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Presentation of the first in Ukraine hardware crypt wallet

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Hideez Group at the presentation in Kiev's Blockchain Hub showed the first hardware purse for bitcoin and other crypto currency created in Ukraine Hideez Wallet .   Hideez Wallet is created on the basis of the already developed device - the smart keychain Hideez Key, however it is a completely separate product with the functions of the crypto-currency purse. Wireless keychain Hideez Key can store digital keys and certificates, that is, it can open doors, unlock a computer or a smartphone, make mobile payments. According to Oleg Naumenko, CEO of the project, Hideez Wallet differs from existing analogues (the same Trezor ) in that it is a wireless device that can work with mobile phones and desktops.   To sign transactions, it uses the technology Invisible Pin, which works as a combination of short and long button presses on the device.   "It's impossible to spy on it and intercept it, like passwords or standard PIN-codes, for example," Naumenko s

The Ukrainian model commented on rumors about relations with Leonardo DiCaprio.

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The Ukrainian model  Alina Baikova commented on rumors about relations with Leonardo DiCaprio . Recently, the famous Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio spotted on the streets of New York in the company of well-known Ukrainian top model Alina Baikova. The media immediately began to spread rumors about the alleged affair between the actor and a Ukrainian. In an interview with Kate Osadchaya for "Social Life" model said that she and DiCaprio are not a couple, although it is often seen, and spend a lot of time together.  "As you know, Tony Garrn is my best friend, and I would never in my life have allowed myself to meet my best friend's husband, even with a former girlfriend," Alina commented on the joint photos with Leonardo.

Alexander Usik and Vasily Lomachenko are dancing in a restaurant at the celebration of the 30th anniversary

Ukrainian champions and friends Alexander Usik and Vasily Lomachenko showed their dancing talent, dancing in a restaurant at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Lomachenko. February 17, Vasily Lomachenko turned 30 years old. But Alexander Antennae January 17 turned 31. Это 30 лет!!!🔥🔥🔥#LomUs @duet_oreshki A post shared by 🇺🇦LomUs Official🇺🇦 (@lomus.ua) on Feb 17, 2018 at 8:40am PST

Wladimir Klitschko with his family vacation in Barbados

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Wladimir Klitschko with his family vacation in Barbados. Legendary Ukrainian boxer, two-time world heavyweight champion, winner of the 1996 Olympic Games Vladimir Klichko with his family spent Valentine's Day in Barbados.

Freestyleist Alexander Abramenko from Mykolaiv made a jump in ski produced in Ukrainian and took gold.

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Freestyleist Alexander Abramenko from Mykolaiv made a jump in ski produced in Ukrainian and took gold. " Fisher-Mukachevo ", revenue for 2013 - $ 38.4 million. former Mukacheve experimental ski factory, and now the Ukrainian-Austrian enterprise "Fisher-Mukachevo". Annually in the world produce about 5 million pairs of mountain and cross-country skis. Approximately 1.2 million of them are made in Mukachevo. Austrian company Fischer is one of the world leaders in their production, and Ukrainian capacities provide it with 80% of production. "Our skis are sold in 35 countries of the world". Approximately the same number of "Fisher-Mukachevo" annually produces hockey sticks, which makes the Ukrainian plant the fourth in the world producer of this product. This plant is the most modern in Eastern Europe. There are shops with the highest level of automation, dozens of parameters are taken into account - up to the temperature and humidity of ai

First gold medal for Ukraine at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

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Today, on February 18, Alexander Abramenko, a freestyler from Nikolaev, won the first gold medal for Ukraine at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The judge jumped the jump of the athlete at 128.51 points. Thus, Nicholas's athlete became the Olympic champion, ahead of the Chinese athlete and athlete OAR. It is worth noting that Alexander Abramenko acts at the Olympic Games for the fourth time. He previously performed in Turin, Vancouver and Sochi.

KrAZ-222 - the first truck ofUkrainian auto giant

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KrAZ-222 - the first truck of  Ukrainian auto giant. Since this car was originally planned to be named Dnipro-222, however, for an unknown reason it was refused. that the technical documentation sufficiently long faced multivariate name of the truck as the Dnieper-222, KrAZ-222 or KrAZ-222 "Dnepr".

TransferWise with the office in Cherkassy and BitFury hit the top 50 fintech start-ups according to Forbes

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TransferWise with the office in Cherkassy and BitFury hit the top 50 fintech start-ups according to Forbes. In the list - many famous teams, including Coinbase, Ripple and others.    the Latvian-Ukrainian BitFury Group - the company was founded in 2011 by the Latvian Valery Vavilov and the Ukrainian Valery Heavenly. The company manufactures equipment and software for mining crypto-currencies, including bitcoins, and also works on blocking technologies. Last year it became known that the startup earns almost $ 100 million a year.  TransferWise serves about two million customers, who transfer more than 1 billion pounds ($ 1.31 billion) per month for 750 currency routes. The startup also works with Ukrainian hryvnia, although so far it is only possible to receive transfers in the country.

Ukrainian Jooble took 2nd place on the traffic in the world among job search sites.

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Ukrainian job search service Jooble ranked second in popularity in the category Jobs and Employment in the world according to the GlobalWeb traffic analysis service SimilarWeb . I n 2006 they just launched this business, despite corruption, taxes, inoperative judicial system in Ukraine. Now, according to him, about 270 million people in 66 countries of the world use the services of Jooble to find work.  F ounded the Roman Prokofiev and Eugene Sobakar in 2006 - future partners sitting at a desk in the Physical-Technical Lyceum in Kherson, traveled together to the Olympiad in Informatics, Mathematics, Physics.

On March 23 International Conference to be held in Kiev BlockchainUA

On March 23 International Conference to be held in Kiev BlockchainUA  The BlockchainUA conference is aimed at a broad audience and aims to raise the awareness of participants about blockade and decentralized technologies, build a strong community, and integrate Ukraine into the international community. Basic principles of the conference:      We do not have paid performances.      We provide an opportunity to announce products and startups at the specialized Startup pitch stage.      Companies that have a working product in demand by users can present their achievements and the concept of development.      We do not promote the ICO.      This is an educational and networking event: by default, speakers should give an educational cut in their speeches, as well as a common vision in the context of their expertise.      This is a non-profit conference, so we keep the low prices for tickets.      The conference has a wide audience - IT experts, entrepreneurs, investors, bankers, s

The municipal enterprise of the capital of Ukraine suggested Ilona Mask to place the Tesla electric car in the "depths" of the Kiev metro

The municipal enterprise of the capital of Ukraine suggested Ilona Mask to place the Tesla electric car in the "depths" of the Kiev metro. Dear Elon! You've got the highest Tesla in the world. It's unbelievable! We propose to put the deepest one on our station "Arsenalna", which is the deepest metro station in the world 105,5 m. @elonmusk — Kyiv Metro (@kyivmetroalerts) February 9, 2018

lifecell launched "mobile money" - customers can pay for services using the mobile balance

lifecell launched "mobile money" - customers can pay for services using the mobile balance.  lifecell launches a payment portal, preparing for mobile payments, and the subsidiary company Paycell received the status of a financial company in Ukraine.  Until today, the possibility of paying for services using the funds on the phone account was available to the subscribers of the Kyivstar operator within the framework of the Mobile Money service and Vodafone subscribers using the Vodafone Pay service

The team of ex-developers S.T.A.L.K.E.R., who now work in the company Vostok Games, create a new project - a post-apocalyptic game called Fear The Wolves.

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The team of ex-developers S.T.A.L.K.E.R., who now work in the company Vostok Games , create a new project - a post-apocalyptic game called Fear The Wolves .  This is a game in the genre of the "royal battle", a first-person shooter ("royal battle" - a kind of PvP-mechanics, in which the last surviving character wins.) Genre was named after the eponymous Japanese novel). Players in teams or singles are placed in harsh locations of Chernobyl-contaminated radiation. The release of the game is scheduled for this year, on PCs and consoles.

An educational edition Sense was launched In Ukraine.

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In Ukraine, the educational edition of Sense was launched. The project positions itself as a media about humanities, literature and art.  Sense will publish content in two formats - text materials (articles, interviews) and video lectures. Two courses of video lectures - about the philosophy and life and faith of Jews in the era of Jesus Christ - are already available for viewing.

Uber is preparing to launch its own food delivery service in Ukraine, looking for the head of the project

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Uber is preparing to launch its own food delivery service in Ukraine, looking for the head of the project.  The company Uber is looking for an employee to the position of general manager for his service delivery of food UberEATS in Kiev. UberEATS is a platform for delivery of food from local restaurants, launched in 2014. In the application, the user accesses the restaurant menu, can select food and pay for the order. For users it is an opportunity to order food, for drivers - to earn on its delivery (not necessarily by car, it can be a motorcycle, a bicycle, etc.). The service usually promises delivery within half an hour. Recall, at the end of last year, Uber announced the launch in Kiev of a new service uberVAN, intended for users who need a more spacious car - for example, for small companies.  

In Kiev found evidence of the birth of Malevich on Zhilyanskoy street.

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In Kiev found evidence of the birth of Malevich on Zhilyanskoy street. In the capital have found documentary evidence of the birth of artist Kasimir Malevich on street Zhylianska. This was written on the Facebook page by the art manager Tetyana Fillevska .   Buildings estates not survived, but on the modern map this place close to home 63, str. Zhilyanska . We have no walls or even a single image of the wall.   This is a small detail that is of great importance to researchers and may ultimately affect other research. Address is not just one or another home. This is the status, the environment, involvement in certain events, influences, etc., "wrote Tetyana Fillevska. Ukrainian avant-garde artist of Ukrainian-Polish origin, one of the founders of new directions in the abstract art of Suprematism and Cubofuturism, was born on February 11, 1898 in Kyiv.

Beyonce's daughter came to the Grammy in a dress from the Ukrainian designer.

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  Beyonce chose a velvet dress from the Lebanese brand Nicolas Jebran. But little Blue Ivy preferred an outfit from the Ukrainian brand Valery Kovalska. White suit - trousers and an asymmetrical jacket - was sewn specially for the girl at the request of the stylist Manuel Mendez. So happy to share this exciting news 😍 adorable @blueivycrter ❤️❤️❤️#wearing #specialmade #custom #offwhite #tuxedo by #valerykovalska styled by amazing @mmanuelamendez 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼#personalstylist #blueivy and #beyonce #LOVE ❤️ for #grammys #grammys2018 #blueivycarter #littleprincess photos @fashionbombdaily A post shared by Valery Kovalska (@valerykovalska) on Jan 29, 2018 at 2:23am PST

Oleksandr Usyk appeared before the camera in wrestling tights

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Oleksandr Usyk appeared before the camera in wrestling tight.  Such a photo was published by Ukrainian wrestler Dmitry Aragrady on his page in the social network. It turns out, it is in this form that Alexander together with Dmytro spent his final training before the fight against Mayris Bridis .   "Who did not see Asik in tights? To your attention, how we spent the extreme training at the Olympic base Koncha-Zaspa before his departure to Riga !!! I congratulate Alexander on victory, so keep it," - signed the photo of Arabadzhi. Кто не видел Усика в трико?🤼‍♀️ Представляю вашему вниманию, так мы провели крайнюю тренировку на Олимпийской базе «Конча-Заспе» перед его вылетом в Ригу!!! 🥇🥊🏆Поздравляю Александра с победой ,так держать!!! #усикчемпион #поздравляюспобедой #бокс #борьба#ринг #победа💪 #чемпион #трико#arabadzhy #поясчемпиона #гре́кори́мскаяборьба́ #lomus A post shared by ИЗДЕЛИЯ ИЗ НАТУРАЛЬНОЙ КОЖИ (@dmitriy_arabadzhy) on Jan 28, 20

Oleksandr Usyk vs Mairis Briedis - Full Fight video

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Oleksandr Usyk vs Mairis Briedis - Full Fight video

Ukrainian app IdeaBox has started to register trade marks in 126 countries of the world

Ukrainian app IdeaBox has started to register trade marks in 126 countries of the world.   In October 2017, the release of a mobile application for the registration of trade marks IdeaBox, developed by Profitmark.  Success in the Ukraine allowed to actively develop the product, and January 19, 2018 published the update in which the trade mark can be registered already in 126 countries around the world. Applications for registration are accepted from anywhere in the world.

Airport "Kyiv" will be renamed in honor of Igor Sikorsky

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Airport "Kyiv " will be renamed in honor of Igor Sikorsky At the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Kyiv City Council on Culture, Tourism and Information Policy, the draft decision "On the Appointment of a Utility Enterprise to the International Airport" Kyiv "(Zhulyany) named after Igor Sikorsky" was considered and supported. "We went through all the procedures to provide airport" Kyiv "(Juliani) What are the names Sikorsky aircraft. We have agreed labor collective names Commission supported this initiative passed public discussion. It remains the case for the specialized committees of city council and direct vote at a meeting of city council " So, now considered a draft decision on one of the three committees. Next - review of the standing committee on local government, regional and international relations and Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Advertising. After consideration of the Commissio

British singer George Smith presented a video clip shot in the Ukrainian capital

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British singer George Smith presented a video clip shot in the Ukrainian capital. A touching clip for the song "Let Me Down", recorded together with hip-hop and grime musician Stormzy, appeared on the official YouTube channel. The director of the video was Hector Dokrill, who previously shot clips for Georgie Smith ("On My Mind", "Beautiful Little Fools"). The shooting took place in several Kiev locations, in particular, at the Hydropark, Andreevsky Descent, the Theater in Podol and the October Palace. According to the plot of the video, George plays the role of a killer, who must seduce and kill his victim. In the end, the girl does not fulfill her task. It is interesting that the dialogues that are in the clip Georgie Smith, sound in Ukrainian with English subtitles.

Klitschko and Schwarzenegger at the party did not share the pretzel

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Klitschko and Schwarzenegger at the party did not share the pretzel. American actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ukrainian boxer Volodymyr Klitschko did not share a pretzel at a party in Austria. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Volodymyr Klitschko during the 27th Weisswurst Party Party at Stanglwir Hotel

Radioaktive Film Studio filmed a video for the British Trainline in the Kiev Metro

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Radioaktive Film Studio filmed a video for the British Trainline in the Kiev Metro. Ukrainian city landscapes and places are still popular as locations for promo from global brands. The well-known Kiev production studio Radioaktive Film once again made a commercial for a foreign brand in the Kiev Metro. This is an advertisement for the British online travel service Trainline to promote the Wonderfully Predictable platform . In the story, secret agent Sarah pursues the criminal Alexander, and he hides from the pursuit, changing from train to train.

Ten Ukrainian start-ups in the field of climate technology received grants from the EBRD for 400,000 euros

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The financing is carried out within the framework of the Climate Innovation Vouchers Program organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Greencubator .  The winners of the second set were:   -  Autoenterprise (Kharkov) - a device for high-speed charging of electric vehicles   -  " DS Electronics" (Kiev) - certification of "smart" thermostat  -   Ecoprod (Volnovaha) - development of microbiological impurities allowing to increase the efficiency of biogas plants  -   Research and production firm " ZOND" (Ivano-Frankivsk) - a device for measuring the calorific value of natural gas  -   " Prana Platinum" (Lviv) - decentralized ventilation systems with heat recovery with "cloud" control  -   Rotor-Sumy (Sumy ) - micro-cogeneration plant   -  SolarGaps (Kiev ) - "smart" blinds   -  Toka (Kyiv) - certification of smart power-charging stations  -   xBeam 3D / «Chervona hvilya» (Kiev ) - manufact

In Ukraine has started to cryptofund Vanhealthing biotek- and blokchain projects

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Since the end of 2017 in Ukraine there is a new Cryptofund   called Vanhealthing Cryptofund of biotech innovations. The Fund is interested in projects in the field of biotechnology and block-chain - both existing and under development. This is a project of several organizations, including the venture fund USP Capital, Planexta and Sikorsky Challenge . According to the partner of the Yaroslav Kologrivov Foundation, the crypto fund differs from traditional private investment funds primarily by collecting funds through the ICO. By and large, this is no different from holding an IPO, our fund is preparing to agree with the regulator of the procedure for issuing security tokens. we plan to pay dividends to the holders of the tokens ... The main reason why there are so few biotech funds in the world: a large amount of necessary investments and a long period of project implementation. And ICO allows to solve this problem: to collect a large amount of the fund and provide li

Android Pay will be available to customers of 10 Ukrainian banks by summer

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Android Pay will be available to customers of 10 Ukrainian banks by summer. In November, Ukrainian users first accessed Google's mobile wallet. The first bank that allowed to add their cards to the purse was PrivatBank .   Oschadbank , UKRSIBBANK and PUMB .    According to forecasts of Mastercard in Ukraine, Vera Platonova , by the summer NFC payments service can already be used by clients of 10 domestic financial institutions. According to the expert, to connect to Android Pay, banks must meet certain requirements and this takes time. the global team Mastercard participates in the connection, which oversees the projects of certification of participants in the token platform all over the world. And she also has certain connection schedules. Ukraine has become the 15th country in the world where Android Pay gives users access to contactless payments by smartphones, thereby confirming the status of one of the most open to innovation markets. Experts have already

2018 UEFA Champions League final: Kyiv

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                                            2018 UEFA Champions League final: Kyiv  May, 26 NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium 55 Velyka Vasylkivska str., Kyiv 2018 UEFA Women's Champions League final: Kyiv  May, 24 Valeriy Lobanovskyi Stadium 3 Hrushevskyy str., Kyiv

2018 UEFA Champions League final: Kyiv. #JoinTheChampions

2018 final will be at NSK Olimpiyskyi Stadium, Kyiv Game is scheduled for Saturday 26 May , kick-off 20:45CET Stadium previously staged UEFA EURO 2012 final Kyiv is ... Capital city of Ukraine Spelt Київ in local language Host city of UEFA EURO 2012 final Estimated to have population of around 3 million Where it is Kyiv is in the centre of Ukraine, located on the Dnieper river.  NSK Olimpiyskyi stadium • Built on the site of the 1913 All-Russian Exhibition in order to host the Second All-Ukrainian Spartakiad (or Games), the ground was opened as the Trotsky Red Stadium on 12 August 1923. Trotsky's name was removed the next year, and the arena became home to Zheldor – now Lokomotiv – Kyiv. • After Kyiv's restoration as the Ukrainian capital in 1934, a decision was made to construct an adjacent Republican Stadium; however, the opening ceremony of 22 June 1941 had to be delayed due to the German invasion and was not held until 1944 (though the Ger

FEMEN Sextremist Attacked Miloš Zeman at the Polling Station

FEMEN Sextremist Attacked Miloš Zeman at the Polling Station. In the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, a member of the Femen movement attacked  Czech President Milose Zeeman at the time when he voted in the polls at the presidential elections taking place in this country. According to reports, the woman, who was among the audience of journalists, took off her shirt and ran to Zeman, The movement on its website reports that Ukrainian activist Angelina Diach had an inscription " Zemen Putin's slut" in her bare chest, hinting at the close and favorable relations of the Czech head of state with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian Oligarchs

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Ukrainian Oligarchs

Ukraine fell into the zone of anomalous winter - NASA data

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NASA published a map of temperature anomalies, according to which Ukraine fell into the zone of anomalous warm winter. The data on the map are indicated for the period from December 26 to January 2. Now, when the eastern part of the US freezes, relatively mild conditions dominate in many other parts of the world. Anomalously warm weather is observed in Europe, most of Asia and the Middle East, "the space agency report says.

Archeologists have found a treasure of the Bronze Age

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Specialists of the department of archeology of the Dnepropetrovsk Historical Museum named after Dmitry Yavornytsky, during excavations in Tokovskoye, found a treasure from the Bronze Age. A mold was found for casting metal products. In this case, it is a particle of half for the manufacture of the celt (bushing ax). The period of creation of the found treasure is supported by the times of the middle - late Bronze Age. The find is relatively rare, especially for a monument that is located in this territory. this find has a high historical value, because its presence here is evidence of the development of metallurgical craft in this region.

Svitolina won the Brisbane International Final

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Ukrainian woman Elina Svitolina won in the final of the tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia. In the new WTA rating, it will rise from the sixth to fourth position. In the final on Saturday, January 6, Ukrainians beat Belarusian tennis player Oleksandr Sasnonich with a score of 6: 2, 6: 1. For Svitolina this is already the tenth anniversary title of the WTA. On the way to the first in 2018 finals in Brisbane, Ukrainian tennis player beat two rivals from the top 10 - Britannica Johann Contu and Czech Carolina Plishkov. Svitolina will receive 470 points in the WTA rating. On Monday, it will rise from the current sixth to fourth line of the WTA ranking and will receive the fourth sowing number on the Australian Open, which will be held on January 15-28.

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has come to the final of the Brisbane International tournament, which takes place in Australia.

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In the semi-final match, she won the Czech athlete Carolina Plishkov with a score of 7: 5, 7: 5. Svitolina will meet Belarusian Alexandra Sasnovich in the final match, which will take place on January 6. In 2017 Svitolina won five WTA (Women's Tennis Association) tournaments, more than any other tennis player. She is currently the world's fifth racket.

The world's largest port operators DP World (Dubai Port World) bought most of the shares of the Ukrainian company operating tugboats in the port of Yuzhny

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The subsidiary company of one of the world's largest port operators DP World (Dubai Port World) bought most of the shares of the Ukrainian company operating tugboats in the port of Yuzhny .   Earlier, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine authorized P & O Martitime B.V. indirectly acquire LLC "LBSH" ( Yuzhny , Odessa region).  P & O Maritime is a global operator of port services, established in the UK in 1834. Provides various port services around the world. It has its own fleet of tugboats, mooring vessels, research vessels, passenger and cruise liners. In 2006, P & O Maritime was acquired by DP World Group, which is one of the largest port operators in the world. The company's headquarters is located in the port of Jebel Ali (Dubai, United Arab Emirates). Operates 78 sea and land terminals in 40 countries, and also manages 50 related businesses.

The top 10 women's list of FIDE includes two Ukrainian women

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The International Federation of Chess (FIDE) presented the rating list for 1 st of 2018 in the camp. The top 10 women's list includes two Ukrainian women - Anna Muzychuk (2571 points) and her younger sister, ex-champion of the world Maria Muzychuk (2540), who rank 3 and 7 respectively.

Elina Svitolina got on the official poster "Moscow River Cup"

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Elina Svitolina got on the official poster " Moscow River Cu p", which will be held on the courts of the capital of Russia from 23 to 29 July 2018. The Director of the new WTA tournament in Moscow, (23 - July 29) Alexander Ostrovsky published a poster of the upcoming event. • It depicted Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and Russian Elena Vesnina, Natalia Vihljanceva and Anastasia Potapov. Директор нового турнира WTA в Москве (23 - 29 июля) Александр Островский опубликовал плакат предстоящего события. • На нём изображены украинка Элина Свитолина и россиянки Елена Веснина, Наталья Вихлянцева и Анастасия Потапова. pic.twitter.com/J0ymbPFo9v — ФТР (@tennisrussia) December 28, 2017

The edition of Guardian published the annual rating of the best photos of 2017.

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The edition of Guardian published the annual rating of the best photos of 2017. It included the work of Ukrainian photographer Sergei Vaganov, made on the position of the Ukrainian army in the ATU. - On October 16, I took this photo at the position where the Ukrainian Armed Forces were stationed. This officer performs exercises using a 120-mm projectile, on the front line there are many such improvised gyms, "the photojournalist told the story of the creation of the snapshot. The publication also told the story of a photographer who lived in Donetsk before the war and left after he was forced to work on propaganda TV channels - "Almost every week I go to the front line. I worked in a local newspaper in Donetsk - I never thought to become a military photographer, "the journalist said.