The Viasna Human Rights Centre informs that bloggers, entrepreneurs, activists of presidential candidates’ headquarters, protesters stay in places of detention in Belarus, far from their relatives and friends. They were arrested for participating in peaceful…
Early parliamentary elections in Moldova opened a new page in the country’s political development. For the first time in history, a stable pro-Western and pro-European mono-majority will emerge in Chisinau, while EU and US could unblock external…
If you open today any publication of Meduza, a well-known independent online media outlet, you can see the message right below the title of an article: “This message (content) was created and (or) distributed by a foreign…
According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), more than 60 raids on the offices and apartments of media representatives were conducted in the country over the past 10 days. “Over the past 10 days, 63…
Dmytro Kuleba Summarises Achievements of MFA’s Ukrainian Institute for Three Years of Its Activity
July 19, 2021
The Ukrainian Institute is a key cultural diplomacy organisation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the basis of Ukraine’s “soft power.” Having established the Institute three years ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiated…
The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, and the Netherlands made a joint statement on the 7th anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Donbas. The foreign ministers stressed the need to…
9 August marks a year of Alexander Lukashenka’s attempts to retain power after an apparent defeat in the presidential election. The usurper president seeks to “hold the ground with his bayonets”. The immediate evidence of this is the amendments…
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed two presidential bills that increase the size of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by 11,000 people (up to 261,000) and lays foundations of national resistance (creation of territorial defence)….
Report on the Online Survey Results about the Attitude of Ukrainian Population to Vaccine Passports
July 13, 2021
For more than 15 years, the end of April has been marked by the World Immunization Week – the initiative of the World Health Organization. This year, in addition to promoting routine immunization, World Immunization…
In June 2021, the Cyber Security Situation Centre of the Security Service of Ukraine stopped and neutralised 76 cyber attacks on information systems of government agencies. The main types of cyber threats (hacker attacks) detected were:…
UN Calls on Ukraine to Conduct Census
July 9, 2021
Ukraine needs to conduct a census as the exact size of its population is unknown, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani said at the international Ukraine Reform Conference in Vilnius. “One…
Ukraine: Birth Traumas of Culture
July 7, 2021
Ukrainian culture has been tested by centuries of colonialism. It was not typical, as in Great Britain or France, which were separated from the colonies by the sea and which perceived the colonised population as…
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed, as a basis and on the whole, the bill “On Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine.” The bill was supported by 325 lawmakers at an extraordinary plenary sitting of the Verkhovna Rada….
Ukraine to Increase Number of Servicemen
July 1, 2021
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted, in the first reading, bills necessary for the creation of territorial defence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also called for an increase in the size of the Armed…
Ukraine, UN Implementing Ten Projects Worth $125 M
June 30, 2021
Ten United Nations projects are being implemented in Ukraine within the framework of international technical assistance. Their total cost is over $125 million. “We appreciate the activities of the United Nations within the framework of…
Russian Repression
June 30, 2021
On 1 July 2020, Putin introduced a new time system for Russia. He began the “chronicle of the new time” with the “new” year 1937. Having reset presidential term limits to zero, the now “lifelong”…
Ukraine regards Belarus‘ decision to suspend participation in the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative as disrespect for the values of democracy, the rule of law, and human rights. It contradicts the interests of the Belarusian people…
Seven Years of Occupation of Crimea: Human Rights Activists Systematise Human Rights Violations on Peninsula
June 28, 2021
Ukraine has presented a report systematising human rights violations in Crimea over the seven years of occupation. The analytical document is divided into main groups of rights: civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. The…
Exports of Ukrainian goods to the European Union have increased by 60% since the beginning of the provisional application of the Association Agreement with the EU in 2014. Acting Deputy Director General of the Government…
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a comprehensive resolution recognising the persecution of Crimean Tatars by the aggressor state, the Russian Federation. The document was supported by the vast majority of…
