Special elections of the President of Ukraine and local elections in some cities are scheduled for May 25. Taking into consideration the short period of the campaign, difficult political and economic situation, and imperfect legislation, inherited from the previous government, current government and the society should maximally consolidate and mobilize their efforts to overcome such problems and conduct the elections properly. In such context, all the talks about postponement of special elect...

Among other documents in office of the Party of Regions, OPORA's activists have found papers proving possible violations of electoral legislation during 2012 Parliamentary elections. Such possible violations are: abuse of administrative resource; fulfillment of party duties during public service; indirect bribery of voters; the use of "technical” parties by the Party of Regions in order to form majority in election commissions; the use, processing, and storage of personal data of voters.

The timing of this event was particularly important now that Ukraine has to tackle simultaneously two important and challenging tasks: dealing with the occupation of Crimea and setting a reform agenda. Leading Ukrainian experts outlined possible solutions for these two main tasks and offered a way for international and European community to help Ukraine during these challenging times. More than 60 participants attended the event, including EU officials, representatives of international orga...

On 5-7 March 2014, experts from member organizations and observers of the Liaison Office of Ukrainian Think Tanks in Brussels have paid a visit to Brussels. The visit was organized by the Office, supported by the European Endowment for Democracy (Brussels) and the International Renaissance Foundation (Kyiv). During the visit, an expert discussion was organized and a number of meetings with EU officials, who consider Ukrainian matters, were conducted.

On 13 March 2014, at 12:30 in the UNIAN information agency (Khreshchatyk St. 4), a press-conference for non-governmental organizations will be held, titled: "Anti-recessionary measures for fair elections. Public demands."

On 6 March 2012, Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol City Council passed a resolution on the conduction of so-called referendum regarding the status of the AR Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

We ask you to verify every fact of electoral violation (given below) committed in Chernivtsi oblast during 2012 election campaign, reported by journalists and Chernivtsi office of the Civil Network OPORA All-Ukrainian NGO:

Presidential elections should be held in correspondence with the procedures, the law, and international standards. In other way, the results will not be trusted by the certain part of the society. On May 25, early presidential elections are to be held, according to the Resolution of the VRU on self-withdrawal of the President of Ukraine from performing his constitutional duties and setting early elections of the President of Ukraine. On February 25, when the electoral race is to start, Civ...