ruled that Ukraine’s monopoly fixed-phone operator Ukrtelecom is to be returned to state ownership because its investor failed to meet privatization commitments. On Oct. 19, th
Oct. 20, 2017
Ukrainian startup Ugears is working out a deal with the Walt Disney Company to sell its mechanical wooden models in Disneyland parks and Disney stores worldwide. The two companies have been trying to
Aug. 12, 2017
Ukraine’s National Police have arrested several suspects who were illegally producing bitcoins at a recreation center of a Ukrainian state institute, according to newly released court documents. Polic
Aug. 10, 2017
Ukraine is soon to have 150 new ATMs for both buying and selling cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, with around 30 of the machines in place by the end of August, according to the head of t
Aug. 8, 2017
Newly founded Ukrainian tech company Nimses wants to turn all the time that people waste online into pure profit. The plan? A smartphone social media application that creates one unit of a privately d
Jul. 21, 2017
The Pechersk Kyiv Court has arrested Rinat Akhmetov’s shares in monopoly fixed-phone operator Ukrtelecom and its subsidiary TriMob, “protecting the interests of the state and seeking to refund the los
Apr. 14, 2017
A Ukrainian startup may have created the successor to the hugely popular Lego and Meccano toys. The startup has come up with an ingenious toy made of small plastic cubes with built-in magnets that all
Apr. 6, 2017
London-based TransferWise has integrated a money transfer bot into the Facebook Messenger app. It’s now possible to send money to and from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe, including U
Feb. 23, 2017
Thirteen Ukrainian information technology companies have won places on the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) annual list of top tech firms, The Global Outsourcing 100. The
Feb. 21, 2017
Lviv IT company SoftServe is to acquire Polish technology company Coders Center, based in Wroclaw, the Ukrainian company said on Jan. 19. With this acquisition, the first international deal at such a
Jan. 24, 2017
U.S. business magazine Forbes has placed Ukrainian Dmitriy Zaporozhets on its list of the 30 most successful people in the world under 30-years-of-age in the Enterprise Technology sector. Forbes’ 30-u
Jan. 10, 2017
The internet in the least-populous member of the European Union, Estonia, has one of the highest penetration rates in the world. Moreover, Estonians make much broader use of it than in other countries
Oct. 28, 2016
It’s a school with no teachers, no books and no admission fees. It’s a school that works around the clock. It’s a school that isn’t even a school, strictly speaking.
May. 19, 2016