With all due respect to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, menacing statements about our dire response are just yet another idle threat. And such threats make us funny. I want to highlight three very serious dangers caused by […]
01.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Negative demographic trends formed in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions before the temporary occupation by the Russian Federation intensified significantly after 2014, the Centre for Economic Strategy reports. In particular, the two regions is seeing a […]
01.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
During a special operation of the Security Service of Ukraine, a transnational criminal group was neutralised in Kyiv. The wrongdoers forged the IDs of the OSCE diplomatic monitoring mission. They sold fake documents to their […]
30.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline may be launched before the Federal Network Agency of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesnetzagentur) completes the certification process. Such precedents have already taken place, according to the Handelsblatt […]
28.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The International Monetary Fund has completed the first review of the Stand-By Arrangement and approved the allocation of the second tranche worth $700 million to Ukraine, as well as extended the programme until the end of […]
24.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Seventy percent of adolescents surveyed believe that they will have more opportunities to develop and fulfil their abilities abroad, and more than 50% do not feel talented at all. This is evidenced by the results […]
23.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Coordinated domestic and foreign energy policy and enhanced energy diplomacy will help to meet the current challenges facing Ukraine and the world. "Ukraine's geographical location makes it not only an integral part of the European […]
18.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The number of reservations made by Ukrainians has increased. In particular, compared to last year, tourists have already booked twice as many tours this winter: 24,975 applications for the 2021/22 season against 12,557 applications in […]
17.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain Liz Trass called on the European Union to study Russia's dependence on gas supplies, strengthen ties with other like-minded countries and unite to block the commissioning of the Nord […]
14.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Due to the Russian Federation's blockade of coal imports from Kazakhstan, Ukraine is in fact in a state of energy war with Russia. This was stated by Maxim Nemchynov, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine. […]
12.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Abuses by officials who violate the law for personal gain inflict huge losses on the state budget of Ukraine. The amount of state losses established by the State Bureau of Investigation for three years of […]
12.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Next year, the state-owned company Ukrzaliznytsia will hand over passenger traffic to the German Deutsche Bahn. This was stated by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov. “We have been working with the German […]
09.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Since 1 September 2021, Ukrainian citizens have had the right to declare the assets they own and pay a fee to the budget. A voluntary declaration is presented as a chance to unveil the money […]
09.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine acceded to two international agreements adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. In particular, according to the Conference website, official Kyiv supported the agreement to end and reverse […]
03.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Speaking in Cape Town in 1966, U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy gave a brief but meaningful description of the geopolitical situation at the time: “There is a Chinese curse which says ‘May he live in […]
26.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine received the second tranche under the fifth EU macro-financial assistance programme with the nominal value of EUR 600 million. The aid is granted as a long-term loan at a 0.250% interest rate due April […]
26.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine signed the Common Aviation Area Agreement with the European Union. It took 15 years. Now, passengers and carriers have new opportunities. When will the agreement on expanding airspace with the EU come into force […]
25.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to sign a partnership agreement with China and join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) largely went unnoticed in Europe (Photo: European Union) As NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels on Thursday and […]
22.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainians are deceived online by many methods. Retirees are three times more likely to be swindled than others – via SMS about alleged lottery prizes. Every fourth teenager falls for a scam after clicking on a malicious link. […]
18.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Law on Consumer Protection in the Settlement of Overdue Debts has been in force in Ukraine since 14 July. Now, debt collectors will have to abandon the usual scenarios of forced debt redemption. In particular, […]
18.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak