142 of 294 Ukrainian political parties have approved participation of their local organizations in regular local elections scheduled for 25 October 2015, in accordance with the Law of Ukraine on Local Elections. However, only 132 political parties (45% of the total number of registered parties) have managed to submit to the CEC properly drafted documents proving they approved participation of their local organizations in elections.  Thus, less than a half of Ukrainian political part...

142 of 294 Ukrainian political parties have approved participation of their local organizations in regular local elections, and 51 of them have started campaigning before official registration of candidates. Potential candidates and local party cells widely disseminate goods, provide free services, organize infrastructural, social, and charitable projects. Such conduct violates the principle of equal opportunities. There are special concerns about restriction of media access to conferences or...

Dear Deputies have moved 700 kilometers to the east accompanied by representatives of the Committee on Preventing and Combating Corruption. 

Ministry of Internal Affairs has promised to cooperate with Civil Network OPORA and other NGOs observing the election process. Such cooperation is going to help prevent, report and respond to bribery incidents and other election law violations, so that "Chernihiv scenario" wouldn't repeat. Some heads of Ministry of Internal Affairs' departments have affirmed this today on 28 September during a press-conference in Kyiv. Electoral and Parliamentary Programs Coordinator at the Civil Ne...

Almost 1.5 million Ukrainian citizens are internally displaced as a result of illegal annexation of the AR Crimea and Sevastopol by the Russian Federation as well as Russian military intervention and terrorist threat in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. 1.2 million of these IDPs are eligible to vote. NGO representatives and Civil Network OPORA in particular have discussed problems related to social and political rights of IDPs at OSCE's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw – the ...

On 26 September 2015, at 11:30 a.m., , a press-conference dedicated to peculiarities of 2015 local election campaign will be held by the Civil Network OPORA, in the UNIAN Information Agency (4 Khreshatyk St., Kyiv)

Territorial election commissions have drawn boundaries in Chernihiv oblast almost a week ago, with adherence to the requirements of the effective law on local elections. Taking into consideration that there are no strict directions for redistricting, observers of the OPORA decided to analyze redistricting process and correlation of the number of voters in Chernihiv city, Chernihiv oblast and its largest raions.

Today, on 24 September, there was a conference call with leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (MIA), Minister Arsen Avakov and NGO representatives participating. Conference call participants discussed the readiness of the MIA to ensure public order and safety in local elections scheduled for 25 October 2015. Olha Aivazovska, Electoral and Parliamentary Programs Coordinator at the Civil Network OPORA emphasized that high quality and timely cooperation between law-enforce...