The 6 January events in Washington, D.C., when right-wing extremists who support Donald Trump’s stormed the US Capitol building, shocked the United States and the whole world. The Democratic Party is initiating the impeachment process,…
The G7 Ambassadors in Ukraine led by the United Kingdom will continue to support Ukraine in implementing reforms aimed at economic development. “We will continue to engage with the Ukrainian authorities, experts and civil society…
By order of Alexander Lukashenka, the Belarusian special services discussed the possibility of killing political rivals, including a car bomb explosion that killed journalist Pavel Sheremet, the Brussels-based independent online newspaper EUobserver reported following an investigation…
Promote Ukraine Offers Congratulations on the Upcoming Holidays and Recalls What Marked the Year Coming to an End
December 19, 2020
Every year is an opportunity to become better, more developed, stronger, and the time of the New Year holidays is a period of drawing a line on what happened, succeeded, and what needs to be…
Ukraine to Receive over 8 million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Free
December 12, 2020
The Global Mechanism for the Coronavirus Vaccines COVAX Availability has officially approved Ukraine’s application for the COVID-19 vaccine and will provide more than 8 million doses for free. Viktor Lyashko, deputy minister of health, chief…
The Venice Commission considers that Ukraine’s Constitutional Court decision on certain provisions of the anti-corruption legislation unconstitutionality “has no clear arguments, solid foundations in international law and was adopted under the impact of a possible…
Industrialbank: The Development of the Banks in Ukraine is Hampered by Imperfect Legislation
December 9, 2020
Creditors’ rights in Ukraine are not sufficiently protected, and people and companies cannot fully rely on the judicial system to make economic decisions, says Vladislav Verchenko, Deputy Head of the Supervisory Board at the Ukrainian…
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine announced the opening of criminal proceedings over the provocations related to the activities of Hungarian organisations in the Zakarpattia region. According to the Ministry’s press service, on 4…
Kyiv Plans to Return 300 Prisoners from DNR
December 3, 2020
On Thursday, 3 December, Ukrainian ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova met with Darya Morozova, a representative of the so-called DNR occupation authorities, to discuss the transfer of prisoners currently held in territory uncontrolled by the Ukrainian government. During…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine summoned Istvan Iidarto, the Ambassador of Hungary to Ukraine, due to ungrounded speculations about the alleged intimidation of Ukrainians in the Transcarpathian region. According to the Foreign Ministry’s…
Euobserver: EU law needed to protect free press, NGOs say
December 2, 2020
More than 60 NGOs and media, including EUobserver, have signed a call for an EU-wide law to stop the rich and powerful from silencing critics with malicious litigation. The practice, known as strategic lawsuits against…
Kyiv-Budapest Relations Becoming Strained Again
December 1, 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjártó has stated that he considers “unacceptable” the actions of Ukraine’s Security Service officers, who conducted searches in the houses of officials of a Zakarpattia region…
New Regional European Integration Offices to Open in Ukraine
November 30, 2020
An opening of the European integration regional office took place in Dnipro on Monday, 30 November, the EU Delegation to Ukraine announced on its page on Twitter. “The EU welcomes the opening of the European…
Ukraine Commemorates Holodomor Victims' Memory
November 28, 2020
Ukraine commemorates the victims of the 20th-century Famine-Genocides forced by the Soviet authorities on the fourth Saturday of November yearly, according to the presidential decrees of 1998 and 2007. In the last century, Ukrainians survived…
Ukraine's Prime Minister to Confirm the State's European Direction
November 22, 2020
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal assured the society of the invariability of the European movement by our state and expressed hope to become a European Union member. The Prime Minister announced this during…
Ukraine Marks Day of Dignity and Freedom
November 21, 2020
On Saturday, 21 November, Ukraine marks the Day of Dignity and Freedom. The day of remembrance was established in accordance with the presidential decree in 2014 in honour of the commencement of the 2004 Orange…
President-Elect of Moldova Maia Sandu: Crimea is Part of Ukraine
November 20, 2020
President-elect of Moldova Maia Sandu plans to improve relations with Ukraine and considers Crimea a Ukrainian territory. “We must restore, ‘fix’ relations between our states after their condition over the past four years, during the…
With an astonishing 80.23 percent of votes in the recent Belarusian presidential elections, the incumbent president – Alyaksandr Lukashenka – has once again secured a landslide victory over his opposition. His sixth consecutive victory, however,…
Oleg Sentsov: “Terrible things are happening, and Zelensky does not understand it...”
November 16, 2020
The most famous former Kremlin political prisoner from Ukraine, Oleg Sentsov, is not going to be a politician, but instead devotes his time to filmmaking and writing books. In an interview with the journalist of…
Alexander Lukashenka claims that a centre for destabilising the situation in Belarus is currently operating in Ukraine. He made a corresponding statement in an interview with foreign TV channels, noting that the situation in the…
