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Fozzy Group, the owner of the Silpo supermarket chain, has purchased another Ukrainian store chain, Furshet, according to the Anti-Monopoly Committee (AMCU), which signed off on the deal. Furshet’s pa
Feb. 22, 2021
Amid tough times for the defense industry, Ukraine’s defense production giant UkrOboronProm secured a juicy contract to repair T-80UD main battle tanks for Pakistan. The $85.6 million deal with the So
Feb. 22, 2021
Eleven tech companies that work in Ukraine have made it onto the list of the best tech firms in the world — the 2020 Global Outsourcing 100. The list includes local information technology companies Ci
Feb. 22, 2021
Ukraine’s population in 2020 decreased by 314,100, amounting as of Jan. 1 to 41,588,000, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. Read more here.
Feb. 18, 2021
Ukraine has started negotiating a free trade agreement with Japan with the aim of abolishing most import duties to strengthen their economic ties. “The scale of the financial assistance provided by th
Feb. 18, 2021
Ukrainian Shelter.film is one of the production companies behind the new hit music video of British pop star Dua Lipa. The video for “We’re Good,” the first single released by the singer this year, wa
Feb. 17, 2021
As many as 134,767 ceasefire violation have been recorded in the war zone of Donbas throughout 2020, according to international observers on the ground. This, however, constitutes a drastic drop of 55
Feb. 15, 2021
A Ukrainian delegation to the United Arab Emirates, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky, signed memorandums and contracts worth $3 billion during a diplomatic visit on Feb. 14-15. The bilateral agreem
Feb. 15, 2021
Ukrainian tech companies are losing money because they lack tech specialists. Judging by how quickly they grow, tech firms need about 50,000 techies a year, while there are only a bit over 16,000 tech
Feb. 15, 2021
Since he took office in 2019, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has frequently been accused of being a puppet for his country’s deep-seated oligarchic interests—a comical populist unwilling or un
Feb. 13, 2021
The Kyiv District Administrative Court has overturned the Kyiv City Council’s decision to rename Moscow Avenue to Stepan Bandera Avenue in Kyiv. The decision is a legal victory for the nonprofit Publi
Feb. 11, 2021
On Feb. 10, a ceremony was held in Odesa to hand over 20 armored humvees and 84 inflatable boats of various types from the United States to the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the U.S. Emb
Feb. 10, 2021
A Ukrainian immigrant to America has received $120,000 from a panel of U.S. investors on the television show “Shark Tank,” where entrepreneurs pitch ideas to get funding. In the episode, aired on Jan.
Feb. 10, 2021
Latvia’s National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) has banned 16 Russian TV channels, including ones that spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda. All are either rebroadcast Russian channels or regional
Feb. 9, 2021
Two years after Twitter gave a blue verification check mark to the account of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Kremlin-occupied Crimea, Ukrainians launched a flash mob on the platform
Feb. 8, 2021
Ukrainian literature has struggled through centuries, oppressed and censored by autocratic regimes. The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union banned the Ukrainian language, seized books, eliminated cult
Feb. 4, 2021