Russia loses battle for PACE: resolution allowing sanctions to be lifted fails vote
As the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) gathered for their autumn session in Strasbourg, all…
Russia’s return to PACE would end Council of Europe as human rights instrument – Ukraine’s ambassador to CoE
Implementation of the Russian scenario According to Kuleba, the activities masked under the codenames of "harmonization of the…
Ten years after: why Georgia failed to reintegrate its occupied territories
Read also: Georgia’s lessons of peacebuilding now instructive for Ukrainians Never-ending Geneva These days ten years ago, the Russo-Georgian…
Ukrainian journalists launch campaign to renew visa regime with the UK
Last year’s visa-free regime for Ukraine with the EU became a truly significant achievement of Ukraine. To achieve…
Europe 2030: A Ukrainian vision of the future of Europe
Events of the recent years remind us that the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950 was primarily about…
Reforms in exchange for investments – EU сommission is starting to implement Marshall plan for a Ukraine
This is a first, some would say perhaps modest, but we will argue, an important step forward. We…
Money, sex, caviar, and 17 delegates: what you need to know about the bribing scheme in PACE
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has become infected. The infection began a long time…
How Ukraine can protect itself from Nord Stream 2
Discussions between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have led to clear success. The position…
Seven ideas for Ukraine and Europe: to be discussed at the Kyiv Security Forum
More than two weeks ago, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and I visited the capital cities of two neighboring states -…
How to keep Ukraine on the reform track: non-public paper of EU countries
Keeping Ukraine on the Reform Path Non-paper by Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia,…
Putin’s Falanga: meet the Polish neo-fascists who tried to burn down a Hungarian center in Ukraine
A few days ago, the Polish Homeland Security Agency announced the arrest of three men suspected of committing…
CoE Secretary General Jagland now openly lobbies for return of Russian delegation
The nerves of Ukrainians had been hardened in observations of the campaign to lift sanctions from the Russian…
New UN resolution on Crimea confirms Russia is an occupying power, brings 10 important changes for Ukraine
On December 19, the UN General Assembly voted in support of a resolution on the human rights situation…
Ukraine’s next steps towards its “new status in NATO”
I don’t want to toss around phrases like “an historic day” or “an historic statement,” but the statements…