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Education ministry teams up with Google to launch platform for Ukrainian inventors

The Institute of Education Content Modernization, a branch of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, has joined forces with Google Ukraine to develop an online platform dedicated to Ukrainian inventors. Christened “Ideas that change the world,” the platform was presented earlier this month at Google Day Ukraine 2015. Allowing anyone to suggest a bright idea and find …

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Ukrainian government launches web portal to track use of public funds

Earlier this month the Ministry of Finances of Ukraine launched eData,  a portal to track the use of public funds and “defeat corruption.” “We are introducing a revolutionary IT platform that will ensure more transparent use of public funds. After completion of the project, all citizens of Ukraine will be able to check the use of …

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Saakashvili for prime minister, weapons for citizens – and no tax for IT companies, demand Ukrainian online petitioners

Following a law which came into force on last month, Ukrainians have been active in their use of their right to initiate and sign online petitions. The law obliges the presidential administration to consider any demand supported by at least 25,000 citizens within 90 days after petition launch. Thus it has taken merely one week …

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Central bank widens road for cross-border payments and commerce

The legal firewall blocking access for Ukrainians to international banking and online payment systems is set to come tumbling down as the National Bank of Ukraine removed a number of barriers in cross-border payments and commerce. E-payment systems like PayPal can now fully operate in Ukraine. Previously, Ukrainians could purchase goods abroad using PayPal, but it …

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​Ukrainian e-government initiatives progressing despite challenges

Ukraine is embracing e-government and is placing the services of more than 60 ministries and agencies on one portal: iGov.org.ua. The volunteer-run website went online in mid-June with 22 state functions currently available. 45 services are to be available “very soon,” while 484 are in the pipeline as of July 2. They are divided into services …

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Ukraine calls PayPal to make service fully available in the country

Following a Facebook campaign and intense lobbying from IT activists, the Ukrainian government is putting public pressure on PayPal to make its payment services fully available to Ukrainian residents. Today PayPal offers a limited set of features in the country: Ukrainians may open a PayPal account and use it to send payments — but not …

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How Microsoft is helping Ukrainian government and academia with IT amid political and business instability

In October 2014 Nadiya Vasylieva was appointed the new head of Microsoft’s Ukrainian division, while Dmitry Shimkiv, who had served as Microsoft’s Ukraine chief since 2009, joined the presidential administration to carry out reforms. In an interview with The Kiyv Post and Ukraine Digital News, Ms. Vasylieva commented on the group’s situation in Ukraine, its cooperation …

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Ukraine’s security service takes down 30,000 websites to fight “pro-Russian propaganda”

Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) was initially aiming to shut down five websites that had been allegedly spreading pro-Russian views about the conflict in Ukraine. Instead, they ended up crushing thousands of other websites, halting business and other activities of the Ukrainian segment of the Internet. In an attempt to block five allegedly anti-Ukrainian websites, …

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US sanctions block Crimeans from World of Warcraft, Diablo III

Crimean gamers were locked out of playing popular online multiplayer games World of Warcraft and Diablo III last week, as the game publisher was forced to suspend the accounts in compliance with Western sanctions. Major US Internet and tech companies such as Apple, Google and PayPal have suspended services to Crimean users over the last year. The United States in December barred US-registered companies from investing in Crimea or providing …

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IT industry needs less rules, more red tape cut

There are still 50,000 software engineers in more than 500 outsourcing companies, more than 100 global research and development centers and e-commerce companies in the country, with a combined value of $5 billion . “During 2014, IT companies, especially in eastern Ukraine, were preoccupied with securing continuity of their business and organizing events demonstrating their …

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Ukrainian government starts to push for greater transparency in online public information

One of the reasons why corruption flourishes in Ukraine is the lack of public information available freely online. But the parliament is taking the first steps to transparency in this area. On March 5, Ukrainian Parliament gave preliminary approval (with 243 votes) to a law that would make more public information available online and free …

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