Most European countries have long suffered from a demographic crisis. Among them is Ukraine, which, according to the Countrymeters calculator, will lose 152,881 of its inhabitants this year alone. For many years, the low birth […]
17.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
YouControl analytical system experts have counted 80 courts which have so far announced the termination of dispatch of letters to litigants. That is, about 15% of Ukrainian courts no longer send inquiries necessary to ensure […]
09.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
European parliamentarians strongly condemn the continuous human rights violations by state authorities in Belarus. In a debate in the European Parliament, MEPs and experts discussed the international efforts to investigate human rights abuses and seek […]
03.12.2020 • Natalia Tolub
Ukraine is plunged into another crisis after the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional provisions on anti-corruption efforts among which is criminal liability for inaccurate declaration of assets. The court also deprived the National Agency on Corruption […]
09.11.2020 • pu
Ukraine's Constitutional Court’s scandalous decision to abolish electronic declaration and thus remove criminal liability for declaring unreliable information has disappointed Ukrainian society. After all, this is a significant step back in the state's anti-corruption policy. […]
09.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Today, Ukrainian education often meets the modern demands of neither an individual and the society nor the economy needs or world trends. Despite this, in 2020, six Ukrainian universities entered the world's top 1000 best […]
05.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Three Seas Initiative has turned from an idea into an ambitious project over the past few years. Ukraine was invited to the Initiative's first summit in Dubrovnik (Croatia) in 2016 but did not delegate […]
02.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
At the end of October, the European Commission launched infringement procedures against Cyprus and Malta to stop their so-called “golden passport” schemes which allow people to acquire citizenship of these countries through a pre-determined payment, […]
28.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine plans to purchase a squadron of American fighter planes. Serhiy Drozdov, the commander of Ukraine's JAF air forces, reported this in an interview. According to him, Ukraine is unlikely to create its own aircraft […]
26.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
This year, a record number of fires were registered in Ukraine, which mainly occurred in the Eastern and Southern regions. What are the reasons for the intensification of fires in 2020? What impact do they […]
23.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian society is outraged and protests loudly. The Darnytsya district court has partially upheld a claim of Viktor Medvedchuk, the "Opposition Platform - For Life" party political council chairman and a Putin's kum. Thus, the […]
21.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A group of high-level acting and former officials and experts from both sides of the Atlantic signed an open letter calling the European Commission and governments of Western countries, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova “to take […]
19.10.2020 • Natalia Tolub
The growing discontent over reforms and the fight against corruption in Ukraine might manifest itself through imposing limitations for some Ukrainian individuals, said Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, German MEP, Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine […]
16.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine is unique. Patriotic education in Ukraine is actively developing. It will show the most significant events in Ukrainian history of the 20th century: the First World War, the October Revolution, the Holodomor, Stalin's repressions, […]
09.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian children in the war zone in Donbas have a terrible childhood. Russian aggression and the hybrid war leave no chance for a happy, peaceful youth. 240 children have died here since the beginning of […]
01.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
There is a tradition in the UN: Member states donate a gift to mark their presence and demonstrate themselves somehow. Among the presents are sculptures, artefacts, decorations for the halls and more. In 1970, Ukraine […]
28.09.2020 • Natalia Tolub
Did you know that the first song in space was performed in Ukrainian? It sounded both in outer space and on Earth – astronauts Pavel Popovich and Sergei Korolev sang it. Thanks to Ukrainian developers, […]
24.09.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Mined areas are a real danger to both the military and the civilian population. 2,202 people were killed and wounded by mines and explosives left in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts during the military conflict, according […]
21.09.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In 2020, the Ukrainian government approved the Economic Stimulus Program to overcome the COVID-19 epidemic consequences. Unfortunately, it proved to be inefficient: in the second quarter of this year, the country's GDP fell by 11.4%, […]
15.09.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Belarusian people have to decide about their future for themselves, but Belarus and the EU would both gain if they have normal, deeper and better relations, said Karin Karlsbro, Swedish MEP, Vice-Chair of the European […]
08.09.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak