28 September 2011 in Kyiv was held a press conference of Public Consortium of Election Initiatives on the theme "A year before the elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine – legislative and political threats to the democratic elections”, participated by Olha Aivazovska (CN OPORA), Svitlana Kononchuk (UCIPR), Viktor Kylymar (Website "Elections in Ukraine") and Oleksandr Chernenko (CVU).

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28 October 2011 at 1.30pm in IA "UNIAN" (Khreshchatyk St. 4) will be held press-conference of the Civic Consortium of election initiatives.

2 November 2011 in Lviv, Mateika St. 6 (conference-hall “Panorama” in “Dnister” hotel, 10 floor) will be held public discussion on theme “Will a new law “On Elections of the People’s Deputies of Ukraine” provide fare and open parliamentary elections, or not?” Beginning at 11am. To take part in debates are invited representatives of NGOs, political parties and independent political experts from the Western Ukraine.

Due to the lack of adequate financing of Municipal enterprise "Cherkassyelektrotrans" from the state budget, enterprise executives took unpopular steps and reduced the preferential transportation of citizens to a minimum what caused mass discontent of benefit recipients.

27 October 2011 in Donetsk, Titova 15 (hotel "Shakhtar Plaza", a large hall) will be held public discussion on theme “What kind of election law needs Ukraine?” Beginning at 11am (registration starts at 10.30) The event is organized by the Civic Consortium of Election Initiatives complemented by CVU, OPORA, Agency for Legislative Initiatives and the Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research.

Everyone interested is welcome to visit interregional debates.

On 11 October 2011 at the Ukrainian National News Agency, Civic Network OPORA held a press-conference focused on the results of its civic monitoring of local government activities, mayors, openness and transparency of local politics, fulfillment of pre-election promises, and the degree to which elected officials addressed identified community needs.