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  TikTok is obsessed with vertical series, from action stories to dramas featuring fruit as the main characters. Holywater main producer Julia Smyrnova explains why

  A hitman in love with his target, a hockey player hiding his feelings for the team captain, and a bride who runs away from her wedding only to end up in the lair of a...

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  From a coffee scrub to a $2 million factory. How Lutsk-based Mr.SCRUBBER grew into a multi-brand company exporting to Europe and the Middle East

  In 2015, two friends from Lutsk, Vitalii Tkachuk and Serhii Kashuba, launched the cosmetics brand Mr.SCRUBBER. They started with a single product: coffee scrubs. Over nearly...

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  "Become the wow factor." How the Ukrainian corporation Biosphere sells 1 million products a day across 25 countries. An interview

  In 1997, entrepreneur Andrii Zdesenko founded Biosphere, a company that imported hygiene products into Ukraine. Over nearly 30 years, it has grown into an international...

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  A two-year waiting list ahead: how a Ukrainian family opened a Montessori Childcare Centre in Canada. Co-founder Vladyslav Perstok shares his story

  Vladyslav Perstok is a 38-year-old economist and father of three. He graduated from Donetsk National University and the University of Westminster in London. He worked at ...

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  Art You’ll Want in Your Home: 11 Contemporary Ukrainian Artists to Watch

  Ukrainian culture is gaining global momentum, and today’s artists are reinterpreting its heritage through fresh perspectives and bold techniques. Yellow Blue has curated...

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  “Interest in Ukrainian wines abroad is driven by the uniqueness of varieties and taste, not sympathy due to the war.” The story of Beykush Winery in key points

  Beykush Winery is a wine estate with 15 years of history, situated on Cape Beykush in the Mykolaiv region, where the Black Sea meets two estuaries. Although the...

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  Ukrainian Volodymyr Kinash launched a real estate agency in Spain. How he sells homes to global clients and what it costs — an interview

  Lviv native Volodymyr Kinash experienced the economic hardships of the 1990s post-USSR collapse , with his family relying on their village garden for sustenance. А physically...

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  How Lol&Pop, a brand of natural sweets, entered the Japanese market. Interview with entrepreneur Olena Tokar

  Olena Tokar is a 40-year-old entrepreneur from Kyiv who founded the craft brand of natural sweets Lol&Pop together with her husband, Dmytro, in 2013. The brand’s signature...