Anar Mamedkhanov, Captain of the Azerbaijani KVN team “Guys from Baku” [KVN is an abbreviation of Klub Vesyolykh i Nakhodchivykh, a Russian humour TV show where teams (usually students) compete by giving funny answers to questions, improvisations, prepared sketches – translator’s note] told us why he thought Mr Maslyakov was a tyrant, why he asked Mr Urgant to make jokes about Putin and how voters voted for him at the parliamentary elections because of his popularity

If your aspiration for democracy is true, strong and vigorous, you will become closer to Europe. If it is weak, shaky and short-term, you may drift back towards Moscow…

To reform the country it is necessary to ensure a constant and constructive dialogue among all strata of civil society and media play an instrumental role in the dialogue’s efficiency, stated the Managing Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance Natalia Izosimova during the conference What is freedom of speech?, which took place on December 2 in Kiev. This information was reported to UNIAN by the Foundation’s press service

Сегодня во всем мире наблюдается серьезный процесс переосмысления понятия "свобода слова"

International experts came to Kiev to discover what the freedom of speech is. Ukrainian journalists didn’t show an intention to discuss

Numerous European institutions have recently voiced their concern about the situation with freedom of speech in Ukraine. Indeed, there are reasons to worry. Although Ukraine is not the only country facing this challenge, the Ukrainian variety of the problem is quite unique. As The Day has repeatedly pointed out, our problem is very subtle

Is the possibility of tourist boom in Ukraine real? What will the cost of it be for the state and its citizens? The participants of the public debate “Tourism is a priority sector for Ukrainian economy” tried to find answers for these complex yet very important questions. The event was organized by the Foundation for Effective Governance in partnership with Britain-based Intelligence Squared

Dnepropetrovsk region will be the third after Lviv city and Donetsk region realize fundamentally new strategy of regional economy.

Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration and Dnepropetrovsk City Council signed the Cooperation Agreement with the Foundation for Effective Governance and a leading international consulting company Monitor Group within the framework of the project on development of strategy for raising regional economic competitiveness

The government gets a new asset that requires no public money, and an investor benefits from operating the asset. As a result, the tourist attractiveness of both the asset and the country grows.