The crowded and colourful playing field of Ukraine’s presidential election
With less than ten weeks to go to polling day on 31 March, there are nearly 20 candidates running in
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Ukraine
Spare a thought for Donbass and its Civilians in 2019
As the European Parliament returns from its winter recess for the first plenary of 2019, the war in the East
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Victor Orbán’s next move on the Gruevski case deemed crucial to reveal his loyalties
If European leaders still harbour any doubts about the Hungarian conservative Viktor Orbán’s loyalties to Europe, the events in Hungary
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Death by starvation – remembering Ukraine’s Holodomor and crisis in Yemen
On 7th November 2015 a memorial to Ukraine’s Holodomor was erected in Washington DC, but to date there is no
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Why is the price for nuclear power in Ukraine the lowest in the world?
Ukraine’s energy sector and its energy utility companies are regulated by a National Commission (the NKREKU), which is a statutory
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A controversial Brussels-registered human rights NGO is under scrutiny
The prevalence of ‘fake news’, and the ways in which it is disseminated and used, has become one of the
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Great Country, Shame About the Neighbours – Yalta European Strategy Meeting
Visitors to last week’s YES (Yalta European Strategy) annual meeting in Kyiv will have seen the beautiful autumn colours of Kyiv’s
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Syria and Ukraine, difficult topics: Merkel to meet Putin today in Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday she expects complicated talks on Syria and Ukraine, with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who
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Making Peace in Donbass
Whilst the world’s attention is focussed on the glamorous football world cup in Russia, the dreary war in the East
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Ukraine: the voices of civilians needs to be heard in Europe
Today the European Foundations Centre (EFC) opened its Annual Conference in Brussels, and I had the pleasure to meet Natalia
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