Uber launches service in Kyiv, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to UNIAN. “If taxi drivers want to work with the company directly, they must register as individual entrepreneurs. As an alternative, the drivers can work through an intermediary who will charge ...
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Ukraine’s Chief Sanitary Doctor arrested for bribery, plundering budget
Chief Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Sviatoslav Protas and head of the Sanitary Service Department Oleksandr Chepurniy, while another 19 regional chief sanitary doctors are being interrogated, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on Facebook, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to UNIAN. ...
Read More »National Aviation University of Ukraine launches Aerospace Technologies and Systems summer school
On June 29, the NAU launched the Aerospace Technologies and Systems summer school, as Vice-Rector Volodymyr Shulga wrote on Facebook. The school was founded and conducted by the NAU Institute of Air Navigation and has 10 years of tradition, Joinfo.ua ...
Read More »NASA’s Space Launch System booster passes major milestone on Journey to Mars
On June 28, the booster passed the last full-scale test before SLS’s first uncrewed test flight with NASA’s Orion spacecraft in late 2018, a key milestone on the agency’s Journey to Mars, NASA reports. “This final qualification test of the ...
Read More »Toyota recalls 1.4 million cars over faulty airbags
The cars affected are Prius and Lexus models from 2008 to 2012. The recall includes some 495,000 cars sold in North America, 743,000 in Japan as well as vehicles in Europe, China and other regions, BBC reports. Toyota and other ...
Read More »CNN: Poll shows Clinton with battleground leads
According to CNN, Ballotpedia’s battleground poll shows that Clinton leads Trump: 51% to 37% in Florida 45% to 41% in Iowa 50% to 33% in Michigan 48% to 38% in North Carolina 46% to 37% in Ohio 49% to 35% ...
Read More »Amazing: Ukrainian woman gives birth to quintuplets
A 37-year-old Odesa resident turned from a mum-of-one to a mum-of-six in just a few minutes after she gave birth to quintuplets, three boys and two girls, UA Today reports. Assisted by eight doctors and nurses Oksana Kobeletska delivered the ...
Read More »Brexit: EU leaders meet without UK
The 27 other member states will discuss plans for the UK’s EU exit, with the UK absent from negotiations for the first time in 40 years, BBC reports. On Tuesday, UK PM David Cameron said continued trade and security co-operation ...
Read More »Ukrainian inventor builds unique DIY electric car – video
Andriy Lutsenko, an inventor from the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih created a unique two-wheeled electric car named “Bumblebee”, Joinfo.ua reports. According to Andriy, the idea to create the Bumblebee popped into his head while he was watching the wheelchair ...
Read More »Representatives of the Commercial Section of the Embassy of Canada to Ukraine meet with UkraineIs leaders
UkraineIs NGO presented its activities to extend co-operation between Ukrainian and Canadian universities and colleges including current negotiations based on the proposals from both countries. Innovative ways to promote education in Canada involve the use of marketing methods from other industries, e.g. ...
Read More »EgyptAir flight 804: black boxes could yet provide data
The French aircraft investigation bureau was able to fix the electronic board of the data recorder, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry announced on Monday. Final repairs on the cockpit voice recorder are expected to wrap up as early as Tuesday, the ...
Read More »Ukraine, Poland to enhance cooperation in Higher Education, Research – Education Ministry
Ukraine and Poland will develop an agreement on deepening cooperation in the fields of academic integrity and inter-university mobility, as agreed during the meeting between Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Lilia Hrynevych and Vice Prime Minister, Minister of ...
Read More »Dystopian Ukraine novel, written on Facebook during protests, gets English translation
Kaharlyk by Oleh Shynkarenko, a novel that began as Facebook posts to evade censors, tells story of man whose brain is controlled by Russian army, the Guardian reports. The journalist and author began writing his vision of an alternate reality ...
Read More »EU eases visa rules for researchers and students
The European Parliament has passed a new visa directive on European Union entry and residence that makes it easier and more attractive for people from third countries to study or do research at EU universities, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to ...
Read More »Independent Rotary District Starts in Ukraine
Up until now, Ukraine was part of Rotary District 2230 (Poland-Ukraine-Belarus). From now on, Ukraine hosts a new District 2232 that also includes Belarus. Hennadii Kroichyk will be the Governor of the new District in 2016-2017. More than 200 new members joined the ...
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