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February 19, 2021
NABU with or without Sytnyk: Proposals of the Cabinet
On September 16, the Constitutional Court declared a number of provisions on the NABU law unconstitutional. This led to the intensification of discussions about the…
February 17, 2021
Nobody Wants to Deal with a Country Where There’s No Justice
Ukrainians don’t believe in justice, as evidenced by the latest surveys. Only 1.7% trust the Ukrainian judiciary, while 11.3% “rather trust” it. The Ukrainian…
February 11, 2021
The whistleblower who wasn’t protected: the story of Oleh Polishchuk
To tell about corruption is a very brave step because the whistleblower often depends financially or professionally on whom he exposes. Our story is about…
February 10, 2021
Why hospitals insure employees in case of COVID-19
Last year, more than 400 Ukrainian doctors died of coronavirus. However, only 36 families received compensation payments from the state. Hospitals continue to buy insurance…
February 8, 2021
Long-Awaited Head of SAPO
The end of 2020. The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv takes the case against Tatarov from the NABU and the SAPO, based on pseudo-legal grounds. The SAPO…
January 29, 2021
HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT ON THE PRESIDENT’S PRESS CONFERENCE
The State Management of Affairs (SMA) is a special institution that deals with the needs of other state bodies, particularly the President’s Office, the Verkhovna…
January 21, 2021
Ambulances to Fight COVID-19
How long should it take for an ambulance to arrive after your call? According to the current resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers, it should…
December 19, 2020
Fight for Anti-Corruption Infrastructure Goes On
One of the demands of the Maidan in 2013-2014 was, first of all, the fight against grand corruption. Since then, it has been a difficult…
December 10, 2020
Has New Law Reduced Corruption in Procurement?
On April 19, a new version of the Law on Public Procurement came into force. It has brought a lot of changes to the field,…
December 10, 2020
Another anti-corruption year: we keep fighting no matter what
Ukraine in December 2019 and December 2020 is the same country with the same people. However, in just a year, the “basic” direction for updates–I…
December 8, 2020
A difficult way to simple victories: why reform support teams work
Project teams make it possible to implement reforms not in spite of state institutions, but together with them. It is always easier to illustrate the…
December 4, 2020
What Makes Proposed Law on Criminal Liability for False Declarations So Dangerous
The Parliament adopted a law that, according to MPs, will restore criminal liability for declaring inaccurate information. I would like to explain why such a…
November 30, 2020
Violations in Declarations Should Be Punished by Imprisonment
TI Ukraine’s Legal Advisor Oleksandr Kalitenko has commented on the legislative initiatives that will help to overcome the crisis, in particular, to restore criminal liability…
November 24, 2020
How technologies can help business and country
Here there are talking points of Executive Director of TI Ukraine Andrii Borovyk at the international online event Civic Tech Summit 2020, dedicated to technologies…
November 20, 2020
Tried Their Best: What Happened to Baby Care Packages
The baby care package is a social project launched by the Groysman government in 2018. Young parents began to receive in-kind assistance to provide newborns…
November 17, 2020
In Search of Effective Localization
This year, the Ministry of Economy and MPs have tried to introduce localization in machine-building procurement. Localization assumes that foreign companies will not be able…
