On 23 September, a member of oblast council was detained in Kirovohrad oblast. He is a candidate for the mayor of Svitlovodsk, and a suspect in bribery of a namesake candidate with UAH 10 thousand.

What party or candidate spent the most, who shares ads with mistakes, and what Ukrainian party paid for Facebook ads in RUB. In the beginning of autumn, most politicians and political forces planning to run for local elections have become more active in social media. OPORA has explored activity levels of political parties on Facebook in June to August, 2020. The analysis of expenses incurred by political forces in the first half of September shows that some of them spent for advertising i...

On September 20, a number of national TV channels aired an event held by the Kyiv city cell of the Servant of the People political party, which took place at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and was presented to the media as a candidate nomination conference. However, one more event with the same name took place on the same day, but some time earlier and at a different address. OPORA is trying to determine which of them involved the nomination of candidates, and what are the ...

What parties pent the most on political ads on Facebook, what region is most interesting for the OPFL, what the age group of women most attractive for the Shariy Party.

In August and early September, OPORA's observers recorded cases of early campaigning and monitored the formation and functioning of territorial election commissions and electoral districts. Nataliia Vysikanets, the Observation Coordinator at Civil Network OPORA, and Olena Rohova, the Electoral Rights Ombudsman in Chernihiv oblast, told about observation results on 11 September press-conference.

A high information activeness of parties and potential candidates that involves outdoor advertising, tents, mass media and social networks, has become the main trend before the official start of election process in Sumy oblast. Potential candidates have been actively holding meetings with residents, and parties - different public events. Besides that, there is a high risk of the use of administrative resources during the local campaign by current mayors and heads of administrations. Olha Kore...

On July, 8, 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issued a resolution to allocate UAH 1,682 mln for social and economic development to finance 1,159 facilities and activities in different oblasts in Ukraine. It is by far the first time when the Ukrainian government allocated all the funds (99%) within the budgetary program as early as in the middle of the year.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has allowed Civil Network OPORA to have its official observers during the October 25, 2020 local elections. The decision was made by the CEC on Thursday, September 10.