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July 3, 2020
EMERGENCY SPENDING: WHERE THE MONEY FROM THE COVID-19 RELIEF FUND GOES
Recently, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has claimed that the government has already allocated UAH 19 billion from the COVID-19 relief fund. That is, during the…
June 30, 2020
Constitutional Adventures
Exactly 24 years ago, the Verkhovna Rada finally adopted the Constitution of Ukraine following the so-called “constitutional night.” For our country, this document was extremely…
June 25, 2020
LEADING THE FIGHT: HOW MUCH UKRAINE’S MINISTRY OF INTERIOR SPENT ON COVID
The coronavirus disease came to Ukraine in early March: the first confirmed case was recorded on March 3 in Chernivtsi. Just a week later, the…
June 24, 2020
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU SEE CORRUPTION AND WANT TO EXPOSE IT
A whistleblower is not a profession. It’s not something you can learn in college or predict that it will happen to you. But still, celebrating…
June 15, 2020
What IMF Agreement Says About Corruption
On June 11, we finally had a chance to read the official text of the Memorandum between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund. The document…
June 5, 2020
Seventh Year of Avakov as Internal Affairs Minister
Only 50 MPs consider the work of Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov unsatisfactory. The others effectively support him, which means the responsibility for…
June 3, 2020
Procurement System Under Threat
Attempts to revive the tender committee of the Ministry of Healthcare, the methodology of “Ukravtodor” and the resurrection of the idea to support the domestic…
June 1, 2020
Crisis and the City: Interesting Cases
This year, COVID-19 joined the list of infectious diseases that affect the functioning of urban spaces and each resident. The impact of the new viral…
May 27, 2020
How Whistleblowers Help during the Pandemic
On December 30, Chinese ophthalmologist Li Wenliang from Wuhan alerted his colleagues about an unknown virus. Then, the information reached the local police. The reaction of…
May 21, 2020
Uncharted Waters on Zelenskyy’s Anti-Corruption Map
A year ago, during his inaugural address, Zelenskyy promised to build a country of opportunities where everyone would be equal before the law and live…
May 19, 2020
Negative Trends and Low Awareness: A Couple of Things about EUACI/NACP Study
The EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine and the National Agency for Corruption Prevention have presented a new study on the situation with corruption in Ukraine.…
May 8, 2020
You Can Look but You Can’t Touch: Ten Versions of Anti-Corruption Law in Six Months
On May 6, the Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy has gotten to the law “On Corruption Prevention” again and would again like to change the list…
May 8, 2020
How Hospitals Insure Their Staff during COVID-19
On April 7, the Parliament passed the draft law pursuant to which healthcare workers will receive insurance payouts if they become disabled or die because…
April 29, 2020
One More Step in NACP Reframing
Today, the NACP has launched a competition to select new members of the Public Council. We have been waiting for this decision for ages as…
April 28, 2020
Can You Vaccinate Public Economy against Corruption?
There are social ills that have been affecting governments much longer than the coronavirus. I dare say that a single viral infection can affect the…
April 27, 2020
ARMA Can and Should Work More Effectively: New Draft Law
Prior to 2015, the assets seized in criminal proceedings were either in safe custody of the suspect/accused, or of the investigator/prosecutor himself. However, such storage…
