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January 18, 2020
Time Will Tell if Novikov Can Handle the Pressure
The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Oleksandr Novikov the new Head of the National Agency for Corruption Prevention. At the end of December he was…
January 16, 2020
Controlled Independence of New Head of NACP. Checks and Balances
We had been waiting for it for a long time, and finally, on January 15, the Cabinet of Ministers appointed Oleksandr Novikov as the Head…
December 20, 2019
State Car Park for Budget Funds
According to the data from the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association for the quarter of 2019, the most popular car model in Ukraine is Renault…
December 20, 2019
The rule of law should prevail over the desire to put people in prison
“I suppose that the rule of law prevails over the routine desire in this country of putting people into prison. By awarding the ill-founded or…
December 18, 2019
It Was Hard to Choose the Head of the NACP
TI Ukraine’s Head of Legal Kateryna Ryzhenko, who was also the co-chair of the Selection Board for the Head of the National Agency for Corruption…
December 12, 2019
Why Be Aware of Conflict of Interest
Seeking to declare the activity of the Asset Recovery and Management Agency unconstitutional in August 2018 56 MPs appealed to the Constitutional Court. Taking into…
December 10, 2019
EACH POLITICIAN SAYS THAT FIGHTING CORRUPTION IS HIS MAIN GOAL
How do we make Ukrainian anti-corruption institutions more efficient? How do we distinguish anti-corruption struggle from populism and political persecution? José Ugaz, member of the…
December 9, 2019
Corruption Is Addictive. Don’t Even Start
We live in a world where corruption is an undeniable evil, but it is not punished all that much. People want to live in dignity…
November 28, 2019
Support, control or opposition – what should public councils do?
The public discussion Public Councils: Efficient Tool or Occasional Oversight about the role of the public councils in the state processes was held on November 27. During…
November 27, 2019
Where there is no financial transparency, there is always a place for corruption
Former Peruvian Ad Hoc Attorney José Ugaz knows from experience what it’s like to put a president behind the bars. In an exclusive interview for Fakty Tyzhnia,…
November 20, 2019
THE STORY OF SEIZED LVIV OBLAST THERMAL POWER STATIONS: ON THE BRINK OF A DEVASTATION
“The situation on the power station and in the city is critical. People are left without heating, due to the power grid system overload several…
November 20, 2019
A Brief Recap of the Law on Whistleblowers
On November 13, the President signed the law on whistleblowers, and later the parliamentary newspaper published it. On this occasion, we are recalling what TI…
November 19, 2019
The Long Story of NACP Reboot
Rebooting the National Agency for Corruption Prevention has been discussed for quite a while. Recently, a Board that will choose a new head of the…
November 19, 2019
How Do We Tackle Grand Corruption? José Ugaz at TI Ukraine’s Anniversary Conference
Presentation by Mr. José Ugaz, member of the Board of TI Ukraine and Chair of Transparency International (2014-2017), former public prosecutor of Peru, at the…
November 18, 2019
Burden of Responsibility. What Is the First Head of NACP in for?
Kateryna Ryzhenko specially for Ukrainska Pravda Ukraine lost EU’s tranche for EUR 600mln in 2017 due to four unfulfilled demands, namely the automatic declarations check…
November 13, 2019
What Changed in Ukraine over Five Years of Anti-Corruption Reforms
Source: hromadske Five years ago, major anti-corruption reforms started in Ukraine. Together with Transparency International Ukraine, we are thinking back to the changes that have…