After the Orange Revolution of 2005, Ukrainians were proud of the high level of freedom of speech in the country compared to other former Soviet republics. Ukrainian journalists were more or less free to express […]
05.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A Russian citizen who had sought political asylum in Vienna was shot in the Gerasdorf town, not far from the Austrian capital. According to Austrian media, special forces detained a murder suspect. He also turned […]
05.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine’s parliament (Verkhovna Rada) at an extraordinary meeting on Friday, 3 July, passed a law on the independent assessment waiver for higher education institution applicants from the occupied territories of Donbas and Crimea. The law was […]
04.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The negotiations of political advisers to the leaders of the Normandy format members (Ukraine, France, Germany, Russia) in Berlin made a new summit holding closer. The Office of the President of Ukraine made such a […]
04.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine’s parliament (Verkhovna Rada) voted to dismiss Central Bank (National Bank of Ukraine, NBU) Governor Yakiv Smoliy on Friday, 3 July. The draft resolution was supported by 286 members of parliament. Before the vote took place […]
04.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
[caption id="attachment_7246" align="alignright" width="200"] Anna Gubanova[/caption] The cafe at the square of ancient kings in Rome has an unstoppable flow of people who are casually chatting with vendors and strangers. Warm colors, loud voices, traditional […]
03.07.2020 • pu
There are dozens of settlements along the frontline in Donbas - cities, villages and towns, where hundreds of thousands of people continue to live despite the war. They have been living under military conflict for six […]
03.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Grain Alliance Group in Ukraine will receive financial support, thanks to a new agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). According to the bank report, a €7 million working capital loan will […]
03.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The searches of units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Khmelnitsky, Odesa and Kherson oblasts and the seizure of microwave devices (klystrons), which are key elements of the anti-aircraft missile […]
03.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia spends about $ 5 billion a year on Crimea and Donbas, the Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Oleksiy Reznikov announced. About $1.3 billion of those funds go to state officers’ salaries […]
03.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The announcement of the resignation of the Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, Yakiv Smolii, against the backdrop of alleged political pressure sends a worrying signal, said Peter Stano, the Spokesperson of the European […]
02.07.2020 • pu
The undermining of the National Bank of Ukraine's independence could be a huge step backward and lay down the credibility of reforms in Ukraine, putting their support at stake. The "Big Seven" ambassadors' message, published […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian servicemen in the combat zone in Donbas will be armed with American Javelin anti-tank systems soon. The Commander-in-Chief of the General Staff Ruslan Khomchak stated this. "The Armed Forces brigades will receive Javelins during the rotation […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In the seventh year of the war in Ukraine, about one and a half million internally displaced persons (IDPs) left the occupied territories. Last year only, 1,376,517 people were officially registered as IDPs. There is […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine received an official invitation from France on July 1 to send its experts to participate in the decryption of the black boxes of the UIA Boeing 737, which had been shot down on January […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
About 78% of Russians "supported" amendments to the Constitution that, among other things, would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to keep his position until 2036, according to the Central Election Commission. 99% of ballots have […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
French MEPs led by Thierry Mariani are going to visit the annexed Crimea, writes 112.ua. In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine asked France to officially respond to the illegal visit of […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill "on state support of investment projects with significant investments." This was announced by Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Yulia Kovaliv. The […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Armed Forces of Ukraine work to increase combat capabilities in the Crimean direction, the commander of the joint forces in the Donbas Sergei Nayev stated. "We clearly understand all the scenarios of the situation […]
01.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Kremlin's disinformation activities pose a direct threat to the democracies, both emerging and established. They are aimed at our society's stability, undermining and manipulating our views and choices. The strategic goal of these campaigns […]
01.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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