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(Anti-)Constitutional Court of Ukraine: why it declares the best reforms unconstitutional instead of protecting the ConstitutionOn 27 October 2020, Ukraine’s Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional one of Ukraine’s key anti-corruption achievements, the online register of assets that top-officials were obliged to reveal. This means not only...
Memory wars and other battlesA large-scale debate on historical memory, started by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany H.E. Dr. Andrii Melnyk, encourages each and every one of us, those with Ukrainian roots and of Ukrainian...
Is Belarus less European than France?History repeats itself; after Ukraine comes Belarus! A popular movement for freedom, democracy and the end of the corrupt post-soviet system arises, and once again we have the superhero, Vlada...
Elections in Europe and beyond remain a target of Pro-Kremlin disinformation: this week’s disinfo reviewLet us start with Moldova. According to pro-Kremlin media, the US is allegedly preparing the opposition for...With multiple elections coming up, the pro-Kremlin media is definitely not at ease. -
UPA documents found in Italian shell casing in Zhytomyr OblastAn amateur archaeologist recently stumbled on a shell casing from an Italian projectile containing printed documents of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). The shell casing was lying in..."" -
Constitutional Court torpedoes Ukraine’s anti-corruption reform"Should there be life imprisonment for large-scale corruption?" asked President Zelenskyy in a controversial unofficial poll held on local election day, 25 October. Unsurprisingly, most - 83%, according to preliminary... -
Born in independent Ukraine, they now defend their country’s sovereignty & territorial integrityFrom the very beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv-based photographer Anatolii Stepanov has focused his camera on front-line soldiers and daily life along the demarcation..."" -
This week’s Russian propaganda: Ukraine to smuggle Russian vaccine via EU as British vaccine turns people into monkeysFirst, some big news. Six real sandworms and fake monkey vaccines On Monday the US Justice Department indicted six GRU officers working for Unit 74455. According to the Justice Department,... -
Another ancient Orthodox church recognizes Ukrainian autocephaly despite Moscow’s efforts to block itChrysostomos II, the primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, has recognized the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, making his ancient church the fourth to do so since Constantinople... -
Ukraine breaks its duck with new election rules, and the results are hearteningOn 25 October, Ukraine held the first elections under a new election code touted as the first step towards a better political system. Despite the shortcomings of provisions inserted at... -
Ukrainian local elections: Stability of local elites and Zelenskyy’s crushing defeatOn 25 October, Ukrainians voted in local elections for city mayors, heads of village municipalities, local and regional councils. These elections were important for two reasons. First, they were the... -
Kremlin lashes out at Ukraine’s construction with Western help of new bases on Black SeaVladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov says that Kyiv’s construction of new bases on the Black Sea, bases being built with American and British help, threatens to “destabilize” the situation,... -
“His life & death will serve as a reminder!” – do not forget fallen Defender Wassyl SlipakThis is an essay by prominent Ukrainian historian and professor Yaroslav Hrytsak, dedicated to Defender Wassyl Slipak who fell in combat near Luhanske, Donetsk Oblast on June 29, 2016, fighting... -
Vitaliy Markiv’s defence team demands complete acquittal: “There is no clear evidence!”Extending deep into the evening, the third hearing of the Milan Court of Appeal finally ended on October 23, 2020. National Guardsman Vitaliy Markiv, a citizen of Ukraine..."" -
Donbas without water: The ecology of the east Ukrainian frontlineThe military conflict between Ukraine and combined Russian-separatist forces in Donbas (a region encompassing the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces), which erupted in 2014, has damaged one of the largest water... -
These Rt graphs show how fast COVID-19 is spreading in UkraineA way to assess how quickly the novel coronavirus is replicating is the effective reproduction number, or simply Rt – a way of rating a disease’s ability to spread. It... -
Hybrid War in Ukraine and Belarus: same thing and potentially same disastrous outcomeThe Russian hybrid war in Belarus offers Ukraine a unique opportunity to understand the full extent of the Russian aggression in Ukraine without the distraction of the so-called “war... -
Ukraine’s “main musical event of the year” featuring 10 centuries of sound to be streamed onlineThe online concert "Kovcheh Ukraine: Music" is going to showcase ten centuries of Ukrainian music. The event is going to be streamed live on Facebook on 24 October at 19:00... -
As local elections approach, Ukraine’s national battle for reforms continuesJust days before Ukraine holds local elections experts gathered under the auspices of the Transatlantic Task Force on Ukraine for an online discussion on the state of Ukrainian reforms and... -
Italian court says Ukrainian army killed “inconvenient” journalists. Their premortem report suggests otherwiseThe case of Ukrainian soldier Vitaliy Markiv, sentenced by an Italian court to 24 years in prison, being convicted of killing two journalists in the eastern city of Sloviansk when...
