Maidan Alliance Address to the Ukraine – 2007 Conference in the European...
by Oleksandr Severyn Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sincerely grateful for your invitation to this conference. I must however first note two things. I confess, first of all, to having been surprised by...
View ArticleScandalous fraud in Ukrainian Parliament, PROVEN!
A Banana Republic Forever!? Members of Parliament of Ukraine are nicknamed the piano players. They push many buttons when voting. The Alliance Maidan starts the civic campaign “Shoot the Piano Player!”...
View ArticleNew anti-corruption law has been voted by 119 “dead souls” in Ukrainian...
On April 7 2011 Ukrainian Parliament voted on new law on prevention and counteraction of corruption. The voting occurred in a half empty parliament. The absence of a large percentage of MPs was...
View ArticleMaidan started producing movies. First one is “Ukraine. A Banana Republic...
As a development of our civic campaign “Shoot the piano player!” – against non personal voting of members of Ukrainian Parliament – we created a first short movie. See for yourself: [yframe url=’...
View ArticleHungary: New constitution is serious threat to right to information
Budapest/Berlin/Madrid, 26 April 2011 – Hungary’s president Pál Schmitt this week signed the new Hungarian constitution which abolishes independent oversight of the public’s right to know. It will...
View ArticleMaidan reveals Ukrainian Parliament’s expenditures. What were they hiding...
For many years the Ukrainian Parliament did not publish its annual budget and expenditures. Since 2009 Maidan tried to make Parliament reveal this information. Our requests for information were...
View ArticleWhat Constitutional Court of Ukraine is doing other than refusing citizens...
Citizens and organizations in Ukraine have a right to appeal to Constitutional Court for official interpretation of Constitution and laws. In 2003-2010 there were 2617 such appeals registered. 2446...
View ArticleIn Donetsk regional council guests vote with keycards of absent members
The practice of voting for others in the Ukrainian Parliament is contagious and members of regional and city councils are copying it willingly. Maidan has received reports about this practice from all...
View ArticleSpihotechnika. The Legal Collapse of Ukrainian State Visualized
By Natalka Zubar and Olexander Severyn “Voting at sessions of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine shall be performed by a people’s deputy of Ukraine in person.” (Constitution of Ukraine, 84)...
View ArticleUkrainian Government Wants to Make Money on Bloggers?
More than a year ago Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine submitted draft of a law on state registration of information agencies. The draft proposes penalties for unregistered information agencies. While...
View ArticleScandalous fraud in Ukrainian Parliament, PROVEN!
A Banana Republic Forever!? Members of Parliament of Ukraine are nicknamed the piano players. They push many buttons when voting. The Alliance Maidan starts the civic campaign “Shoot the Piano Player!”...
View ArticleNew anti-corruption law has been voted by 119 “dead souls” in Ukrainian...
On April 7 2011 Ukrainian Parliament voted on new law on prevention and counteraction of corruption. The voting occurred in a half empty parliament. The absence of a large percentage of MPs was...
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