On 21 February the Free Academy of Change in Kyiv hosted a discussion called “Ukraine and Reform: A Success or a Farce?” Oleksander Paskhaver, an economist and advisor to three Presidents of Ukraine, Yaroslav Hrytsak, a well-known...
700 children from 12 neighboring villages study at the Solone school. Last year, the building got a much-needed makeover. Now, the students say that they could only dream of such a school. “Our school looks nice… it is good to...
Four years since the start of its ‘Euromaidan’ revolution, Ukraine is fighting for its survival as an independent and viable state. But this report is not only about Ukraine’s struggle to hold together and resist Russia’s...
It’s the start of a new working day for Ihor and Mykolay, officers of Kyiv’s police force. At 8 AM, the patrol officers are undergoing a shift change, while our news team is scrambling to meet them at the scene of a car accident....
Over the last few months, rumors have intensified that Ukraine will hold early parliamentary elections. Also, Ukraine’s population has become increasingly disappointed with the performance of its state leaders and politicians. If there...
The question to which extent Ukraine has progressed in fighting corruption and how much more needs to be done, is at the core of the country‘s reform politics. Ukraine has, under heavy pressure from international partners and donors and...
For decades Ukraine has suffered from the inefficient administration of its regions, and their subsequent political and financial dependence on Kyiv, weaknesses of local communities, degradation of rural territories, as well as low...
The anti-corruption drive in Ukraine has had top state officials expose their wealth in electronic declarations submitted on 31 October. The amounts exposed have left many Ukrainians fuming over the exposition of opulence in an...
Judicial reform one of the most crucial changes for all other reforms in Ukraine – it is in the courtroom where the postulate of democracy, “one law for all,” is carried out. As most other spheres in Ukraine, a dependence...
One day in September 2013, when Maksym Nefyodov, a managing partner at the investment firm Icon Private Equity, was leaving his office on Rylskiy Lane, he witnessed a funny scene. Accompanied by eight bodyguards, President Viktor...
Euromaidan Press sat down with Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun, Acting Director of Huffington Ecumenical Institute, Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, former Chairman of the Department for External Church...
