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Recent events of the new reforms in Ukraine.
Ukraine asset declaration bill passes first reading, crucial for IMF aid, EU goals
Ukraine has made the first step to resuming its asset declaration requirements for officials, which was paused with the start of Russia's invasion
Goodbye Ukroboronprom, hello Ukrainian Defense Industry
The Ukrainian Defense Industry emerges as the successor to Ukroboronprom, with a mission to significantly boost the production…
Ukraine’s asset confiscation agency’s new head castigated by civil society, Transparency International
Olena Duma, the former deputy head of the Chernihiv Oblast State Administration, has won the contest to head…
Ukraine completes formation of key judicial body, unblocking reform
In a significant step forward for judicial reform, all the necessary members of Ukraine’s renewed High Qualification Commission…
Army procurement scandal prompts Ukraine to boost transparency, but more needed for sustainable reform
Military procurement in Ukraine has remained a relatively safe haven for corruption, because it continued to be excluded…
Ukraine’s key anticorruption body finally gets a chief; key watchdog is unhappy
On 6 March 2023, Ukraine’s government appointed Semen Kryvonos as director of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), the…
Ukrainian army food procurement scandal prompts resignation, transparency drive
[editorial]The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense denies media accusations of inflated prices for food procurement for soldiers in 2023,…
Zelenskyy signs law activists say carries risks of usurping judicial power
Contrary to the conclusion of the Venice Commission, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has approved a law criticized by…
Sunset of the oligarchs: Ukraine’s war-time nationalization of strategic enterprises rectifies past sins
[editorial] Ukraine’s far-reaching move on 6 November to nationalize five strategic enterprises rectifies the errors of the 1990s…
Ukraine’s civil society rejoices as two spotless members elected to key judicial self-governance organ
Ukraine’s Parliament has elected two candidates to the High Council of Justice, a key body of judicial governance,…
Ukraine is now an EU candidate. What happens now? When will it become a member?
[editorial]On 23 June 2022, the EU granted Ukraine EU candidate status. To maintain this status, Ukraine has to…
How Zelenskyy effectively sabotages judiciary reform in Ukraine
[editorial]Ukraine’s Constitutional Court itself is far from having a clean reputation. Some judges there are left over from…
As derailing of anti-graft prosecutor appointment continues, panel members appeal to Prosecutor General
The saga to appoint Ukraine’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor continues as the [simple_tooltip content=’A prominent Ukrainian anti-corruption NGO’]Anti-Corruption Action…
Ukraine’s anti-corruption prosecutor selection now invalidated by scandalous court
The day before the final stage of the crucial selection of Ukraine’s new anti-corruption prosecutor on 21 December,…
Selection of Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Prosecutor delayed yet again, raising suspicions of sabotage
After briefly going forward, the selection of Ukraine’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor is once again delayed, which has reform…
While conducting judiciary reform, Zelenskyy (mis)appoints corrupt judges
[editorial] “It is not the first time that judicial reform has been launched in Ukraine. But it’s for…
President’s Office plans to falsify selection of anti-corruption prosecutor, watchdog claims
The Kyiv-based Anti-Corruption Center, an anti-graft watchdog, says it has proof that the President’s Office plans to falsify…
What everyday corruption looks like in Ukraine and how reforms stop it
[editorial]Speaking about Ukraine’s admission to NATO, Joe Biden said Ukrainians “still have to clean up corruption.” Corruption is…
Ukraine’s banking sector: scandals, fraud & growing threats to cooperation with IMF
[editorial]Ukraine’s successful “bank failure” scheme, in which banks involved in fraudulent schemes were shut down in 2015-16, has…
Big privatization reform in Ukraine gains momentum with first auction
[editorial] A Ukrainian state-owned, 139-year-old industrial giant — ironically named Bolshevik – was sold for UAH 1.43 billion…