When Judges Will Become Free

Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director of Human Rights in the Council of Europe, talks about the agenda for criminal justice reform in Ukraine in the interview with The Ukrainian Week journalist Hanna Trehub

Days of Firtash in London

There were very few people in attendance at oligarch Dmytro Firtash’s “Days of Ukraine” in the UK who actually discovered Ukraine

EU-Russia Showdown

The EU may be a more direct challenge to Moscow’s ambitions than NATO

Facing the Crisis of Democracy

The failures of democracy need precise and critical, not diplomatic comments

Bidding Farewell to Russia

Ukraine will remain a friend to a democratic Russia in the future. Now, Ukraine and Russia are bound to bid farewell to one another

Why Europe Attracts Russians?

I’ll begin with a well-known Czech joke. “As long as the Czech Republic agrees to the American radar near Prague, Russian missiles will target the Czech capital,” Vladimir Putin tells the Czech President on the phone. “Then, our aviation will bombard Karlovy Vary,” he replies.

Is There Life After 28/11?

My former colleague, a journalist, once wrote that all critics of Viktor Yanukovych before the Vilnius Summit are the Fifth Column. If the signing fails at the last moment, they will be the ones to blame because they interfered with his plans.

“The law continues to be viewed as an instrument of partisan government power”

Without the Rule of Law, Ukraine will be ruled by the law of the jungle, plagued by corruption, political arbitrariness and economic unpredictability

Recipes for Consolidation

Ex-Minister of Culture of Latvia, talks about the successes and challenges in integrating the Russian-speaking community in Latvian society

Appropriating Moral Authority

It was more than once that I felt astonished by and ashamed of some of my colleagues’ choices for the Sakharov Prize, the supreme award of the European Parliament for human rights defenders and activists