The Council of Europe is preparing to walk back on its principles so that Russia could resume paying its membership fees

The fall session of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) proved that the real confrontation on the European continent is about values rather than geopolitics

Andreas Gross, head of the PACE observers delegation to Ukraine and Chairman of the PACE Social Democratic Group, told The Ukrainian Week about the developments following his previous interview.

Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, spoke with The Ukrainian Week about his attitudes toward Ukraine’s new language law, the work of the Ukrainian judiciary and parliament, and the prospect of Strasbourg imposing sanctions against Ukraine.

"Tymoshenko case is more political than the Khodorkovsky case"

On 15 December 2011, the PACE Monitoring Committee unanimously approved the Draft Resolution titled The Functioning of Democratic Institutions in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Week has interviewed Ukrainian and European politicians to learn their opinion on the developments PACE finds disturbing in Ukraine

On 15 December 2011, the PACE Monitoring Committee unanimously approved the Draft Resolution titled The Functioning of Democratic Institutions in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Week has interviewed Ukrainian and European experts, lawyers and political analysts to learn their opinion on the developments PACE finds disturbing in Ukraine

The Council of Europe reports look discouragingly similar

Thomas Hammarberg, the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, talks about his mission in Ukraine, the local judiciary system and the Tymoshenko case

Genevieve Garrigos, President of Amnesty International France, talks about how to defend human rights

Valentyna Telychenko: "Dependent courts are a bigger problem for Ukraine than the imperfect Criminal Code"

Mikael Lyngbo: Ukraine has decent legislation,but gaps in procedural process

Corruption is a big problem in Ukraine. The country's ranking on Transparency International's list of corrupt nations in 2010 dropped to number 134 in the world

Andres Herkel: 'The problem of Ukrainian politics consists of the perception that deputies' money is more important than their personal traits.'

Freedom House President David Kramer: “It looks like Ukrainian leaders are using the judiciary to prosecute their opponents” *

The country in which tortures and inhuman jail conditions are of a norm could not negotiate on the Association Agreement

The Draft PACE Resolution outlines the problems with democracy in Ukraine, but does not provide for any sanctions

Cécile Vaissié: “Democratic traditions work only when the government is balanced by an independent judiciary and freedom of speech”

The government’s “anti-corruption” efforts do not affect the roots of the evil

Those in power have removed all barriers from the path to a loyal Supreme Court

Ukraine’s public organizations are hampered by outdated legislation and red tape

Yuriy Lutsenko told The Ukrainian Week about the manner in which Ukrainian courts interpret justice, why Orange politicians lost power and his future plans

The government has failed to convince either Ukrainians or the international community that the Tymoshenko case has nothing to do with politics. The Ukrainian Week asks Europeans their opinion on the trial against former Premier Yulia Tymoshenko and the situation in Ukraine