Pope Francis gave his traditional Christmas message and Blessing Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world), wishing all people peace and mentioning the conflicts in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh. The text of the live…
December 26, 2020
The Russian Federation uses the COVID-19 pandemic to intensify the repressive policy in the temporarily occupied Crimea, in particular, the campaign against the Crimean Tatars. The first deputy minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine…
December 20, 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…
December 12, 2020
Most news covered by the regional online media outlets concern crime, emergencies, road accidents, and coronavirus, while human rights, ecology, and war in eastern Ukraine are the least covered topics. This is evidenced by results…
December 10, 2020
The European Commission on behalf of the EU has transferred €600 million macro-financial aid to Ukraine to ensure the country’s macro-financial stability under the coronavirus pandemic. The European Commission press service reports about this. “Ukraine remains…
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…
December 9, 2020
The Ukrainian Centre for European Policy recently published the World Values Survey 2020 in Ukraine. It measures cultural values, experiences, attitudes, and beliefs about gender equality, family, religion, poverty, and education, as well as health…
December 4, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin has requested to start the large-scale vaccination against COVID-19 with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. According to him, the production of about 2 million doses of the vaccine will be possible…
December 3, 2020
Countries use technologies to inform citizens about problems or needs, to consult about making some decisions and for the decision-making process itself. However, sometimes they are faced with a situation in which they have to choose…
December 1, 2020
In the areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions occupied by Russia, it is not possible to provide assistance to the population within the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic due to a lack of medicines…
November 27, 2020
The Russian Federation has intensified its efforts to discredit Ukraine’s top state and military officials to provoke distrust of officials. Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence Main Intelligence Directorate’s Public Relations Service reported this. “Pro-Russian media, journalists and…
November 27, 2020
The European Parliament is deeply concerned about the state of media freedom within the EU and condemns the pressure and violence against journalists. In a resolution upheld by 553 votes in favour, parliament condemns attempts…
November 27, 2020
Russia continues impressing. The First Deputy CEO “Sberbank” Alexander Vedyakhin told TASS that the bank could develop a system of COVID-19 cough identification based on artificial intelligence. “The capabilities and competencies of the Sberbank’s Artificial…
November 26, 2020
The pandemic has formed new conditions for all markets and business areas. Restructuring business processes, changing economic priorities and the whole chain of tasks is the result of the pandemic’s impact around the world and…
November 26, 2020
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the impact of COVIID 19 measures on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights. MEPs say that “whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has created distress across the entire…
November 25, 2020
Ukrainian hospitals are already experiencing a catastrophic shortage of beds for COVID-19 patients, and medical facilities are not properly provided with medicines and equipment. Therefore, doctors have to choose which patients would receive oxygen to…
November 19, 2020
Ukraine was ranked 92nd in the world welfare ranking compiled by the international analytical organisation Legatum Institute. That is the worst level among all the Eastern European countries. Ukraine’s position is significantly affected by the…
November 17, 2020
The Ukrainian government resumed a nationwide quarantine on Monday, 16 November instead of the adaptive quarantine that had been in force during previous months due to the sharp spread of coronavirus infection. New restrictions have…
November 16, 2020
Hacker groups from Russia and North Korea have repeatedly carried out cyberattacks on pharmaceutical companies that develop coronavirus vaccines in recent months. Microsoft Vice President Tom Burt reported this. According to him, the attackers tried to gain access to the information of pharmaceutical companies and accounts of vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States. Members…
November 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing Ukraine towards its worst recession in decades and may push more than nine million people into poverty. More than 80% of households have lost income, the press service of the…
November 12, 2020
