The “Amendments to the Law of Ukraine on Prevention of Corruption” requiring anti-corruption activists to declare their assets on par with state officials, signed on 27 March 2017 by President Petro Poroshenko, raised questions from...
Ukraine’s judicial reform is at another crucial juncture. It had many troubles already: a crucial civil society watchdog withdrew from the process of what should have been the lustration of judges, and clashes erupted over the future...
Since the Euromaidan revolution, Ukraine’s various international partners have been involved in in the process of reforming the country. One of the important formats is the Ukraine Support Group within the Group of Seven (G7),...
In the last week, Ukraine’s legislation obliging anti-corruption activists to submit e-declarations on their assets on par with government officials has come under criticism of both the Venice Commission, an advisory body of the Council...
It has been almost a year since the Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, declared war on activists fighting corruption in Ukraine. At least that is how activists view the Amendments to the Law of Ukraine on Prevention of...
The European Union officially criticized Ukraine’s Presidential Administration over submitted the bill on the High Anti-Corruption Court submitted by President Poroshenko. The speaker of the EU voiced its position in a letter on the...
Satu Kahkonen, the World Bank director responsible for the Ukrainian direction, has sent a letter to the Ukrainian Parliament and President’s Administration, in which she warned about the inadmissability of adopting President...
The International Monetary Fund has officially informed the Ukrainian authorities that the adoption of the presidential draft Law on the Anti-Corruption Court in its current version will mean Kyiv’s violation of its obligations to...
During the last week of 2017, the text of the bill on the creation of the High Anti-Corruption Court, the institution which can push forward Ukraine’s fight against corruption, appeared on the site of Verkhovna Rada (Parliament)....
The EU recongnizes Ukraine’s continued implementation of criteria necessary for visa liberaliation with the EU, but in view of recent developments demands taking immediate actions to ensure full implementation and sustainability of...
Free independent media is a necessary condition for democracy to function in any country. Censorship, on the other hand, is rampant in all its forms in dictatorships. These definitions may be relevant in a black and white world; in...
