Author: Zenon Zawada

KYIV – European leaders decided this week to pursue extending existing sanctions against Russian politicians and enterprises, and to consider a new round after the deadliest attack on civilians in Ukraine thus far that occurred in the city of Mariupol on January 24. The European Union’s Foreign Ministers Council voted on January 29 to recommend...

KYIV – Pro-Russian rebels in the Donbas, backed by the Russian military, on January 13 launched their biggest military campaign against Ukrainian forces since the September 5 Minsk ceasefire protocols, staging hundreds of attacks in a fierce attempt to take control of the territory of the ruined Donetsk airport. Besides the military offensive, terrorist attacks...

Reading Ukrainian history, one would easily begin to have doubts. Yet 2014 seems to be the year that Ukraine’s karma began to turn for the better. Several salient examples come to mind. The collapse of the Soviet Union left behind many who could not adapt to the new realities. Among those disturbed individuals is Natalia...

KYIV – It took almost a year but Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, has finally issued wanted person alerts for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, and two of their associates on charges of embezzlement and misappropriation. They are being pursued by the Ukrainian government, which submitted an alert request...

KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament, voting on the last weekend of 2014, approved several dozen bills amending the tax and budget codes in order to accommodate the 2015 central state budget, which was revamped since its presentation the prior week and approved early Monday morning, December 29. The nation’s fiscal plan was unprecedented in its reforms,...

KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine led by Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on December 23 presented to Parliament its 2015 central budget, which decides who will carry the economic burden as the country attempts to preserve its statehood in what is promised to be the most turbulent year since independence. The 2015 budget...