The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) has instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to propose a bill within two months that would identify Ukrainians with dual citizenship, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said following a NSDC meeting […]
27.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The foreign ministers of the 27 member states of the European Union made a political decision to impose new sanctions against those responsible for the arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Sanctions will be […]
23.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The health of Ukrainian political prisoners held in Crimea and Russia is a matter of particular concern to human rights defenders. These people are the most vulnerable category of Ukrainian nationals as they actually are […]
22.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Former Ukrainian political prisoners, who were convicted in Russia, have set up a joint platform, the main goal of which is to release Ukrainians held in prisons in the Russian Federation and in the temporarily […]
22.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) imposed sanctions on MP Viktor Medvedchuk, who is known for his pro-Russian views and is the father of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s godchild. According to the […]
20.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The United States has imposed sanctions against another 43 Belarusian nationals for rigging the presidential election and violence against peaceful protesters, the press service of the U.S. Department of State reports. "Today, the U.S. Department […]
19.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On Tuesday, 16 February, Belarusian security forces conducted mass searches in the offices of journalists and human rights activists. The European Union condemned such actions of the Belarusian law enforcement officers, spokesperson for the European […]
17.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Plans of unlimited terror revealed in the scandalous audio recording by BYPOL [the BYPOL initiative was founded by opposition-minded former law enforcement officers of Belarus] include an intention to set up a separate labour camp […]
15.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine has made some progress in reforming the country, but widespread corruption continues to hamper this process, Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis said during the discussion of the interim report on Ukraine's […]
10.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The EU should make the sanctions mechanism more effective in order to better protect democracy, in particular regarding Russia and Belarus. That was a message from a video conference on “Defending democracy in Russia and […]
05.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
G7 Ambassadors gave advice to Ukraine on how to get out of the constitutional crisis On 27 October 2020, an event took place that clearly testified to the existence of a fundamental problem in the […]
29.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The 6 January events in Washington, D.C., when right-wing extremists who support Donald Trump's stormed the US Capitol building, shocked the United States and the whole world. The Democratic Party is initiating the impeachment process, […]
12.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The G7 Ambassadors in Ukraine led by the United Kingdom will continue to support Ukraine in implementing reforms aimed at economic development. "We will continue to engage with the Ukrainian authorities, experts and civil society […]
11.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
By order of Alexander Lukashenka, the Belarusian special services discussed the possibility of killing political rivals, including a car bomb explosion that killed journalist Pavel Sheremet, the Brussels-based independent online newspaper EUobserver reported following an investigation […]
04.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Every year is an opportunity to become better, more developed, stronger, and the time of the New Year holidays is a period of drawing a line on what happened, succeeded, and what needs to be […]
19.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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 […]
12.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Venice Commission considers that Ukraine's Constitutional Court decision on certain provisions of the anti-corruption legislation unconstitutionality "has no clear arguments, solid foundations in international law and was adopted under the impact of a possible […]
10.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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 […]
09.12.2020 • Natalia Tolub
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine announced the opening of criminal proceedings over the provocations related to the activities of Hungarian organisations in the Zakarpattia region. According to the Ministry’s press service, on 4 […]
05.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On Thursday, 3 December, Ukrainian ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova met with Darya Morozova, a representative of the so-called DNR occupation authorities, to discuss the transfer of prisoners currently held in territory uncontrolled by the Ukrainian government. During […]
03.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak