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Reforms
October 11, 2017

Current State of Anticorruption Reform Indicates Lack Of Progress

In October 2014, a new Anti-corruption strategy for 2014–2017 has been adopted. It has been a comprehensive overview of the Augean stables of Ukrainian corruption...
Reforms
October 10, 2017

10 Things You Should Know About Ukraine’s Pension Reform

On 3 October, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has voted for legislation to overhaul an outdated pension system. It was supported by 288 out of 450 Ukrainian MPs. Moreover,...
Reforms
October 3, 2017

Language Controversy: What Happened And Why

A new education law signed by Ukrainian president in late September, has sparked intense debate inside, but also outside Ukraine. While intentions of Ukrainian government...
Reforms
September 28, 2017

More Freedom: 100 Days from EU-Ukraine Visa Liberalization

More than 3 months have passed after visa-free regime between EU and Ukraine is in force. On June 11 first travellers could enter EU countries without a need to...
Ukraine
September 27, 2017

Ammunition depot explosion in Central Ukraine: what we know so far

48th arsenal of the А1119 military base near Kalynivka (Vinnytsia region) has caught fire last night. First explosions were reported at 22:00 on Tuesday, 26 September....
Ukraine
September 20, 2017

10 key points from YES-2017 conference

On 14-16 September, 14th installment of Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference took place in Kyiv. Previously, from 2004 to 2013, it has been held in Crimea, but...
Ukraine
September 15, 2017

How likely is EU to cancel roaming charges for Ukraine?

Talks about the mutual decrease of roaming fees between Europe and Ukraine have been going on since October 2016, when former EU Commissioner for Digital Economy...
Reforms
September 6, 2017

Ukraine’s reform drive is powering ahead

After the lengthy saga of its signature and ratification, the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine finally came fully into force on September...
Ukraine
September 4, 2017

Euromaidan-related graffiti ruined in Kyiv, vandals face backlash from society

On 2 September 2017, so-called “Icons of Revolution”, a cultural object of Euromaidan times, has been destroyed by a local furniture shop. This has been first reported...
Reforms
September 1, 2017

Ukraine’s Changes Keep Hope for Eastern Europe

When you have a habit to travel to the Carpathian mountains in Western Ukraine, a place of breathtaking natural beauty and tragic human history, this year you will...
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