EU candidate status was not granted to Ukraine because of the war, yet on special terms On 17 June 2022, the European Commission issued an opinion recommending that Ukraine be granted EU candidate status, following Ukraine’s...
What are the problems? In short, the most acute are three problems related to Ukraine’s judiciary: Corrupt institutions that are responsible for the appointment of judges and continue appointing judges with dubious reputations;...
The saga to appoint Ukraine’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor continues as the (ANTAC) reports new attempts to derail the official approval of competition results. Meanwhile, members of the selection committee who the...
The day before the final stage of the crucial selection of Ukraine’s new anti-corruption prosecutor on 21 December, a court with a scandalous reputation invalidated the entire selection process. This potentially leaves a key element...
After briefly going forward, the selection of Ukraine’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor is once again delayed, which has reform activists suspecting the authorities have plans to cancel the appointment of the leading candidate, who...
The problem According to the law, the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) selects and conducts qualification assessments of judges, recommending them for an appointment. The High Council of Justice (HCJ) makes final decisions on...
The Kyiv-based Anti-Corruption Center, an anti-graft watchdog, says it has proof that the President’s Office plans to falsify the results of the selection process of Ukraine’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor who will lead the...
Sources of daily corruption Although no country can eliminate corruption entirely, societies that have experienced extreme violence or totalitarianism have a special predisposition for corruption. Why? Because corruption for them was the...
The IMF has provided Ukraine with a $700 million tranche, but this should not be seen as a marker of the reforms implemented by Ukraine or the correctness of all of its decisions made. The country’s banking sector keeps hanging over...
A thorny way to privatization Privatization is associated with an exceptionally abusive period for Ukrainians; many carry painful memories of the 1990s, the early post-Independence years. Poor regulation of privatization at the time...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...
