The Anti-Corruptionion Action Center (AntAC) was created in 2012. Nowadays, the NGO often complains about government attacks. They take on a variety of forms: in the way of opening proceedings against the NGO, introducing new legislation...
The Ukrainian state continues to attack its anti-corruption activists. The Investigative Department of the Kyiv Fiscal Service initiated criminal proceedings against the managers of the Anti-Corrution Action Center NGO (AntAC), the center...
The detention of Roman Nasirov, Head of the Fiscal Service of Ukraine, in March 2017 was promising. For the first time after the Euromaidan Revolution, a high-profile state official was detained on allegations of corruption in Ukraine. The...
A bit over a year ago in Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko was appointed to the position of Prosecutor General. The thing he did best during this year was to generate good PR for his activities, experts say. In the pursuit of impressive headlines...
On 24 May 2017, the day of Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko’s annual report in the Ukrainian Parliament – Ed 23 people have been arrested in a joint operation of Ukraine’s National Police and Military Prosecutor’s office....
The fight against corruption in Ukraine finally starts to reach the system’s core. On April 20, Mykola Martynenko, an MP who stands at the origins of Ukraine’s politics at the time of its independence, was arrested. He is...
SLOVIANSK Welcome to Sloviansk, Ania says, greeting us warmly before adding, You will not like it. I immediately take that as a personal challenge. But I get it. It’s gray. There are a lot of broken things. Many stray dogs. Our hotel...
For the second week in a row Ukraine, observes an anti-corruption soap opera caused by the first-ever detention of a top-official in the country. The head of the National Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov is suspected in causing damage to the...
The Head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov is suspected in causing damage to the state in amount of UAH 2 bn ($ 73.7 mn). He is a suspect in the so-called gas case of the runaway oligarch and ex-MP Oleksandr Onyschenko. Just before...
We have previously written about Ukrainian oligarchs who have a tremendous influence on the Ukrainian media landscape. However, are Western media safe from their influence? As several publications show, some world media can also easily...
On 28 September 2017, Ukraine’s new law on education entered into force. Called to advance Ukraine’s badly needed education reform, it has been praised for introducing the concept of competence-orientation and giving schools...
