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