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  Ukrainian startup has invented a smart food container which can heat food, boil water, make smoothies and even keep ice cream cold on the go. The developer’s idea was to create a gadget that helps avoid public microwaves and refrigerators “that tend to be old and dirty.” The Neoven allows users to prepare food […]

  Tech giant Google launched its second office in Kyiv in January 2020. Till now Google had only been working on promoting its services in Ukraine and had no tech development responsibilities. Now Ukraine’s R&D has become the third such center in Eastern Europe, alongside ones in Poland and Hungary. Google opened its first Kyiv […]

Ukraine launches $18 million fund to invest in local startups Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers announced that The Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF) has begun accepting grant applications from local tech startups. The state-owned fund will provide selected startups with grants ranging from $25,000 to $75,000 to boost development. The fund’s total budget is $18 million. Every […]

  The second international technological conference Ukrainian Israeli Innovation Summit 2019 took place in Kyiv on 30 October. It was attended by the Israeli leading tech companies with the total capital exceeding $35 billion. The event was held within the framework of the first Israeli Innovation Week in Ukraine and attended by more than 600 […]

  Ukrainian universities are slowly but steadily recovering their positions and gaining in popularity with foreign students. By 2018, international students and their parents appeared to have somewhat recovered trust in Ukraine and its universities. More than 75,500 studied here in 2018 and the number seems to be trending upwards. The top countries sending students […]

  Today, August 24, Ukraine is celebrating 28 years of its independence. Official celebrations took place in the centre in Kyiv on the Alley of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes. The celebrations are held with the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. August 24 is the main national holiday for millions of Ukrainians, the nation that […]

  The religious event was to mark 1,031 years of the Christianization of Kyivan Rus-Ukraine in the city of Kyiv on July 28. It was conducted by Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epifaniy (Epiphanius). In addition to the Ukrainian clergy, the event was also attended by Ecumenical […]

  Ukraine’s national youth soccer team defeated South Korea, 3–1, in the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup finals on June 15 in Poland. It is the first-ever gold in this tournament for Ukraine. Ukraine has been steady from the start to finish on their path to historic gold. Prior to winning the tournament in 2019, […]

  The low-cost airline Ryanair will increase the frequency of its flights on four routes from Ukraine in the coming winter season. Starting October 27 the number of Kyiv-Bratislava flights will increase up to three a week. The flights will be performed on Mondays, Thursdays, and Sundays. In addition, starting from October 28, the Kyiv-Krakow […]

  The first round of the presidential elections has been held in Ukraine on March 31, 2019. According to Ukraine’s Central Election Commission (CEC) with 99.5% of voting protocols processed the results are as follows: Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy won the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election with about 30% of votes. Incumbent President Petro […]