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15.05.20

VAT to be introduced for Facebook and Viber. Ukrainian advertisers will pay more for ads

Ukrainian lawmakers are drafting a bill introducing a VAT (i. e. a 20% tax) on all digital services provided to Ukrainians by foreign companies. This will affect paid services from Facebook, Viber, Netflix, Steam, etc. The bill will also influence

14.05.20

Ukrainian unicorn Grammarly invests in an American startup

Ukrainian unicorn Grammarly, which creates an AI-powered writing assistant, has invested in the American startup Docugami‘s seed funding round. This is Grammarly’s first investment in another company. Docugami is not disclosing its valuation. Startup Docugami was founded in 2018 by

14.05.20

UNIT Factory, a free school of programming, is being closed. About $5 million was invested in the project

The free programming school UNIT Factory, which existed at UNIT.City since 2016, will be closed. The news was reported to AIN.UA by the press service of the UFuture holding company. “About $5 million was invested in this project. All these

14.05.20

The Ministry of Digital Transformation presents Diia City, free economic zone for creative businesses. So far, it’s just a concept

The Ministry of Digital Transformation is working on the concept of a large-scale Diia City project, a virtual model of a free economic zone for representatives of the creative economy. It will allow Ukrainian and foreign tech companies to open

12.05.20

What places in Ukraine and Kyiv started working on May 11: full list

Since May 11, 2020, quarantine restrictions have been partially lifted in Ukraine: you can walk in parks, open non-food shops, and cafes. The Cabinet of Ministers has published amendments to Resolution No. 211, which regulate it. AIN.UA provides a full

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