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Ukraine ranks 65th in the Paying Taxes 2020 ranking

Ukraine ranked 65th in the annual research Paying Taxes 2020. During the year, the country dropped by 11 positions. The ranking is compiled by PwC in cooperation with the World Bank Group. It evaluates the ease of paying taxes across

American senators write to Bezos asking him to clarify data security practices of Ring in Ukraine

On November 20, five US Democratic senators sent a letter to Amazon CEO inquiring about operation of Ring. Amazon acquired it for $1 billion in February 2018. Ring has a large R&D office in Ukraine. AIN.UA publishes a brief retelling

The most expensive Ukrainian brands: Grammarly and Petcube are included in the rating

NV magazine together with MPP Consulting released an updated rating of hundreds of the most expensive Ukrainian brands. The list was published by NV Business Magazine. The rating takes into account not the capitalization of the company, but the value

Ecological eyewear made of coffee from Ukrainian startup Ochis Coffee raises $10k on Kickstarter in one day

The Ukrainian startup Ochis Coffee, which produces ecological eyewear made of coffee grounds, has raised the necessary $10,000 on Kickstarter. It took a little more than a day. The crowdfunding campaign is ongoing. About the product Ochis Coffee is a

Officially: Azerbaijani company Bakcell acquires Vodafone Ukraine for $734 million

On November 25, MTS, a Russian telecom company, officially announced the sale of its 100% stake in Vodafone Ukraine to Bakcell. The deal is structured as follows: MTS signed an agreement on the sale of telecom business with Telco Solutions

Fired employee of PassivDom sued the company and lost. The case involves AVentures fund previously accused of share extortion

On October 10, 2019, the Dniprovskyi Court of Kyiv City ruled in favor of Maksym Herbut’s PassivDom accused of illegal dismissal of an employee. The company produces “autonomous homes” based on resource-saving and resource-generating technologies. The names of the persons

Ukrainian Metro Exodus is among the nominees for the best action game of The Game Awards

The organizers of The Game Awards announced nominees of this year. Based upon the number of nominations, the overwhelming favorite is Death Stranding, the new game by Hideo Kojima. And there is also the new game of Metro series developed by the Ukrainian studio 4A Games among

Bolt launches test drive of electric scooters in Kyiv. Details in the article

Bolt electric scooters to appear in Kyiv: Bolt (former Taxify) transport service kicks off rental service in test mode from November 21. This is the first such service in Ukraine. Representatives of the company told this to AIN.UA. At First

Ukrainian email client Spark gets a big update. A sneak peek review

Spark email client for iOS developed by Ukrainian company Readdle executed the largest redesign so far. Now the application has avatars, the ability to customize actions when viewing messages, multi-window support in iPadOS, and dark mode (including for Android versions

Sony acquires GSN with an office in Kyiv in a deal worth $380M

Sony, which owns a 58% stake of Game Show Network, bought the remaining 42% from AT&T for $380 million, as reported by WSJ. The deal makes Sony the sole owner of GSN. Reason for the deal In 2016, AT&T announced the acquisition