On 17 May 2017, the legislative act finalizing the visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU was signed in the European Parliament. It is expected that starting 11 June 2017, Ukrainians will be able to travel without visas to EU...
On 17 May 2017, an official ceremony took place in the European Parliament to sign the legislative act finalizing the visa-free regime for Ukrainian citizens. The ceremony took place in Strasbourg and was broadcast by the EU channel EBS....
The EU visa liberalization process for Ukrainians is moving forward: on 2 March 2017, EU ambassadors had endorsed visa liberalization for Ukrainians. https://twitter.com/EU2017MT/status/837346360357765120 This comes after...
The successful first stage of e-declarations of assets was a real turning point in the anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine. A major factor behind the success of this reform was its necessity for the initiation of visa-free travel between...
Ukrainian citizens taken hostage by a small group of people I’m very sad liberalization of the visa regime hasn’t been implemented before my departure from Ukraine. But this is also one more lesson for Ukraine: do things in time,...
On December 18, 2015, the European Commission approved the report on the implementation of the Visa Liberalization Action Plan (VLAP) by Ukraine, while in April it recommended that the EU Council granted us a visa-free regime. However, the...
On 21-22 May, Ukraine celebrated Days of Europe, which in Ukraine falls on the third Saturday of the month. The Kyiv City Council chose an informal way of celebrating, offering concerts, contests, games, and picnics. Representatives of...
“For the last two years, civil society in Ukraine has exerted its best efforts to push for reforms that were provided by the Visa liberalization action plan (VLAP). In 2016, the European Commission in its communications to the...
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...
