Politics
State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine summoned Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s 5th President, for questioning on July 25 for the second time. On July 17, the State Bureau of Investigation summoned Poroshenko for questioning for the first time. Petro Poroshenko was summoned for questioning as a witness in a criminal proceeding over alleged tax evasion on the sale of shares of the […]
That is what freedom of choice looks like. It is not for everyone and not entirely logical; it is chaotic and unpredictable. In 2014, people voted for the idea of defending the country, and in 2019 they voted for the idea of changes in the state. Because the main war that is being waged in the world is a war […]
Pope Francis called the situation in Donbas a hybrid war during when he met with Ukrainian bishops in Vatican. At a meeting with the Ukrainian bishops in Vatican, Pope Francis condemned the war in Donbas. The reception of Ukrainian bishops was held the day after the pontiff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “A hybrid war is going on in […]
The United States Board on Geographic Names will amend the spelling of Ukraine’s capital in its international database changing it from “Kiev” to “Kyiv”. According to the Embassy of Ukraine in the US, “the United States Board on Geographic Names considered the appeal of Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Valeriy Chaly and unanimously decided to remove ‘Kiev’ as […]
Zelensky’s spokesperson applied for the position and had her works published in NYT for a month. The US claims the conflict of interests The New York Times published at least three Mendel’s materials in May. In May, The New York Times wrote about a conflict of interest faced by former US Vice President Joe Biden in connection with his involvement […]
Activists call on the Ukrainian Parliament to pass the law to hold those responsible for war crimes liable. On June 6 the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) passed in the first reading the draft law no.9438 “On amending some legal acts of Ukraine to harmonize the criminal legislation with provisions of the international law”. The draft law brings criminal liability for […]
The European Commission has confirmed that the meeting between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker will be held in Brussels on Tuesday. This was announced by spokesperson of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas at a briefing on Monday, as an Ukrinform correspondent informs. “This will be the first meeting with the new President […]
Today Volodymyr Zelensky has officially become president of Ukraine. During the inauguration ceremony, he took an oath to the people of Ukraine, after which he addressed the deputies. EMPR publishes the full text of his speech. Dear Ukrainians! After my election victory, my six-year-old son said: “Dad! They say on television that “Zelensky is President …”It means that … I […]
Mykhailo Fedorov, the director of Vladimir Zelenskiy’s digital campaign, is dreaming to develop a “digital state” so that current processes can be carried out without papers and queuing. He spoke about such plans of the Zelenskiy’s team in his interview to “Hromadske.” “I do not need any positions. I have my own business. There are a lot of companies that […]
Funding for the so-called election pyramid is almost $ 82 million, Deputy Head of Security service of Ukraine (SBU) Viktor Kononenko says. “We’ve identified 49 organizers of this activity. According to our estimates, over 686,000 citizens of Ukraine were involved in these activities. Each of them had to bring ten people to the polling station. Then they should vote for […]
Ukraine’s pro-Russian former president, Viktor Yanukovych, has been linked to a widening scandal involving Sweden’s Swedbank, neweurope reports. According to documents reviewed by Sweden’s state-owned broadcaster, Swedbank appears to have been an instrument for transferring millions of euros in kickbacks that were acquired by Yanukovych while he was in office to other EU banks. Over the last year, Swedbank’s CEO has […]
The Central Election Commission approved budget estimates for 2019 under three budget programs, including more than 2,3 billion in hryvnia on the forthcoming Presidential elections in Ukraine, the CEC website reports. The Central Election Commission approved budget estimates for 2019 under the following three budget programs: The Central Election Commission also approved the estimate of expenditures for the preparation and […]