Election of stability

This age of uncertainty, fear and frustration is the time for insurgent parties to threaten to turn upside down the politics in Europe. Ironically, Spain may have decided to give one more opportunity to mainstream parties

“We do not accept arguments of countries that try to raise the issue of lifting sanctions against Russia”

Vice Premier for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration on her priorities and tools, details of Ukraine’s cooperation with NATO, and Ukraine’s overall position on the international arena

The banality of evil: The case of Vladimir Bortko

That evil can be banal we learn from Hannah Arendt’s book Eichmann in Jerusalem: The Report on the Banality of Evil published in 1963. As we all know, Israeli intelligence, the Mossad, caught the chief architect of the Holocaust in Argentina, and brought him to Israel where his trial took place

"Foreign investors are alarmed by macro instability and political turbulence in Ukraine"

Head of the Ukrainian State Property Fund on the estimated value of state assets in Ukraine, performance of the privatisation plan, bidders for the Odesa Port Plant and Russian management of Ukrainian regional power companies

The high cost of news

In mid-week, Ukraine’s media was rocked by yet another scandal. Myrotvorets or Peacemaker, a site known for publishing information about those who have collaborated with terrorists, published a list of journalists who have been accredited by the “Donetsk People’s Republic”

"In the past, the church was responsible for society. Now business is taking on this responsibility"

President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine about reforms and what exactly is hindering the development of business

“It’s still not clear that Ukraine has the will to put durable reforms in place”

Former deputy director of the IMF’s European Department on the Fund’s cooperation with Ukraine in the past and present, why international creditors distrust Ukraine, and about the role of international lending in Ukraine’s economy

On the referendum

This Wednesday, April 6, the Netherlands voted against the association agreement with Ukraine. Here, I will bring forward a few observations and conclusions

Great Baltic profiles: Two stories

Born on September 11, 1935, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is one of the most illustrious creators of contemporary academic music

The Pope in Havana: A new walk to Canossa?

The pope sacrificed his principles and the trust of a part of his faithful for the sake of a “deal” that looks like nothing more than the division of spheres of influence between competing bureaucrats under cover of “communicating” and “dialog” between two parts of a sundered religious community