On May 22, 2019, the European Union launched a new programme ‘EU4Digital: supporting the digital economy and society in the Eastern Partnership’ in Ukraine. EU4Digital aims to extend the benefits of the European Union’s Digital Single Market to Ukraine and the other Eastern Partner states, in order to boost economic growth and jobs, improve people’s lives and help business.
Latvia’s Sonarworks IT company has raised EUR 5 mln for development from Estonian investors Karma Ventures and SuperAngel, Lithuanian investors Practica Capital, Latvian investors ProksCapital and Imprimature, as well as Turkish investor Revo Capital.
The Innovation Agency under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan will support all participants in the innovation sphere, Azer Bayramov, Executive Director of the State Fund for the Development of Information Technologies, told Azerbaijan media.
StrategEast President Anatoly Motkin and CEO Michael Brodsky participated in Lennart Meri Conference 2019, which took place between May, 17 and May, 19 at ICDS-International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn.
On 15 May, the EU launched a new programme to support the digital economy and society in Armenia. Called EU4Digital, the programme also covers other countries in the Eastern Neighbourhood. In Armenia, it will be implemented in close cooperation with the country’s Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies.
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on May 16 designating the Navoi region as a free economic zone (FEZ) for innovative, high-tech, export-oriented and import-substituting industries for the period until January 1, 2030, with the possibility of further extension.
The Fourth Central Asian Internet Governance Forum is taking place on 15 and 16 May 2019 in Tashkent. The event aims to provide a platform to discuss Internet governance policies in Central Asian countries.
Visa will launch Visa Token Services, a system for tokenization, in Azerbaijan this summer, said Cristina Doros, Senior Director, Head of Products for CIS & South-Eastern Europe at Visa.
Swedish furniture producer and seller IKEA has started testing an e-trade system. At this stage, registered ikea.lt consumers and members of the IKEA FAMILY loyalty program have the possibility to buy online, according to the Verslo Zinios business daily.
The European Union (EU) is launching a new program, EU4Digital, to support the digital economy in Georgia, announces the Ministry of Economy of Georgia.