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Published in: oDRPrayers for the dead
In Kyiv, Metropolitan Pavel – aka ‘Pasha the Merc’ – has succeeded in closing down Ukraine’s only specialist...
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Published in: oDRThe transnational lone-wolf terrorist
When Ukrainian postgraduate Pavlo Lapshyn was sentenced for racially-motivated murder and terrorism in the West...
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Published in: oDRNeighbourhood watch
In 2009 six post-Soviet nations signed up to the EU Eastern Partnership, aimed at deepening political cooperation...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?German-Russian business cooperation: what consequences for eastern Europe?
Germany's trade policies towards Russia, notably on the issue of natural gas, have contributed to re-shaping the...
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Published in: oDRCome in, Ukraine, your time is up
Ukraine, caught between Russia and the EU, has spent almost twenty years avoiding a decision about which way to...
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Published in: oDRThe YES men
Each September sees a meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES), founded by oligarch Viktor Pinchuk to promote...
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Published in: oDRDirty tricks undermine media freedom in Ukraine
Ukraine’s bright ‘Orange Revolution’ has faded, leeched of its liberal colours by the authoritarian government of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Discussing Europe in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainians have the power to change their society for the better. Can European values serve as the guiding...
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Published in: oDR‘Sometimes we dream of Europe’
Ukraine – an ‘unknown’ country that lies at the margins of Europe. A political football kicked back and forth...
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Published in: oDRIn Ukraine, it grows on trees ...
Ever since becoming Ukraine’s president in 2010, Viktor Yanukovych has been preparing for his next election in 2015...
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Published in: oDRDoin' it for themselves
The women’s self-help movement is alive and kicking in Ukraine, with a range of group classes designed to get women...
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Published in: oDROut of harm's way
The moral case for releasing Yulia Tymoshenko is overwhelming. But her imprisonment might be a blessing in disguise...
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Published in: 50.50Sextremism: really as radical as they think?
Where the female body - through its societal projections in media, art, politics and religion - has always formed...
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Published in: oDRIf only it were fiction ...
In a few months, the EU will decide whether to sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine. President Viktor...
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Published in: HomeCivil society in post-Soviet Europe: seven rules for donors
The west's contribution to building more democratic and open societies in the post-Soviet region leaves much scope...
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Published in: oDRThe two worlds of Viktor Yanukovych’s Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Yanukovych has completed his takeover of his country’s TV channels, and is making inroads into...
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Published in: oDRFighting the developers in Kyiv
The fate of historic buildings is a global hot topic, but this month activists occupying an old trading complex in...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: Yanukovych's 'Family' spreads its tentacles
Last October, Ukraine’s ruling Party of the Regions won only a slim election victory, but President Viktor...
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Published in: oDRThe not-very-convincing victory of Mr. Yanukovych
By means fair and foul, the ruling Party of the Regions came out top in Ukraine’s recent parliamentary election....
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Published in: oDRUkraine: the far-right in parliament for the first time
The Parliamentary election in Ukraine has, as expected, returned President Yanukovych’s Party of Regions to power....