Corruption | Promote Ukraine - Media and expert platform for Ukraine and the EU - Part 5

The case of the former Ukravtodor's Head Slawomir Nowak, detained by a Polish court last week, was added with new details, Ukrainian News agency reports. To recap, the detention took place as part of an […]

The illegal detention of Georgian Legion fighters by the KORD special forces, who beat the volunteers and damaged their car, took place on 2 October, in the Akademgorodok district in Kyiv. "Our boys were stopped, […]

On 14 July, the Ukrainian’s Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) issued the Law "On State Regulation of Activities Concerning the Organisation and Conducting of Gambling," which authorises gambling in the state. Legalization of gambling has so far […]

Is the current coronavirus crisis somehow similar to the aftermath of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in 1986? Can we use lessons from Chornobyl to face the new challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic? What should we […]

Quarantine strengthens the authorities’ power and weakens the opposition. The former gains more power and becomes a major player in overcoming the pandemic; the latter is marginalised, as any criticism from its part may be […]

A loud corruption scandal has exploded in Ukraine, involving a group of judges from one of the country's main courts, the Kyiv District Administrative Court. According to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, several main […]

[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 […]

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 […]

The European Parliament proposal to create a common economic space between the EU and the Eastern Partnership is needed to keep the motivation and incentives for reforms in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. This is an opinion of […]

The Security Service of Ukraine together with NABU under the procedural guidance of the SAP detained the head of one of the regional state administrations and an official of the same regional state administration for […]

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c-STh5zrvE&t=108s[/embed] Some of the often discussed benefits of digital payments are decreased time of the transaction, cost reduction on operating expenses, money processing, and money circulation maintenance, protection against robbery and counterfeiting, and increased transparency […]

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office detained three people in a $ 6 million bribe case offered to NABU and SAP officials by proxies of ex-Minister of Ecology Mykola Zlochevsky, the […]

This week, Ukraine did not often appear on the pages of European media. Ukraine was mostly mentioned in the context of the possible additional US sanctions over the construction of the Nord Stream 2 or […]

[embed]https://youtu.be/z9Xc7Gx_blc[/embed] Turbulent developments following the Euromaidan Revolution have made the EU an influential reform actor in Ukraine. All the biggest breakthroughs happening over the past six years in a priority reform area, the fight against […]

The change of the government and the dialogue with the so-called LPR-DPR show President Zelensky’s unlimited power There are two possible factors behind the change in the Ukrainian government: the poor state of the Ukrainian […]

In an interview with the Head of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Agency of Flanders (Vlaio) Mark Andries, we tried to learn the secrets behind the Belgian economy’s success. An innovative approach and responsible business practices […]

With 254 out of 450 parliamentary seats won, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party – ‘Sluga Narodu’ (or ‘Servant of the People’) – takes the absolute majority in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary elections. With these results, multiple […]

For the last few years, Ukraine has been all over the news due to its two prominent features: a passionate, idealistic desire to defeat corruption, and the corruption’s resistance. The whole world witnessed how during the […]