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July 8, 2020
Special Prosecutors for Extraordinary Corruption: What Happens Next
On July 8, the second stage of interviews is starting with candidates for the positions of anti-corruption prosecutors for SAPO. In fact, this will be…
July 5, 2020
Do No Harm: How *Not* to Support Domestic Manufacturers
A very interesting draft law has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada. It obliges all public agencies to buy certain mechanical engineering products for public…
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 28, 2020
On June 28, Ukraine celebrates Constitution Day. Exactly 24 years ago the Verkhovna Rada voted to adopt the Constitution of…
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 23, 2020
The National Agency for Corruption Prevention has published a draft Anti-Corruption Strategy. The document has been created jointly by Ukrainian…
June 23, 2020
A whistleblower is not a profession. It's not something you can learn in college or predict that it will happen…
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 9, 2020
The Ukrainian legislation obliges data administrators, namely the State Tax Service, the State Statistics Service and the Ministry of Justice,…
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 28, 2020
On May 27, the Cabinet of Ministers failed to pass the Directive which was supposed to provide for the lease…
