In 2021, Ukraine moved down one spot in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and now ranks 122nd out of 180 countries on the CPI list. What is behind this assessment, should we worry about it, and what…
February 16, 2022
G7 Ambassadors’ Support Group for Ukraine announced priority areas for cooperation in 2022. According to the document, support for Ukraine in its progress will take place in three main areas. In particular, the ”Just and Resilient Institutions”…
January 31, 2022
Against the background of the euphoria of pro-Kremlin media outlets and certain “mouthpieces” caused by the signing of the so-called integration decree of the Union State, the news report on a collective letter of 35…
November 15, 2021
Abuses by officials who violate the law for personal gain inflict huge losses on the state budget of Ukraine. The amount of state losses established by the State Bureau of Investigation for three years of…
November 12, 2021
Promote Ukraine publishes the conclusions of the report “Activism 2021: a monitoring report on the persecution of activists and human rights defenders in the government-controlled territory of Ukraine.” It was prepared by the ZMINA Human Rights…
November 10, 2021
The officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) exposed Kyiv entrepreneurs who embezzled funds allocated for the protection of classified information circulating in government institutions and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine. According to preliminary…
October 29, 2021
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reacted to the delay in the election of the head of the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP). The President stated that there could be no adequate explanation why the competition was being delayed….
October 10, 2021
Some EU countries have raised the issue of possible abolishment of the visa-free regime with some western Balkan states, Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova due to a series of abuses by the citizens of these countries….
September 29, 2021
Ukraine is still suffering from grand corruption, state capture and the influence of oligarchs, and EU initiatives in this field delivered poor results. This is a conclusion of a special report published by the European…
September 23, 2021
The European Commission has approved the disbursement of EUR 600 million as the second tranche of “exclusive” macro-financial assistance to Ukraine. In particular, EU funds will be used to maintain economic stabilisation in Ukraine (by…
September 17, 2021
According to lawyers, about 200 searches a day are being conducted in Ukraine in 2021. Law enforcement officers come to “visit” both Ukrainian and international companies. At the same time, there have been many high-profile cases…
September 13, 2021
The Internal Audit Department of the Ministry of Defence exposed misuse of more than half a million hryvnias. Service members of various levels – from a staff sergeant to a general – were among the violators. In…
August 19, 2021
Ukrainian border guards exposed a multimillion hryvnias scheme for smuggling and counterfeiting medicines across Ukraine’s state border. In particular, they discovered a large-scale, transnational channel for smuggling medicines across the state border of Ukraine with…
August 3, 2021
Judicial reform in Ukraine is being actively implemented at the request of international partners and the public. The Verkhovna Rada has already passed numerous bills to regulate the activities of the judiciary. However, the legal…
July 21, 2021
Recently, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine published an analytical note concerning the Ukrainian shadow economy trends for 2020. According to these data, the level of the shadow economy in the country last year was…
July 5, 2021
The European Union prepared a plan to continue cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries. The goals of the plan are supported by an investment package totalling EUR 2.3 billion. “The comprehensive agenda aims at increasing trade,…
July 2, 2021
The Ukrainian side welcomes the efforts of the Government of Canada aimed at establishing the truth and achieving justice in the case of the downing of Ukrainian flight PS752 in the sky over Tehran on…
June 25, 2021
Problems of Ukrainian Exporters: Corruption in Customs and Unfavourable Foreign Exchange Regulations
Assistance in establishing relations with trade representatives, search for partners in target markets, analysis of possible markets, information support, training, and organisation of B2B meetings – these are the types of state support Ukrainian exporters…
June 18, 2021
Independent experts in selection commissions that select and vet the individuals who serve in Ukraine’s judiciary and anti-corruption institutions will make it possible to achieve changes that will be the most fundamental renewal of Ukraine’s judiciary…
June 16, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke about Ukraine’s accession to the North Atlantic Alliance at the NATO summit in Brussels on 14 June. Biden did not rule out Ukraine’s accession to NATO in the distant future…
June 15, 2021
