The current gas transit contract between Russia and Ukraine expires at the end of this year. Although Ukraine and Russia — under mediation of the European Commission — has been negotiating a new contract for months, no replacement treaty has …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who won both the presidential and parliamentary elections by great margins of the votes in 2019, made peace in Donbas one of his central campaign promises. After taking office, the new “Ministry for Veterans Affairs, Temporarily …
European Union institutions increasingly use “soft law” in their policy making, i.e. non-legally binding documents such as recommendations, communications, guidelines or handbooks. Soft law is used, on the one hand, where the European Union has only a few legislative powers, …
Since the Revolution of Dignity, the population showed an increasing demand for the reform of the judicial system and the fight against corruption. A major role in this reform process is played by civil society organizations who advocate and monitor …
On 15 July 2019, the 14th Ukraine Breakfast Debate took place at the Institut für Europäische Politik within the framework of the project “Platform for Analytics and Intercultural Communication” (PAIC).
Together with our experts Iryna Shyba, Executive Director at the …
On April 11, 2019, our 12th Ukraine Breakfast Debate on the topic “Monitoring Ukraine’s Presidential Election: Chances & Challenges” took place within the framework of the project “Platform for Analytics and Intercultural Communication” (PAIC). This edition was organized as an …
Ukraine is in its “Super Election Year” 2019 with the presidential elections that took place in March and the parliamentary elections coming up in autumn. The latest polls prior to the presidential elections indicated a run-off between three candidates — …