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While many countries are trying to ban cryptocurrencies due to economic concerns, Ukraine has taken a positive step towards legalizing cryptocurrencies. According to the Deputy Minister of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, a new crypto-related bill will soon make it “quite legal to pay with cryptocurrencies.” However, despite the draft…

Russia and Belarus will hold large-scale crossborder military drills next month, Belarus' defence ministry said on Thursday, which Ukraine has described as a threat to its own security and that of NATO. The "West-2021" drills will involve thousands of servicemen, including those from Moscow-led defence bloc member Kazakhstan, as well…

by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 August 2021 / 3,491 Views 2.7 million video game consoles were sold in EMEAA in the first half of 2021, according to the latest data from GSD and reported by GamesIndustry. Specific countries covered for hardware sales are France, Benelux, Switzerland, Spain, Italy,…

/ Europe Issued on: 03/08/2021 - 11:35 Vitaly Shishov, who ran a group in Ukraine helping Belarusians fleeing persecution, was found hanged in one of the city's parks not far from his home, police said Tuesday, August 3, 2021. © Human Rights Center Viasna via AP A Belarusian activist living…

Former Chelsea player Andriy Shevchenko has left his role as head coach of Ukraine. The retired striker, who was appointed head coach in 2016, led Ukraine to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020, where they were beaten 4-0 by England in Rome. Shevchenko announced his departure in a post on Instagram.…

Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat, 24, made history on Sunday when he clinched a gold medal in the floor exercise in men’s artistic gymnastics. The delayed Tokyo 2020 Games marked the Olympic debut for the modest, unassuming athlete — who has lived half his life in the Jewish state. But ever since…

Former Milan star Andriy Shevchenko has left the position as CT of Ukraine. ‘I’m grateful’. The former striker spent the last five years as the Ukraine CT but announced that his stint as the coach of the national team ends today. Shevchenko, who spent a total of eight years with…

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian law enforcement agencies traded barbs on Saturday after a judge who disappeared in mysterious circumstances while facing a corruption investigation resurfaced and contacted the authorities from a village. Judge Mykola Chaus left Ukraine for neighbouring Moldova in 2016 while facing bribery charges which his wife, Svitlana,…

KYIV—In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, famed Ukrainian television presenter and producer Karolina Ashion shared what she describes as the most painful moment of her career: when her former boss—then the director of Ukraine’s 1+1 media conglomerate and current Minister of Culture Alexander Tkachenko—allegedly told her that her…

Ukraine’s newly signed law On Payment Services requires close cooperation between the National Bank of Ukraine and private startups in the payment market. 11572 Total views 151 Total shares The Ukrainian government is moving forward with its central bank digital currency (CBDC) plans, as the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU)…