Ukrainian Parliament votes to create an Anti-Corruption Court
Before the final voting, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, Chief Executive of Transparency International Ukraine said that the bill which was…
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Will Ukraine’s Parliament finally give the green light to an Anti-Corruption Court?
The Verkhovna Rada is expected to make a crucial vote for the bill on the Anti-Corruption Court this…
With elections approaching, electoral reform in Ukraine still a distant hope
Elections are approaching in Ukraine. In 2019, Ukrainians will vote for a new president and parliament. However, despite…
Why do Ukrainians remain poor? Six hypotheses
Ukraine is one of the largest countries in Europe by territory and educated urban population. It is No.…
Civil society growing tired: public watchdog withdraws from Ukraine’s “faked” judicial reform
Judicial reform has a special place in Ukraine. It was one of the most demanded changes since Ukraine’s…
How to keep Ukraine on the reform track: non-public paper of EU countries
Keeping Ukraine on the Reform Path Non-paper by Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia,…
Reforms in Ukraine: success or a farce?
On 21 February the Free Academy of Change in Kyiv hosted a discussion called “Ukraine and Reform: A…
Education reforms lead to newer, better, regional schools
700 children from 12 neighboring villages study at the Solone school. Last year, the building got a much-needed…
Now World Bank slams Poroshenko’s anticorruption court bill, $800 mn in the air
Satu Kahkonen, the World Bank director responsible for the Ukrainian direction, has sent a letter to the Ukrainian…
IMF slams presidential draft bill on anti-corruption court in Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund has officially informed the Ukrainian authorities that the adoption of the presidential draft Law…
Ukraine’s main challenge: to solve its identity crisis
Each time we do a review of any given year, we try to determine the number of successes,…
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…
Will Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Court be another imitation of reforms?
During the last week of 2017, the text of the bill on the creation of the High Anti-Corruption…
Ukraine 2017: Breaking vicious cycle?
Improving some spheres of life and nurturing closer ties with the EU while rolling back some reforms and…
EU publishes list of demands for Ukraine to preserve its visa-free regime
The EU recongnizes Ukraine's continued implementation of criteria necessary for visa liberaliation with the EU, but in view…
The night when Ukraine almost lost its visa-free regime with the EU
On December 5, the European Union officially accused Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General of undermining the work of…
Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms are going in the wrong direction: open letter to the EU
On behalf of Ukraine’s civil society and reform community, we would like to address you regarding the evaluation…
Civic watchdog in Ukraine: we were used to legitimize dishonest Supreme Court appointments
On November 11, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made the final step to appoint 113 judges of Ukraine’s key…
Why the Ukrainian parliament voted to change the election system against its own will
On November 6, the most unexpected vote since the Euromaidan revolution took place in Verkhovna Rada (Parliament). It…
Decentralization: the mortal threat to Ukraine’s entrenched elites
In April 2014, Ukraine launched its decentralization reform. So far it is believed to be the most successful…