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Ukraine cancels mandatory self-isolation for arrivals: how this works

Several days ago, the Ministry of Healthcare (MoH) announced that for people visiting or returning to Ukraine from abroad, it is not necessary to self-isolate. But only if they take a test for coronavirus, and it turns up negative. AIN.UA’s

Payoneer blocks funds to thousands of Eastern European freelancers amid Wirecard fraud. How and when they can access the funds

Payoneer card users have begun complaining en masse about losing access to their funds; they are unable to withdraw their money. The problem at Payoneer is due to the issues with the company Wirecard: about a week ago, it was

Ukrainian startup nect WORLD raises $262k, which is 875% of the initial goal

Ukrainian company nect WORLD Inc. has launched a campaign on the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform and raised $262,676, which is 875% of its initial funding goal of $30,000. About the product The Kyiv-based startup develops 4G nect MODEM, which equips a

Ukrainian creative director’s visuals based on Chornobyl archives get 3 million views on YouTube

Ukrainian creative director Andriy Pryymachenko, specializing in motion design, has launched a video project called Chornobyl Files. He finds paper documents in the archives and makes visuals out of them (occasionally doing the voice-over as well). As of today, Pryymachenko

New gambling bill: online casino licenses to become several times cheaper

In January 2020, in the first reading, the Parliament adopted a bill legalizing gambling. Casinos will be allowed to work legally after obtaining a license from the state. A couple of days ago, the amended bill was submitted to the Parliament for the second

UIA stops the sale of tickets until August 1

Despite the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers to resume international regular passenger air service from June 15, 2020, the UIA will not start selling tickets on most routes until August 1. That was reported by Eugene Dykhne, President of

2.5 hectares innovation park ITown with a residential area is being built in Odesa

The construction of the innovative technological park ITown has started in Odesa. The total area of the facility will occupy 2.5 hectares. Investors are planning to invest $100 million in the construction of ITown. They hope that ITown will become

The list of the world’s top universities includes six Ukrainian ones

British consulting company Quacquarelli Symonds has published its annual ranking of the world’s top universities QS World University Rankings 2021. It presents 1,000 universities, 47 of which are new in the ranking. There are six Ukrainian ones. Ranking method QS