The Council of the European Union adopted conclusions on the development of the Eastern Partnership after 2020, reaffirming the strategic importance of this program. The relevant notice is published on the website of the European…
Assessing EU’s transformative power in Ukraine: Six years of anti-corruption conditionality
May 12, 2020
Turbulent developments following the Euromaidan Revolution have made the EU an influential reform actor in Ukraine. All the biggest breakthroughs happening over the past six years in a priority reform area, the fight against corruption,…
Did you know that popular e-voting has been practised in Ukraine at least since 2015? It has been indeed – for various purposes and at different levels of governance. While electronic voting can be either…
“The threat of revenge is growing in Ukraine. Authorities challenge Ukraine’s defenders against Russian aggression. Unjustifiably arrested volunteers remain behind bars. The range of fabricated cases against the leaders and participants of the Revolution of…
End of War, Refusal of the Ambassador, and Permission to Leave: Europress Review on Ukraine
May 8, 2020
We make this media review every week in partnership with the Ukrainian source Mind.ua. We make it for you to help you form an idea of the image of Ukraine in the European media space. …
Several months have passed since the resonance briefing held on 12 December 2019 at the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine, attended by the ministry’s leadership, the heads of the National Police, the Prosecutor General’s Office,…
Naftogaz against Gazprom
May 4, 2020
It is too early to talk about gas peace between Ukraine and Russia Against the backdrop of specific relations between Moscow and Kyiv – which are far-from-perfect – the gas issue has remained one of…
Ukraine's bankruptcy, propaganda in a French media blog, and humans stories in the Europress
May 1, 2020
We make this media review every week in partnership with the Ukrainian source Mind.ua. We make it for you to help you form an idea of the image of Ukraine in the European media space. …
The flag of Ukraine is blue and yellow, representing the most common view of the countryside – yellow wheat and blue sky. That does not come as a surprise, since, according to a famous Ukrainian…
Labour reform Despite the long history of Ukrainian parliamentarism and law-making (let us recall at least the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk), one cannot call our legislative system an exemplary one. Yet it has not been…
Usurpation of "the Victory Day" by Russia
April 29, 2020
Next week on Saturday Brussels will celebrate Europe Day – the Day when in 1950 Schuman pronounced his speech in Paris giving birth to the idea of the unity of the previously war-torn countries in…
“The European Commission’s offer of immediate assistance is good news. However, much more will be needed to help the EU’s eastern partners fight the coronavirus and mitigate the socioeconomic impact of this crisis”, wrote Dr….
A new report “Peace in Ukraine 1: A European War” of the Brussels based International Crisis Group (ICG) outlines the “need” of the Euratlantic community to be more “flexible” towards Russia. It is the first…
Kyiv and Moscow: from partnership to competition
April 28, 2020
Since 2014, the Russian propaganda machine has been spreading misinformation throughout the world about how Ukraine’s economy is about to collapse. However, time goes by and Ukraine is not falling apart. Indeed, despite the war,…
Ukraine anticipates new challenges - video
April 27, 2020
The beginning of spring marked the commencement of serious political and economic turbulence for Ukraine. On the one hand, Ukraine faces the impact of worldwide processes related to the fight of all countries against the…
The decline of the Kremlin: we live among living dead
April 26, 2020
When the main positive news about the dynamics of prices in the oil markets is that this price has again risen above zero, we must admit that we are in a completely new economic space…
Trump and Putin released a joint statement dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of the meeting of American and Soviet troops on the Elbe – a move that calls for attention not only from Ukrainian authorities…
Virtual tour of Ukrainian authentic museums
April 25, 2020
Have you been to Ukrainian open-air museums where you can see folk architecture and life of Ukrainians centuries ago? We bet that the majority of local people in Ukraine have not been to all seven…
Ukrainian is à la mode
April 24, 2020
Exquisite embroidery, colourful drawn thread works, and original ethnic accessories are abundant on the catwalks and fashion week shows. This is not the first year Ukrainian designers have competed with well-known names in the fashion…
Ukraine and Corona: hug each other, and Return of the King of the Sun. Europress Review
April 24, 2020
This week the European media has been full of messages about the Chornobyl fires: the website of the Dutch TV channel NOS published “Chornobyl fires are now being fought by 1,400 firefighters”. Austrian newspaper Krone…
