Ukraine is plunged into another crisis after the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional provisions on anti-corruption efforts among which is criminal liability for inaccurate declaration of assets. The court also deprived the National Agency on Corruption…
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court’s scandalous decision to abolish electronic declaration and thus remove criminal liability for declaring unreliable information has disappointed Ukrainian society. After all, this is a significant step back in the state’s anti-corruption policy….
Ukrainian Education: Pros and Cons
November 5, 2020
Today, Ukrainian education often meets the modern demands of neither an individual and the society nor the economy needs or world trends. Despite this, in 2020, six Ukrainian universities entered the world’s top 1000 best…
Why Is Ukraine Interesting to the Three Seas Initiative?
November 2, 2020
The Three Seas Initiative has turned from an idea into an ambitious project over the past few years. Ukraine was invited to the Initiative’s first summit in Dubrovnik (Croatia) in 2016 but did not delegate…
MEPs: EU Countries Must Stop Selling Their Passports
October 28, 2020
At the end of October, the European Commission launched infringement procedures against Cyprus and Malta to stop their so-called “golden passport” schemes which allow people to acquire citizenship of these countries through a pre-determined payment,…
Ukrainian Military Plans to Buy American Fighters
October 26, 2020
Ukraine plans to purchase a squadron of American fighter planes. Serhiy Drozdov, the commander of Ukraine’s JAF air forces, reported this in an interview. According to him, Ukraine is unlikely to create its own aircraft…
Ukraine Is on Fire
October 23, 2020
This year, a record number of fires were registered in Ukraine, which mainly occurred in the Eastern and Southern regions. What are the reasons for the intensification of fires in 2020? What impact do they…
Political Censorship: Medvedchuk Against the Whole of Ukraine
October 21, 2020
Ukrainian society is outraged and protests loudly. The Darnytsya district court has partially upheld a claim of Viktor Medvedchuk, the “Opposition Platform – For Life” party political council chairman and a Putin‘s kum. Thus, the…
Stop Nord Stream 2, Urge Influential People in the West
October 19, 2020
A group of high-level acting and former officials and experts from both sides of the Atlantic signed an open letter calling the European Commission and governments of Western countries, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova “to take…
MEP Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel: “There is growing political discontent in Brussels on the reforms in Ukraine”
October 16, 2020
The growing discontent over reforms and the fight against corruption in Ukraine might manifest itself through imposing limitations for some Ukrainian individuals, said Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, German MEP, Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine…
Ukraine Recreated an Historic "Time Machine"
October 9, 2020
Ukraine is unique. Patriotic education in Ukraine is actively developing. It will show the most significant events in Ukrainian history of the 20th century: the First World War, the October Revolution, the Holodomor, Stalin’s repressions,…
Children's Faces and the Donbas War
October 1, 2020
Ukrainian children in the war zone in Donbas have a terrible childhood. Russian aggression and the hybrid war leave no chance for a happy, peaceful youth. 240 children have died here since the beginning of…
The Unknown Story of the Famous UN Gifts
September 28, 2020
There is a tradition in the UN: Member states donate a gift to mark their presence and demonstrate themselves somehow. Among the presents are sculptures, artefacts, decorations for the halls and more. In 1970, Ukraine…
Ukraine's Features Famous All Over the World
September 24, 2020
Did you know that the first song in space was performed in Ukrainian? It sounded both in outer space and on Earth – astronauts Pavel Popovich and Sergei Korolev sang it. Thanks to Ukrainian developers,…
Ukraine on a Minefield
September 21, 2020
Mined areas are a real danger to both the military and the civilian population. 2,202 people were killed and wounded by mines and explosives left in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts during the military conflict, according…
Anti-Crisis Solutions to Save Ukraine's Economy
September 15, 2020
In 2020, the Ukrainian government approved the Economic Stimulus Program to overcome the COVID-19 epidemic consequences. Unfortunately, it proved to be inefficient: in the second quarter of this year, the country’s GDP fell by 11.4%,…
MEP Karin Karlsbro: “It is urgent to reintroduce tougher sanctions to all responsible for events in Belarus”
September 8, 2020
Belarusian people have to decide about their future for themselves, but Belarus and the EU would both gain if they have normal, deeper and better relations, said Karin Karlsbro, Swedish MEP, Vice-Chair of the European…
Who Benefits from the Pandemic?
September 7, 2020
COVID-19 has changed the whole world and not always negatively. For example, environmentalists say that during isolation, the average number of “good quality air days” in China increased by 21.5%. European satellites have observed a…
Avdiivka on the frontline: photo-report
September 4, 2020
The frontline town of Avdiivka is located 13 kilometers to the north from Donetsk and has a population of about 25,000 inhabitants. There you will find the largest in Europe Avdiivka coke plant, which employs…
Ukrainian Waters to Demonstrate Mendeleev’s Table
September 3, 2020
The threat of a sharp reduction in the amount of freshwater in the world grows every year. The main reasons are pollution, water bodies drying out, population growth on the planet, urbanisation increase and industrial…
