Valentyna LAZARCHUK    Despite the challenges posed by Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression, Ukraine’s strategic aspirations to join the EU remain unchanged. Meeting EU accession criteria requires significant reforms and alignment of legislation with EU standards, with IBM playing a crucial role. Ukraine’s borders with...

Valentyna LAZARCHUK    Ukraine is far more advanced than some EU countries when it comes to cyber security, says the EU Advisory Mission EUAM Ukraine’s acting Head of Governance Component, Konrad Wudtke, speaking at the launch of the Cyber Brama website, on April in Kyiv. The portal is part of Brama, a project...

Valentyna LAZARCHUK    Ukraine is advancing its anti corruption measures, striving to align its legislation with European Union standards. An essential action was the amendment of its Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code last December, criminalising smuggling, effective from July . As part of implementing the...

Iryna KOROBKO    She made an effort to stand and speak. She never said her name but shared her pain. Her voice was trembling. At times, she couldn’t hold back her tears. It was evident this wasn’t her first time sharing her story a testament by a survivor of the Russian occupation steeped in pain and sorrow, ...

Valentyna LAZARCHUK    The Ukrainian media frequently headlines discussions about the Hague tribunal on the accountability of the Russian political leadership and military commanders for international crimes committed in Ukraine, without always clarifying that The Hague homes multiple tribunals, courts and institutions...

Iryna KOROBKO    Today, March , the Action Plan implementing the Overarching Strategic Plan for the Reform of the Entire Law Enforcement Sector between OAS AP was endorsed during the meeting of the Inter Agency Working Group IAWG chaired by Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin. The document lays...

Iryna KOROBKO    I have witnessed a tremendous amount of human grief and many victims since the beginning of the full scale invasion, shares Daryna, a young police officer from Zaporizhzhia. Together with the paramedic team, she often arrives first at the scene of shelling in her hometown. Initially, we had to...

Valentyna LAZARCHUK    When it comes to destruction of cultural heritage, every war seems tragically similar in committing such crimes, even at decades of distance. Cultural heritage is part of what defines people as a nation. Preserving cultural heritage is essential for future generations to understand and identify...

Iryna KOROBKO    The European Union Advisory Mission EUAM Ukraine has wrapped up an extensive series of project management training sessions aimed at law enforcement agencies LEAs and judicial entities. This initiative targeted especially those in de occupied and adjacent territories, focusing on improving...

Valentyna LAZARCHUK    Since the illegal annexation of Crimea in and the onset of war in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, followed by the full scale invasion in , Russia has relentlessly targeted Ukraine’s cultural landmarks. Churches, monuments, museums, libraries, and historic sites, which for centuries have...