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When it was introduced in January 2020 at President Volodymyr Zelensky’s initiative, the 5–7–9% loan program was heralded as a way of making entrepreneurship accessible to ordinary Ukrainians. The pre
Nov. 7, 2021
A firm owned by a suspect in Ukraine’s biggest defense corruption case will supply ammunition for grenade launchers to state-owned defense company Ukroboronprom. The firm, called Vektor V, is owned by
Nov. 6, 2021
Digital banks entered Ukraine’s financial market in 2017, shaking up the domestic banking sector. Known as neobanks, these online banks are fast, simple to use, charge low commission and serve custome
Nov. 6, 2021
In a new commercial for the home video game console PlayStation, Japanese technology company Sony brings its fictional characters to the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv. The 30-second advertisement clip was f
Nov. 6, 2021
As the world’s economies are becoming tech-powered, banks realize that the future of money will be increasingly digital. To crack into this field, governments worldwide are mulling the launch of digit
Nov. 6, 2021
Russia’s state railway company has blocked the passage of freight trains carrying coal from Kazakhstan to Ukraine, lawmaker Andriy Gerus said on Nov. 4 in a Telegram post. “All deliveries in November
Nov. 5, 2021
Altogether Ukraine’s 100 richest billionaires and millionaires are worth $47.4 billion, up from $34.4 billion last year, NV magazine reported on Nov. 4. This year’s figure is the highest since 2014 wh
Nov. 5, 2021
Under President Volodymyr Zelensky, the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has become the most talked-about institution in the country. Since early February, the body has imposed harsh sanc
Nov. 5, 2021
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has finally disclosed the names of the Crimea-based hackers who have been attacking Ukraine on Russia’s orders for more than seven years. The hacker group Armagedon, a
Nov. 5, 2021
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s loyalist, Yulia Svyrydenko, was the last of four ministers appointed by parliament on Nov. 4. Svyrydenko, the ex-deputy head of the President’s Office, became the 51st m
Nov. 5, 2021
Stunning drone photographs show a multi-coloured town in Ukraine that has been likened to a real-life LEGO city. Read more here.
Nov. 5, 2021
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk has signed the law on deoligarchization (No. 5599) adopted by the parliament, the corresponding mark appeared on the page of the bill on the parliament
Nov. 5, 2021
Simply faking a COVID-19 vaccination certificate is nothing new in Ukraine. But fraudsters are now going as far as to produce whole fake applications that resemble the state Diia app, a platform for d
Nov. 5, 2021
The poor South is being exploited so that the rich North can transition to environmental sustainability. Entire swaths of land are being destroyed to secure the resources needed to produce wind turbin
Nov. 4, 2021
The Verkhovna Rada has dismissed Oleksiy Reznikov as Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and minister for the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Read more here.
Nov. 3, 2021
Only 28.2% of Ukrainians approve of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s performance, according to a new study published on Nov. 2 by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. About one third of respon
Nov. 2, 2021