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March 16, 2021
Why Sell Desolate Prisons?
“We are really reducing the number of prisons. We are ‘freezing’ nine prisons this week. There are dozens of other objects that we are ready…

March 15, 2021
5 Years of the ARMA’s Work: Achievements and Failures
It has been 5 years since the Asset Recovery and Management Agency came into operation. The ARMA has gone from a newly established institution to…

March 11, 2021
Analytics Changing the Public Procurement Sector in Ukraine
How do we find procurement with corruption violations among millions of tenders? How do we identify weak spots in public procurement?

March 3, 2021
When Will the NACP Verify Judges’ Declarations?
In October 2020, the foundations of the anti-corruption reform in Ukraine were virtually destroyed. Moreover, it was judges of the Constitutional Court who issued that…

February 23, 2021
What Should Be Changed in the Work of the ARMA to Save It
Recently, people have started talking more often about the Asset Recovery and Management Agency. Both journalists and politicians have a question about the effectiveness of…

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…