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December 14, 2018
Fair Judges as a Christmas Gift
6 December, St. Nicholas Day, marks the beginning of the holiday season in most European countries. Ukraine, staying true to the Julian calendar, starts celebrating…
December 4, 2018
Ukraine Loses Millions of Dollars Over Questionable Decision on Klymenko’s Case
TI Ukraine’s legal advisor Kateryna Ryzhenko shared her opinion on the actions of military prosecutors and the court decision on the case concerning the assets of the…
November 21, 2018
TI Ukraine’s Development Over 2016-2018
How Everything Started In autumn of 2014 I got a call from Vitalii Shabunin [chair of Anti-Corruption Action Center] with his usual “Hey, here’s the…
November 5, 2018
The Motto for 2018-2020
Ukraine will be going through a time of pre-election fever. It is quite normal for any democratic country. It is precisely the situation when what…
October 31, 2018
Are Ukrainian Cities Friendly to Business?
Kateryna Tsybenko's blog for Novoye Vremia
October 19, 2018
Monopoly for Forensic Reviews as Threat to Investigation
The work of judicial experts must be done independently and professionally, which is not fully provided under the current legislation.
October 17, 2018
Scheming Around Ukraine’s Multi-Million Expedition Trips to Antarctica
A thousand miles from Ukraine and tens of millions of taxpayers' money that Ukraine annually spends on procurement for the National Antarctic Research Center under…
October 8, 2018
Automatic Verification of E-Declarations: Fact or Imitation?
What happened? On 25 September the NACP has launched a system of logical and arithmetic control of submitted electronic declarations. It will calculate the risk…
October 2, 2018
How Can You Attract Investors to Your City?
Let’s imagine a foreign investor who wants to start a business in a Ukrainian city. What criteria will he or she use to choose which…
September 21, 2018
Sedletska’s Case: Why ECHR Hurried to Make Decision
The decision of European Court of Human Rights on Natalia Sedletska’s case from SKHEMY protects first of all freedom of speech and the rights of people who…
September 18, 2018
A CHANCE TO SEE A COMPLETELY NEW FACE OF THE JUDICIARY
Out of the 128 candidates, 42 are defense attorneys, 17 are scholars and 60 are judges.
September 6, 2018
We Need Public Transit Reform Instead of UAH 8 for One Ticket That Gets Us Nowhere. Blog by Kateryna Tsybenko
Many of you will recognize the feeling: you come back to Kyiv from abroad and you immediately hate our public transit. The first object of…
September 6, 2018
Illusion of Secrecy. Are we able to keep our Secrets?
In Ukraine, about 55 percent of defence procurement is classified through the State Secrets. While the best international practices range from 1 to 20 percent…
August 30, 2018
How to Avoid Mistakes in Public Sales
Novoye Vremia. Business The public sales market is one of the fastest developing sectors nowadays. But there are inevitably mistakes in transparent auctions as well,…
August 16, 2018
Constitutional Nonsense. How MPs Remembered ARMA
56 MPs approached the Constitutional Court with a motion to recognize the activity of Asset Recovery and Management Agency on actual asset management unconstitutional. No…
August 16, 2018
Ukraine Passes Anticorruption Court Law. What’s Next?
Atlantic Council Ukraine finally got an Anticorruption Court on June 26. That day, President Petro Poroshenko signed the law which establishes the court. Importantly, the…
