Section: Global Ukraine (Ukraine)
Ukraine saves Musk’s Martian dream
SpaceX, a private company has successfully launched a new heavy rocket at a fraction of a cost of other similar systems. Falcon Heavy is the world’s most powerful rocket in operation. Its successful launch is an important step towards the goal of sending humans to Mars. Sending large payloads to Mars has been an unresolved […] …read...
MWC 2018: King of Spain, smartphones, autonomous cars and spacecraft
Written by: Sergiy Vakarin, UkraineIS Chairman Photos: Vitaly Mamchyn Last week I was a participant and meetup organizer at the Mobile World Congress, the largest mobile industry gathering and its sister event Four Years From Now – one of the largest startup shows in the world. The event featured showcases and discussions of telecom trends, […]...
Ukraine: 11 best places to visit
Source: CNN Written by: Pavlo Fedykovych It’s one of the biggest countries in Europe, but even when it isn’t hosting the annual song spectacle that is the Eurovision Song Contest, Ukraine struggles to attract visitors. Recent political, territorial and economic difficulties have done little to burnish the image of a former Soviet...
12 Traditional Ukrainian Dishes You Must Try
Source: The Culture Trip The peculiar features of traditional Ukrainian food have been forming over centuries. The neighboring countries, climate conditions, rich soil and hard-working locals have influenced the complexity of the dishes. Ukrainian dishes are generously flavored (with garlic often the main seasoning) and, despite the contradictory...
Open Ukraine! (Video)
Source: Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Ukraine is the largest country in Europe. We have a unique mixture of attractions – the seaside, mountains, kilometers of rivers and lakes, marvelous cities and authentic countryside. Ukraine is beautiful and safe to visit. Every year we host thousands of festivals, sporting events,...
Ukraine Tech Goes Global
Source: Emerging Europe Written by Mike Buryk According to IT Ukraine, a trade association for 58 IT-companies in the country, the sector was the third most important in 2017, with national export volumes worth 3.2 billion US dollars. About 100 R&D centers of major global companies are located in Ukraine. There are 13 Ukrainian companies […]...
Georgia’s sentence against Saakashvili: restoration of justice or political persecution?
Written by: Givi Gigitashvili Source: Euromaidan Press As Ukraine mulls deporting ex-Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who was stripped of Ukrainian citizenship, to Georgia on the request of the Georgian court, despite earlier having, like most European countries, qualified his trial in Georgia as politically motivated, let’s revisit...
CERN quantum computing experiments and Ukrainian scientific co-authoring project to boost R&D effectiveness
Last week a delegation of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) visited Kyiv. The former CERN Director Rolf-Dieter Heuer, the one who announced the winning discovery of the Higgs boson (the authors received a Nobel prize later), opened the CERN in Images exhibition in Ukraine. UkraineIS has obtained the high-resolution copies of...
Several space events in Kyiv confirmed Ukraine’s status as a hi-tech nation
This fall we celebrated two prominent space anniversaries: the 60th anniversary of the launch of the first satellite (October 4) and the 20th anniversary of the flight of the first astronaut of independent Ukraine (November 19). Several events were conducted around these dates, including the International Space and Future Forum, the world’s...
Swiss Payment Forum: revolution in banking and opportunities for Ukraine
Last week the Swiss Payment Forum 2017 discussed new economy, banking innovations, mobile payment, сryptocurrencies and cybersecurity. The Forum opens many opportunities for Ukraine with its highly developed IT sector. Since the 2008 crisis, the finance industry has been looking for ways to be more effective, innovative and sustainable. Swiss...
