Olha Karpenko

GTA-themed supermarket opens in Lviv (still unclear if developer permitted it or not)

On October 31, 2020, the supermarket chain Silpo (part of Fozzy Group) opened a store in the style of the famous computer game GTA in Lviv, in the Ocean shopping mall, which stands in Volodymyra Velykoho str. The design incorporates

Ukraine further simplifies rules for workers from Belarus (and 4 other countries)

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has further simplified the procedure for professionals moving to Ukraine to work from Belarus and a number of other countries. This is outlined in the ministerial order No. 933 dated October 9, 2020. As

SalesForce closes acquisition of Mobify: this is how Digital Future completes its exit from Ukrainian Jeapie

In early October 2020, Salesforce officially completed the acquisition of the Canadian Mobify. In 2016, the Canadian company acquired the Ukrainian startup Jeapie, which was previously invested by Digital Future, as reported to AIN.UA by the press service of Digital

Wargaming, a game development company, relocates about 300 employees from Minsk to Kyiv

As AIN.UA learned from several sources, Wargaming, a developer of the popular game World of Tanks, has moved about 200-300 employees to the Kyiv office. Officially, the company neither confirmed nor refuted this information. It is not yet known whether these employees

Ukrainian outsourcing provider, Archer Software, announces its acquisition by US-based companies

A Ukrainian tech company, Archer Software, with offices in Dnipro, Kyiv, and New York, has announced a deal with American company Cprime. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but experts estimated that 100% of the company could be

Tax on Facebook: a bill on 20% VAT on online services of foreign companies introduced in the Verkhovna Rada

On October 2, 2020, a bill No. 4184 regarding imposing VAT (20% tax) on digital services delivered by foreign companies was introduced in the Verkhovna Rada. It will affect most of the foreign services used by Ukrainians, such as Facebook,

Xbox services officially launch in Ukraine

Microsoft has signed a memorandum with the government of Ukraine on the development of the Ukrainian IT industry. One of its points: the official launch of the game console Xbox and its services. Now players from Ukraine can buy a

Microsoft to invest $500M in the Ukrainian market and to build two data centers in Ukraine

On October 2, Microsoft signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Ukrainian government, represented by the Ministry of Digital Transformation. Under its terms, the company will invest about $500 million in the development of cloud services in the Ukrainian market

Ukraine simplifies immigration requirements for IT professionals

In July 2020, quotas for foreign IT professionals were introduced in Ukraine. They allow Ukrainian companies to register such employees (including individual entrepreneurs) under a simplified procedure. On September 21, the Ministry of Economy published amendments that slightly simplifies this