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reforms in Ukraine
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Ukraine’s new NATO reform plan denies Hungary veto leverage
In approving Ukraine's new Annual National Programme, the list of reforms did not include Hungary's demands, unlike previous times.
Netherlands announces new support package for Ukraine
Dutch government allocates funds to support Ukraine's reconstruction and energy infrastructure.
Ukraine launches a new agency in the Ministry of Defense to make procurement more efficient
Unlike other Ukrainian ministries, which since 2017 have been operating according to the new Prozorro system, the Ministry…
Ukraine’s new ministers of Education and Strategic Industries named: manager of Minor Academy of Sciences and Head of Railways — PM
Oksen Lisovyi, manager of Ukraine’s Minor Academy of Sciences (for high school pupils), who voluntarily joined Ukraine’s military…
Ukraine’s Education Minister accused of plagiarism to resign; educator with military background among replacement candidates
Ukrainian media wrote that Ukraine’s Minister of Education, Serhiy Shkarlet, will be dismissed from his office, referring to the information…
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…
Ukraine’s Parliament votes for liquidation of Kyiv court previously involved in corruption scandals
The Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s parliament) voted for the bill to eliminate the notorious Kyiv District Administrative Court (KDAC)…
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…
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…
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…
Zelenskyy’s new anti-oligarch law: populism or the real thing?
[editorial]Ukraine just adopted a law purporting to curb the influence of the oligarchs, the financial moguls controlling much…
Here is how the US can truly help Ukraine move forward
Read more: Javelins, reform plan, and $2.5 bn of military aid: Ukraine and USA sign joint statement on…
Ukrainian dissident Marynovych: “Ukrainians are still making their way through the desert, searching for their Mount Sinai…”
– If we go back 30 years in history, could you, a prisoner of the communist regime, have…
Institutions matter: Dissecting Ukraine-U.S. relations after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan
In view of the events in Afghanistan, the White House must now think twice before boasting about some…
“Eternal” Minister of Interior Avakov leaves. Ukraine’s police problems stay.
On 15 July, a historic vote for the resignation of the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov took…
“Historical event” as Ukraine finally adopts all legislation for judicial reform
After years of tribulations, struggles, and setbacks, the Ukrainian parliament finally adopted all the legislation that will, at…
Why Ukrainian oligarchs are not only Ukraine’s problem, but the West’s too
During the modern Ukraine era, several high-level international conferences were held in the country. However, none of them…
Activists continue fight to save unique Ukrainian mountain ridge from green energy project
[editorial]Ukrainian ecological activists have been fighting for four years to protect the unique Borzhava ridge, one of the…
Ukrainian Parliament puts wind in sails of judicial reform, adopting bill on launch of key body
On 29 June, a historical turn for Ukraine’s key unreformed area, the judiciary, took place. Lawmakers voted for…
Ukraine eyes a second Big Privatization of state enterprises. The oligarchs are eyeing it, too
When President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to power in 2019, he instigated a major policy of privatization of State…