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The corrupt president is gone. What do we do now?
The high level of corruption in Ukraine is the overall issue – both in the working groups and in the corridors at the ‘6th Annual National Conference of Investigative Journalists’ in Kyiv. 136...
View ArticleOligarchs’ Sudden Love for Ukraine and Democracy
The investigative agency ’Fourth Power’ took a closer look at four millionaires running for parliament in the region of Volyn at the election on October 26th this year. They all used to be close to...
View ArticleNew National Awards in Ukraine
“Ukrainska pravda” and the Kyiv Post, with support from the US Embassy in Ukraine and the Danish Investigative reporting project SCOOP announce the establishment of the National Annual Award in the...
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Cheap Margarine and Rotten Carrots for Children
The reporters Lyubov Chayka and Aleksandr Ofitserov from the website of Mestnie Vesti were chocked when they checked the quality of food in the Kindergartens of the city of Melitopol. Cheap margarine...
View ArticleUkrainian Investigative Reporter Detained by the FSB
Natalia Kokorina, journalist of Crimean Center for Investigative Reporting, has been detained by the FSB. FBS officers of Friday, March 13 searched the apartments of the journalists of Crimean Center...
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Cheap land for the president
The Tsar Village in southern Kyiv is a very expensive residential area where the Ukrainian elite is living in magnificent mansions. It turns out that Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko also owns...
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Masters of a Ski Paradise
The Ukrainian skiing resort Bukovel is a perfect example of how the business elite around former president Viktor Yanukovych – his son and bodyguard included – got hold of profitable companies. This...
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How to steal a flat
Ukrainian judges, police officers, state prosecutors and other officials are entitled to a flat when the have to move to another city to take up a new position. This has developed into a scheme where...
View ArticleConference Focuses on Security, Security, Security
Security of journalists, security of information and economic security of the country – those will be the key words for this year’s Mezhyhirya Fest, celebrating the Journalists’ Day in Ukraine. For the...
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Ukraine’s Annual Investigative Prize to Dmitro Gnap
Dmitro Gnap, editor and investigative journalist for Hromadske.tv in Kyiv, received the Ukrainian Annual Award for Investigative journalism, the Proxy Prize, on Saturday June 6. Dmytro Gnap was awarded...
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Deputy Ministers Make Rules for Their Own Businesses
Conflict of Interest: According to Ukrainian legislation, any person obtaining a job in the government has to leave management positions in private businesses.But reporters Yuriy Vinnichuk and Dmitriy...
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How to Make Personal Profit from a National Park
Oleksandr Vertsekha, a former advisor to the governor of Rivne, has managed to turn a job as manager of the Dermansko-Ostozkiy National Park into a profitable business for himself. Reporter Dmytro...
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Kicked out of Office – But not of His Official Flat
High ranking Ukrainian officials who were lustrated for their connections to the corrupt government of president Viktor Yanukovych have managed to stay in flats, they got because of their job. This is...
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It’s Toxic, but It’s Money
Kalush in the Ivano-Frankivsk region in western Ukraine is declared an ‘environmental disaster zone’ and has received a lot of money from the national government for a clean-up. But instead of being...
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Vinnytsya Water: Every Sip Calls for your Courage
Water from the tap in the Ukrainian town of Vinnytsya smells badly, it tastes badly, citizens don’t like it. But according to the waterworks the drinking water complies to all state norms, and the...
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How to Turn Poison into Gold
The Kalush-region in Ukraine is a very dangerous place to live. There is pollution (hexachlorobenzene) at a scale, one cannot grasp. And the clean-up operation turned into a scandal that made some very...
View ArticleJournalists under Pressure can seek Refuge in Leipzig
The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) has launched a Journalists-in-Residence-Programme. It provides a sanctuary, a scholarship, health insurance and a workplace for journalists who...
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Driver’s Licenses for Sale
In Ukraine everybody knows that driver’s licenses can be purchased for money, even without knowing how to drive or knowing the rules. Even though everybody knows about that, the police never arrest...
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Journalist Goes Undercover to Reveal Internet Brothels
A Ukrainian journalist went undercover to get a job with an Internet brothel in Lutsk, where she gathered evidence from other women working there and from communicating with clients – strip dancing...
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A Very Special Passport Service
People who apply for international passports or other services at the Rivne branch of the State Migration Service pay extra handwritten bills. Most applicants just pay the bills without asking any...
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