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September 22, 2020

The COVID-19 fund with almost UAH 66 billion was created back in April. And the interim reports on the spending are becoming a hot issue. […]

September 21, 2020

Headless ARMA: Risks of Stalling Recruitment for Head of Agency

For almost nine months, the Asset Recovery and Management Agency has been operating without a Head of the Agency. Head of New Year 2020, Oleksii […]

September 17, 2020

“This Process for Selection of SAPO Head Will Impact Future Investigations” — Head of Legal

On September 17, the Parliament supported the nominees to the Selection Commission for the Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, on the third try. […]

September 14, 2020

COVID-19 INSURANCE FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS: HOW MUCH IS A LIFE WORTH

Medical personnel is at the highest risk of contracting COVID-19. Medical workers handle virus cases each day, and in the fight against the illness they […]

September 10, 2020

NABU AND THE CONSTITUTION: WHERE WE ARE GOING

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine has opened an open plenary session to consider the submission of 50 MPs on the compliance of certain provisions of […]

September 10, 2020

WHY HOSPITALS IN THE REGIONS DON’T HAVE ENOUGH PCR TESTS

Laboratory centers do not have enough reagents for PCR testing for coronavirus. Why? Because the suppliers cannot keep up with the orders. According to the […]

September 10, 2020

Advertising for Taxpayers’ Money: Summary from Prozorro

Public institutions use taxpayer funds to purchase goods and services, and marketing falls under that umbrella. Sometimes it means making public service announcements or spreading […]

September 7, 2020

Anti-Corruption Court: Facts, Figures and Some Conclusions

The High Anti-Corruption Court’s performance: figures, facts and some conclusions 16 verdicts and drastic changes in approaches to the criminal process and administration of justice […]

September 7, 2020

The anti-corruption court’s first year: it exists, it works and it is worth it

After Euromaidan, a new era began for Ukraine and its efforts at combating corruption. Ukrainians no longer wished to tolerate flagrant embezzlement and scheming that […]

September 1, 2020

COVID-19 PROCUREMENTS: APPROACHES NEED TO BE CHANGED

In March, public procuring entities were allowed to procure the most necessary goods and services required to fight against the coronavirus without auctions. With the simplified procedure, it is enough to find a supplier, sign a contract and publish it…

August 27, 2020

ABUSE IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: HOW DO YOU REPORT IT?

Every day the Prozorro system handles between hundreds and tens of thousands of procurement reports. Most of them are filed by government agencies, meaning that […]

August 25, 2020

DID LUKASHENKO REALLY DEFEAT CORRUPTION IN BELARUS?

The protests in Belarus have generated some turmoil and division among the Ukrainian public. We have been vigorously debating the proceedings for two weeks now, […]

August 13, 2020

UKRAINE AT THE TOP OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSPARENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RATING

The Transparent Public Procurement Rating is implemented by the Georgian Institute for Development of Freedom of Information with partner organizations. It assesses the public procurement […]

July 31, 2020

WHAT’S RIGHT AND WHAT’S WRONG WITH NACP’S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY

On June 24, the National Agency for Corruption Prevention published a draft Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2020-2024. To say that we have been waiting for this […]

July 30, 2020

AUDITORS ASSIGN TOO FEW INSPECTIONS

“Auditors appoint field inspections only in 6.5% of cases when monitoring has confirmed a violation. That’s not enough,” says TI Ukraine’s Director of Innovation Projects […]

July 24, 2020

No safety in this country

On Wednesday night, the house of the Anti-Corruption Action Center chair Vitalii Shabunin burned. At the time of the incident, his wife and children were […]