During his school years, inventor Valentyn Frechka was a member of Ukraine’s Minor Academy of Sciences — a state institution for supporting gifted and talented students. Then, as a rural school student in the village of...
The first part about his attitude to Ukrainian culture, the Swedish approach to work as a Chair of the OSCE, and things that made him revise his understanding of the conflict in the East of Ukraine can be read here: This really is armed...
With the Covid-19 global pandemic still raging, there is a new interest in contactless biometrics to authenticate consumers in retail, banking, travel, and transportation and make easy touchless payments. “The first concept was to...
As technological change sweeps the world, nations with developing economies, such as Ukraine, are seeking to advance. To become engines of innovation, investment, and wealth creation—and not simply make do with lower-end economic...
FoodBIOPack Dmytro Bidiuk, a scientist from Sumy, created edible packages. They already decay in a month and taste like ordinary noodles. Packages can be used as ordinary ones and also specifically for food. The project is the winner of...
The total amount of investments in Ukrainian IT startups in 2017 increased to $265 million, representing a 231% increase from 2016. The data are published in the report “The Dealbook of Ukraine” by the venture fund AVentures...
Without cost 10 participants in the Ukrainian pavilion were selected via the Ukrainian Venture Capital Association with the help of the American investment fund Western NIS Enterprise. The organizers covered the expenses of the startups...
These Ukrainian companies have become internationally acclaimed, their products and services are being purchased abroad, and crowdfunding campaigns have attracted backers from all over the world. Some of them have won in contests and...
“Bringing and place this house doesn’t impact the surrounding landscape. It doesn’t impact the flora and fauna around. This seems like an interesting concept to me, when a house blends into wild nature and completely...
Ukraine is now part of the international initiative Technovation, a contest in IT entrepreneurship for girls. Schoolgirls aged 10 to 18 can now enroll in a 12-week online program to learn how to develop mobile apps and have a chance to win...
In October 2022, a few weeks before the Ukrainian Army liberated Kherson, Russian soldiers parked several school buses next to the Regional Art Museum named after Oleksii Shovkunenko. Over four days, the invaders loaded their vehicles with...
