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Status of the Head of Local State Administration: Experience, Status, and Prospects

November 12, 2019

New political realia of contemporary Ukraine call for revising a number of novelties introduced during several previous years in the public administration sphere. One of them is the parliament’s decision adopted in November 2017 to amend legislation, specifically to exclude heads and deputy heads of local state administrations from the list of civil servants. In… » read more

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Enlargement, Europe's East

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Strengthening independence is on the agenda of the Specialised Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office

June 27, 2019

In the beginning of June, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine again made a judgement on the anticorruption legislation: it recognised unconstitutional the provisions of the law, which empowered the National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine to appeal to the court with claims for the termination of dubious commercial agreements. In its decision, the CCU indicates that,… » read more

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EurActiv.com, Europe's East, Global Europe

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Constitutional News in Ukraine: New Chairman of the Constitutional Court elected due to early dismissal of a judge of the CCU

May 16, 2019

On May 14, for the first time in the history of independent Ukraine, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine dismissed from office Stanislav Shevchuk, a judge of the CCU who at that time was the Chairman of the Constitutional Court. The judge was dismissed for the commitment of material disciplinary offence, gross and systematic neglect of… » read more

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Will Ukrainian officials be punished for unjustified wealth?

April 17, 2019

On February 26, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine adopted a decision, according to which the article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine that established liability for illegal enrichment for public servants, was recognized unconstitutional. There were quite a lot of discussions around this article, and, despite the decision of the CCU, many experts believe that… » read more

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Administrative procedure in Ukraine: Ukrainians need new rules for communicating with officials

March 18, 2019

In a modern law-governed state, legislative regulation of the relations between public administration bodies and private individuals is a mandatory element of the legal system. The laws on general administrative procedure primarily aim to protect a person from arbitrariness by public servants. They determine the actions of officials in terms of the procedure. This applies… » read more

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The European novelties of the new Ukrainian food legislation

January 29, 2019

What are the key concepts and crucial changes appearing in the Ukrainian legislation due to the implementation of European food standards? On December 6, 2018, another eurointegrational law “On information for consumers about food products” was added to the Ukrainian food legislation. It obliges food producers and caterers to indicate on the wrapping materials ingredients… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Europe's East, Global Europe

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New reporting standards for extractive companies in Ukraine

December 18, 2018

Ukraine has sufficient natural gas reserves to meet own gas demand. According to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, in 2017 Ukraine ranked second among the European countries by its proved gas reserves (1.1 trillion cubic meters), with only Norway surpassing (1.7 trillion cubic meters). However, it is only fourth by production volumes with… » read more

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Free movement of goods: A new goal for Ukraine and the EU

December 5, 2018

It is time for both EU and Ukraine to reshape their long-term relations, especially in the context of the heated debate about the future of the EU and its neighbourhood policy towards Balkans, Turkey and Great Britain. The jubilee 20th Ukraine-EU Summit provided a good basis for Kyiv to raise the issues of long-term cooperation… » read more

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4 years of changes in the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine: two steps forward, one back

October 22, 2018

Back in 1995, before joining the Council of Europe, Ukraine committed to turn the prosecutor’s office from a punitive body into an institution that complies with European standards. However, only on October 14, 2014, a new Law “On the Prosecutor’s Office” was adopted, which was prepared taking into account most of the European recommendations. Experts… » read more

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An unconstitutional Law on Referendum was abolished in Ukraine

May 28, 2018

On April 26, 2018, the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the Law “On All-Ukrainian Referendum”, which was adopted at the time of Yanukovych. The decision of the Constitutional Court to declare the Law “On All-Ukrainian Referendum” unconstitutional has stopped the possibility of conducting manipulative national referenda in Ukraine. Thus, the state remains protected from conducting referenda,… » read more

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Ukrainian Liaison Office in Brussels

The Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels is a non-profit organisation that unites 20 think tanks that focus on a wide array of EU – Ukraine critical issues and provide high-quality research and policy recommendations.

The Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels is a non-profit organisation that unites leading Ukrainian and EU think tanks under one umbrella, serving as a permanent, independent communication channel for the non-governmental analytical community, whose mission is to further the European integration of Ukraine.
Today, the Office represents and unites 20 think tanks that focus on a wide array of EU – Ukraine critical issues, provide high-quality research and policy recommendations as well as influence, monitor, and evaluate policy implementation by Ukrainian authorities.


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