Items tagged with: Euromaidan Revolution

Ukraine’s US-born Acting Minister of Health Dr. Ulana Suprun is attempting to transform the country’s notoriously corrupt medical services – and not everyone is happy about it

Attention-grabbing Bucharest Maidan highlighted ongoing corruption issues within the EU - but can people power protests achieve meaningful change? 

Many observers believe Ukraine should officially sacrifice the country’s Euro-Atlantic ambitions in order to ease Kremlin concerns, but a fresh commitment to geopolitical neutrality may only encourage further Russian imperialism

Ukrainian leader continues to pay tribute to country’s fallen heroes but faces growing anger over lack of justice for Euromaidan killings and military shortcomings

Legal professionals must play their part in accelerating Ukraine’s stuttering reform process in 2017

Ukraine’s Deputy PM for European Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze finds herself battling against the currently unfavorable tides of history as her nation seeks to forge closer ties to an EU in crisis

Once one of Putin’s key hybrid war objectives, the capital of east Ukraine survived the Kremlin’s insurgency attempts and is now learning to live without Russia

Russia has convinced many international observers that post-Maidan Ukraine is under the control of nationalist extremists but there is actually surprisingly little evidence to support this alarmist narrative. In reality, Far Right parties enjoy...

Did Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity succeed in making national identity more ethnically inclusive?

Dnipro Deputy Mayor Jaanika Merilo has been at the forefront of the Ukrainian push for digital government for the past few years and remains convinced that fundamental change is possible with the right balance of patience and perseverance,...

Mounting post-Maidan frustration with country’s political leadership has resulted in near historic low approval ratings

9 November 1989 – 9 November 2016: Donald Trump’s election as US president confirms the dawn of a new geopolitical reality where anti-establishment populism replaces the liberal consensus of the past quarter century

Ukraine’s 2013-14 popular uprising has become synonymous with the European Union Association Agreement that helped spark initial protests – but the demands voiced by millions of Ukrainians focused on basic human rights not EU integration

German sportswear brand wins plaudits for design featuring traditional Ukrainian national embroidery

Cost-effective clusters could help attract international investment to the Ukrainian economy

Ukrainians remain deeply cynical about the post-Maidan reform process but local success stories offer an opportunity to produce practical results and challenge an institutionalized culture of corruption

Civil society and government reformers combine to meet Maidan mandate: innovative ProZorro open source system wins international acclaim for bringing transparency to the notoriously corrupt Ukrainian public procurement sector

Ukraine has spent past quarter century trying to reduce Russian dominance while engaging the West

American Ambassador Pyatt has helped strengthen US-Ukraine ties during three most tumultuous years in nation’s independent history