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Why European integration is important for President Zelenskyi?

October 8, 2020

Recent Ukraine-EU summit and re-affirmed mutual commitments between Ukraine and the European Union are important political achievements for President Volodymyr Zelenskyi for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it is critical evidence for the Zelenskyi’s core supporters that Ukraine’s European aspirations and latest progress (like visa-free regime) are not overturned by the EU. According… » read more

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Enlargement, EurActiv.com, Europe's East, Global Europe

, COVID-19, elections, EU, European Union, reforms, Russia, summit, Ukraine, Zelenskyi

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Will European integration remain a priority for Ukraine? Assessing the promises of parliamentary elections frontrunners

July 19, 2019

Having hardly enough time to come round from the presidential campaign, Ukrainian voters will march to the polling stations again as soon as this Sunday, but this time – to elect a new Parliament. Which parties advocate moving toward the EU and are willing to implement corresponding reforms, and which will presumably sabotage this movement?… » read more

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EurActiv.com, Global Europe

, anticorruption, Association Agreement, DCFTA, decentralization, Digital Single Market, elections, EU, European Integration, European Solidarity, Fatherland, judicial reform, NATO, Opposition Bloc, Opposition Platform – For Life, parliamentary elections, Poroshenko, public administration reform, reforms, Russia, Servant of the People, Tymoshenko, Ukraine, Ukrainian Strategy, Vakarchuk, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Voice, Zelensky

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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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Enlargement, EurActiv.com, Europe's East, Global Europe

, administrative procedure, EU, legislation, reforms, SIGMA, Ukraine

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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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, EITI, energy, EU, extraction, extractive companies, gas, legislation, reforms, Ukraine

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Three years of the National Police Law: the history of success and resistance of the system

November 19, 2018

Public demand for radical changes in the system of law enforcement agencies in Ukraine exists already for a number of years. The Revolution of Dignity only testified to their relevance, especially in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Public discussions of that period resulted in a number of specific indicators (requirements) to the process… » read more

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EurActiv.com, Europe's East, Global Europe

, Council of Europe, law enforcement, National Police Law, National Police of Ukraine, patrol police, police, police reform, reforms, Ukraine

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Ukraine, a country with a huge potential. What reforms were undergone and what’s next?

November 8, 2018

On October 22, 2018, EuropaNova NGO with the support of the Ukrainian Embassy in France has organized in Paris a conference “New Generation Europe”. The event was aimed at enhancing perception of Ukraine as a good place for foreign investments. Ukraine undergoes reform of energy sector in accordance with the European Directives, the EU-Ukraine Association… » read more

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, Association Agreement, Black Sea, energy, Energy Community Treaty, Energy efficiency, Energy sector, energy security, Energy Strategy of Ukraine, EU, EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, green tariff, Horizon 2020, investments, Nord Stream 2, reforms, renewable energy, renewables, Russia, Ukraine

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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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EurActiv.com, Global Europe

, Constitution of Ukraine, Europe, justice, law, legislation, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Prosecutor's Office, reforms, Revolution of Dignity, Ukraine

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Judicial reform in Ukraine: Lifehacks for transitional states

September 20, 2018

The constitutional changes related to the judicial system have been in force in Ukraine already for two years. They were aimed at strengthening the independence of judges and laid a good legal basis for this purpose, as well as for cleaning up of the judicial manpower. However, in practice, achieving these goals turns to be… » read more

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, Anticorruption Court, corruption, Council of Europe, judges, judicial reform, judiciary, NABU, reforms, Supreme Court, Ukraine

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Fighting corruption by touch, or why Ukraine still does not have an Anticorruption Strategy for 2018-2020

July 16, 2018

The main priorities of the state anticorruption policy in Ukraine should be defined in a special regulatory act – the Anticorruption Strategy. This is an important document for combating corruption in Ukraine, as it defines the main priorities of the state anticorruption policy for a certain period and is the only basis for the elaboration… » read more

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, anticorruption policy, anticorruption reforms, anticorruption strategy, corruption, NACP, reforms, Ukraine

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Real decentralisation: cooperation of territorial communities in action

June 19, 2018

The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU creates the necessary preconditions for implementing new approaches in regional policy. For Ukraine one of the most important areas concerning regional policy is the cooperation of territorial communities. The basic law of the decentralization reform that regulates this issue, similar to the EU-member countries, was adopted in… » read more

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, Association Agreement, decentralization, EU, local budgets, reforms, regional policy, subventions, territorial communities, Ukraine

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