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Ukraine
February 19, 2018

Forget East-West and Language Divide. Politicians May Exploit New Wedge Issues in Ukraine’s Elections

Ukraine has decisively moved toward the West. Previously pulled between East and West, Ukrainians are now more united on key issues that had previously rankled the...
Reforms
February 16, 2018

Why Ukrainian Forests Don’t Benefit From The Ban On Wood Export – Interview

In 2015 the Ukrainian Parliament adopted bill to introduce a 10-year moratorium on the export of round timber, which came into full force in 2017. The most evident...
Ukraine
February 15, 2018

UkraineConnection: famous people connected to Ukraine

Over the last few centuries, Ukraine has often served as a borderland for empires, and a country where different cultures met and enriched each other.
Russian Aggression
February 9, 2018

Still Behind Bars: Who Are the Ukrainian “Prisoners of the Kremlin”?

On 16 January 2018, Volodymyr Balukh, a Ukrainian who lives in Russia-occupied Crimea, was sentenced to three years and seven months in a Russian prison and given...
Reforms
February 1, 2018

Green Energy Ukraine: Incentives or Obstacles?

Ukraine is trying to induce the use of green energy, but is often victim to corrupt schemes. In this article our aim is to delve deeper into this situation and see...
Ukraine
January 30, 2018

Paid Word: Who Owns Ukrainian Media

Oligarchs own the airwaves in Ukraine. More than 75 percent of Ukrainians regularly watch TV channels owned by Ukrainian oligarchs Viktor Pinchuk, Ihor Kolomoisky,...
Ukraine
January 29, 2018

Modernized Past: How Today’s Ukrainian Culture Combines Tradition And Modernity

In the 19th century Ukrainian culture was often perceived by its neighbours, like the Poles or Russians, as a land of deep-rooted folk traditions, where music, stories,...
Ukraine
January 16, 2018

“Little Russia”: What Ukraine Would Look Like If The “16 January Laws” Had Been Implemented

Exactly 4 years ago, on 16 January 2014, amid the Euromaidan protests, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada attempted to adopt legislation which would legalise the dictatorship...
Ukraine
January 12, 2018

Ukraine: What to Expect in 2018

One should not have wild expectations for Ukraine this year. Although the country is more than a year away from the March 2019 presidential election, structural...
Reforms
January 11, 2018

“Green” Economy: How Ukrainian Cities Are Mastering Energy Management

The year 2015 marked the beginning of energy sector reform in Ukraine, which advocated the efficient use of energy resources and alternative sources of energy. The...
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