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Kyiv Residents Are Waiting for the Mayor's Report
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (235+ words) Andrii Borovyk, Executive Director of Transparency International Ukraine, has filed an e-petition to Kyiv City Council as a Kyiv resident, demanding that Mayor Vitalii Klychko hold a proper public accountability session before the city's community. Borovyk called on fellow Kyivans…...
Who Monitors and How: Oversight of Spending Under the Ukraine Facility
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1316+ words) In April, the European Commission transferred another "3. 5billion tranche to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility financial support program. According to the government, the total amount Ukraine has received under this program since March2023 already amounts to "19. 6billion. In addition to the fact that…...
Ukraine's Financial Control Agenda on the Road to EU Accession
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (399+ words) The Accounting Chamber's priority is ensuring its political, financial, and administrative independence and powers in line with the INTOSAI standards. The picture on financial and administrative independence is less clear, as it remains uncertain precisely what steps the EU expects…...
9 out of 100: Experts Rate Progress on the "Kachka-Kos Plan" as Critically Low
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (149+ words) An expert coalition has released the first findings of its "Membership Check" monitoring initiative, which tracks Ukraine's progress on 10 priority EU integration reforms. The joint assessment by leading think tanks puts the overall score at just 9 out of 100. TI Ukraine…...
The Illicit Enrichment Article: History, Challenges, and Results
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (474+ words) Transparency International Ukraine The Illicit Enrichment Article: History, Challenges, and Results It has been over six years since the Criminal Code was updated to include the illicit enrichment article. Since then, the number of criminal proceedings in this category has…...
The Accounting Chamber with Half Its Seats Empty: Will Ukraine Manage to Meet the New IMF Benchmark?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (417+ words) The structural benchmark on appointing members of the Accounting Chamber must be met by the end of this year and we risk to fail it. At the end of February, the International Monetary Fund approved a new four-year program for…...
The Law Enforcement Committee Left a Loophole for Evading Criminal Liability in Draft Law No. 12439 - Transparency International Ukraine
4+ week, 2+ day ago (191+ words) At today's meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Law Enforcement Committee, members of parliament revisited the decision of August 27, 2025, on draft law No. 12439. There is a high likelihood that the previously identified flaws have not been corrected. The committee recommended that…...
TI Ukraine and the Basel Institute on Governance Launch Applications for Their Internship Program
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (314+ words) Applications opened on March 9. This is a unique opportunity to explore anti-corruption work, build professional skills, gain hands-on experience, and join the team at TI Ukraine or the Basel Institute on Governance." We invite students, recent graduates, entry-level professionals, and…...
What the NACP Missed in Halushchenko's Asset Declarations?
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (703+ words) Could the millions an ex-minister of justice laundered well before NABU opened its investigation, have been spotted? After all, the official filed annual asset declarations that the NACP is supposed to verify. Halushchenko's case looks like yet another confirmation that…...
How the state can stop losing billions to land schemes
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (327+ words) Can new legislative initiatives dismantle the "investment" and "toilet" land schemes? Corruption mechanisms designed to receive state- or municipally owned land for residential development are a kind of art. They typically exploit loopholes in the law to privatize land without…...