Trukhanov’s criminal grip over Odesa akin to “separatist republic” – activist who survived murder attempt
Euromaidan Press talked to Odesa activist Vitaliy Ustymenko to ascertain how the situation in the city currently looks.…
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Kyiv moving toward breaking diplomatic relations with Moscow
When one country invades another and occupies part of its territory, the victim normally breaks diplomatic relations with…
Fifty shades of Ukrainian populism: Tymoshenko, Zelenskyi, and the Chiaroscuro principle
The three-month campaign leading up to the spring presidential elections officially started on 31 December 2018. According to…
Ukraine’s Eurointegration drags feet without EU membership perspectives
Signing the Association Agreement with the European Union was a true breakthrough. The agreement was two-part—the political segment…
Showbiz vs Reality: comedian runs for Ukrainian presidency, and he’s in the top three
A few minutes are left before midnight - the New Year is coming. Ukrainian national channels, including commercial…
Why Ukrainians keep voting for the wrong people
A strange conversation occurred on one of the streets of the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in late November…
Ukraine prepares for Russia’s interference in the country’s 2019 elections
“The way how Russia operates is not to get one specific candidate elected. They try to spread their…
Ukraine finally scraps friendship treaty with Russia. But it won’t change much
Friendship treaty On 31 May 1997, then President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and his Russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin signed in…
Where is the Yanukovych regime five years after the Euromaidan revolution
Five years later, a shadow of his wrongdoings still hangs over Ukraine’s current politics and business. Moreover, some…
5 months after legal start of Anti-Corruption Court, how close is Ukraine to prosecuting its top-corrupts?
The launch of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) is a huge step forward for Ukraine. The country's civil…
“Savior of the nation”: how Poroshenko bets on fear of Russia in bid to get reelected
In the spring of 2019, current president Petro Poroshenko will seek to be reelected to a second term,…
Ukrainians prefer comedian to current president and other insights from pre-election polls
In the last four years many things have changed in Ukraine - it experienced a de-facto war with…
EU’s unity on Ukraine under threat by slow pace of reforms in Kyiv
Council conclusions on Ukraine are being blocked, the biggest group in the European Parliament has openly threatened to…
Ex-Kremlin prisoner Savchenko detained on accusation of coup and terror plot: the evidence
Nadiya Savchenko, the military pilot and ex-Kremlin hostage who after her release in 2016 embarked on a political…
Why a Potemkin “competition” to the Constitutional Court may drag Ukraine back to Yanukovych’s times
The run-up to holidays in Ukraine is traditionally a time to make important decisions, and this New Year’s…
How Ukrainian corruption fighters became victims of the fight with corruption
Contents Chronology of the conflictNABU’s top cases The old guard vs. anti-corruption activistsThe missing auditorWhere are the anti-corruption…
Delegates from 20 countries call to prevent return of Russia to PACE
The head of Ukraine's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Volodymyr Ariev has informed…
Peter Wagner: The billions of funds for Ukraine not implemented for bureaucratic reasons
What should be done to fight corruption in Ukraine? During the bilateral EU-Ukraine Summit in June-July the EU…
Anti-corruption activists create chronology of Ukrainian government attacks against them
The Anti-Corruptionion Action Center (AntAC) was created in 2012. Nowadays, the NGO often complains about government attacks. They…
Saakashvili: Ukraine is my home, I want to go back home
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president, former governor of Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast, and leader of the Ruh Novyh…