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RU [/] UA EN Apostrophe Friday, 1 January Menu News Politics Economy Society World People are soaking wet in the rain: continuing entrepreneur protests in Kyiv, Ukraine The US starts a final trial of another COVID-19 vaccine Tue, Dec 29 The President's Office announced the expected date of the next Normandy format meeting Mon, Dec 28 All news Actual Ukraine's Domestic Policy of 2020: Results and Conclusions ​2020 was supposed to mark the first practical results of the new government. While we’ve seen some shifts, they were considerably overshadowed by various crises, mostly stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The global economic recession, the widespread crisis of democracy, and the constant disregard for the rule of law, as well as the lack of confidence in the old elites and the unpreparedness of new politicians: all these factors played into 2020 being a less than ideal year for structural and qualitative change. Opinion Ukraine’s Foreign Policy of 2020: Victories and Downfalls The COVID-19 pandemic changed the traditional agenda of international politics and the usual way in which states pursue their foreign policy interests. Throughout the year, attention was mostly focused on the waves of new infections and their social-economic consequences. For Ukraine, specifically, 2020 wasn’t a year of successful breakthroughs, but rather one of the crises. It must be said, however, that in some spheres one can notice a limited amount of success. Electoral College affirms Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election Electoral College affirms Biden’s victory on a relatively calm day of a chaotic election. President-Elect Joe Biden has received enough electoral votes (302) to officially clinch the presidency, as was reported by CNN. The Trump administration departing with an execution spree: Brandon Bernard executed despite public pleas for commutation Brandon Bernard, who was 18 when he took part in the murder of youth ministers Todd and Stacie Bagley in 1999, was killed by lethal injection on Thursday, December 10. Bernard, 40, is the ninth federal inmate to be put to death this year after a 17-year-long federal execution hiatus. Opinion Long live Diaspora! – As long as it’s Ukrainian On November 30th, a video appeared on Facebook in which the Hungarian national anthem was sung during an OTG meeting in Transcarpathia. The SBU followed this up and stated that it would verify the footage and search for possible signs of illegal activity. Since the incident became public, it has caused an uproar throughout Ukraine, with public warnings against separatism in Western Ukraine. The dispute between Hungary and Ukraine with regard to Hungarian minorities in the Transcarpathian region doesn’t need to be reinvigorated by another empty scandal that is based on disproportionate and overly emotional reactions. The Rearrengement of Political Forces after the 2020 Local Elections in Ukraine Local elections in Ukraine took place in rather difficult conditions: the coronavirus epidemic, a new electoral system, decentralization and a growing conflict between the center and the regions. Сounting votes and determining a clear “winner” in these elections turned out to be quite problematic. After election day, chaos ensued as nearly every large party started to claim victory. Counting votes and drawing the correct conclusions proved to be more difficult than in previous elections. The ICPS has therefore gathered all relevant data and applied the criteria for determining who actually is the winner of this year’s local elections. Opinion America: Avoiding Coyote Ugly "​My fear was that I had gone to bed election night — actually about 3 a.m. — next to coyote ugly and that her name was Ms. America. I didn’t recognize her. She wore bright red lipstick, the color of a particular politician’s necktie. Nightmares eventually end. Mine did, maybe yours," Michael Willard, an American publicist, political analyst and CEO of the international PR-agency The Willard Group, reflected on the US presidential election. Latest posts Opinion Ukraine-US Relations: Will Biden’s Administration Signify a Special Partnership with Ukraine? / ICPS foreign policy expert Mykola Kapitonenko on US-Ukraine relations under Biden's administration The Unconstitutional Madness in Ukraine / ICPS domestic policy expert Maksym Stepanenko on the abolishion of the e-declarations system The tax reform is under threat in Ukraine / Why Serhiy Verlanov had to leave Ukraine 2020 Presidential Election: Razor-Thin Margins and False Allegations / After the scandalous election, the United States will need time to heal Interview The US Presidential Election: Inevitable Recounts and Biden’s Likely Victory / Grant Reeher, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, on the US presidential race The UN and Ukraine: in anticipation of a breakthrough / Kyiv has been cooperating with the UN for 75 years Burismagate 2.0: Smoking-gun Email Exchange or Another Nothingburger? / The New York Post leaked an alleged email exchange between Hunter Biden and an adviser to the Burisma board Opinion Summarizing the Brussels Summit: No Drastic Steps Yet / Europe is not going to cancel the visa-free regime, yet it sends some signals Opinion Belarus on Fire: Following Ukraine’s Footsteps? / ICPS foreign policy expert Anastacia Galouchka on Belarusian protests Andrii Derkach’s Nothing-burger: New Biden-Poroshenko Tapes / Andrii Derkach held his curious press conference on September 16 in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 36210 36183 36078 36043 36000 35755 35597 35467 35338 35025 About Contact us Legal goto top politics business economy society world © 2014 – 2021, Apostrophe. 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