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Ukrainian Na’Vi wins the CS:GO championship with a reward of $250,000

The team of the Ukrainian e-sports club Natus Vincere has won the major Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) championship, IEM Katowice. The team won the prize of $250,000, as informed on the official website of the club. Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev from

Cabinet of Ministers: IT companies can hire 5,000 foreigners under simplified rules

On February 26, 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers issued a decree introducing a quota for the immigration of 5,000 foreign specialists. They will be able to get a job in Ukrainian IT companies, as the Ministry of Digital Transformation reports.

Ukrainian biodegradable bags for garbage and shopping available for purchase now

Ukrainian company Novis, a manufacturer of packaging products, has developed biodegradable bags made of potato and corn starch with plant biopolymers. Such bags decompose completely in home conditions within 30 to 90 days, as reported by ITC. According to the

A host from Airbnb finds fault with the guest because of “hatred of Russian.” The guest appeals against the review and … gets banned

In early January, a Ukrainian entrepreneur Mykyta Semenov rented an apartment in Thailand using the Airbnb service. After the trip, he received a sharply negative review from the host, allegedly for violations in the use of the accommodation. In a

Ukrainian student buys the rights to a film adaptation of Stephen King story for $1

A 19-year-old Ukrainian student Valentyn Lavreniuk has signed a contract with Stephen King, having purchased the screen rights for the adaptation of his story. Valentyn did it under the Dollar Babies program, as reported by Yabl. Under the terms of

21 companies from Ukraine among the world’s top 100 outsourcing service providers

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) has published the 2020 Global Outsourcing 100, a list of the world’s best outsourcing service providers. In 2020, the top 100 includes 13 Ukrainian companies and 8 companies with offices in Ukraine. The

Export of Ukrainian IT services in 2019: State Statistics Service data

The State Statistics Service of Ukraine presented the report on foreign trade in services for 2019. According to the data, Ukraine exported $2.43B worth of IТ services abroad, hromadske informs. The report dated by February 14, 2020, shows that the

Ukraine ranks among top 20 countries for spam botnet victims – IBM research

IBM has published the annual IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2020 report. According to the report, Ukraine was ranked among the top 20 countries for spam botnet victims. Ukraine in the ranking Ukraine ranked 12th among the top 20 countries

Top 50 IT companies of Ukraine: EPAM exceeds the mark of 8,000 specialists

Portal DOU has published another ranking of the largest IT companies in Ukraine. According to the data, in 2019, the total number of employees of all companies from the ranking increased from 58,000 to 67,000 people. EPAM Ukraine, the leader of the

Mexican police plan to test Ukrainian-made electric bikes Delfast

Delfast, a startup of Danylo Tonkopiia, signed a contract with the police department in Mexicali. According to its terms, the company has to supply electric bikes with special modifications for testing. Police officers will use them to patrol the downtown