- Deprivation of deputy mandates through the court can negatively affect Ukrainian parliamentarism in the future, – according to the expert poll conducted by the Civil Network OPORA. On September 12, the Higher Administrative Court has obliged the CEC to deprive MP of Ukraine Ihor Markov, who ran in district #133 in Odesa, of his mandate. Sometime earlier, on February 8, similar decision was ... →
- Before the 3rd session of the Verkhovna Rada of VII convocation is opened, OPORA publishes a number of materials containing a summary of parliamentary activities for the current period. These documents complement a long-term monitoring, which is being conducted by the organization after 2012 Parliamentary elections. The second analysis will systematize the information about rejected legislative ... →
- Before the 3rd session of the Verkhovna Rada of VII convocation is opened, OPORA will publish a number of materials containing a summary of parliamentary activities for the current period. These documents complement a long-term monitoring, which is being conducted by the organization after 2012 Parliamentary elections. Taking into consideration the results of an expert inquiry conducted by the ... →
- According to OPORA's calculations, members of the AUU Svoboda faction turned out to be the most disciplined during two sessions of the Parliament. 33% of its members were present at all the sittings, as well as 27% of members of the Party of Regions, and 22% of the CPUOnly 12% members of the AUU Batkivshchyna and 5% of the UDAR didn't miss any sitting. As for non-faction MPs, only 3% of them ... →
- According to the results of sociological researches of the companies Gemius and GfK, the month audience of Ukrainian internet in 2012 is around 15 million citizens. 33% of the population, what is 13 million Ukrainians, use internet every day. Internet became the main source if information, and had substituted even newspapers, radio, and television for almost 79% of users in the age of 20-49 ... →
- In accordance with international standards and regulations of the Law on Access to Public Information, OPORA has created a rating of websites of VRU Committees based on the availability of socially important data on them. The organization has researched the presence of information published during previous convocations of the Committee, as well as about the effective one and its current ... →
- Civil Network OPORA has analyzed activities of all Members of Parliament, elected in majoritarian districts, and particularly those in Volyn oblast. Monitoring was conducted during seven months starting from December 12, 2012 to July 12, 2013 during the first and the second session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of VII convocation ... →
- Civil Network OPORA continues to watch and analyze law-making activities of MPs of Ukraine of VII convocation. In this review for June, the organization has covered the scope of law-making activities in the Parliament, as well as activeness of MPs with consideration of involved factions and concerned issues ... →
- The Kyiv District Administrative Court obliged the Apparatus of the Verkhovna Rada to provide OPORA a copy of the manning table, which includes information about structural subdivisions of the VRU Apparatus, job titles, number of employees, and salaries for every position. ... →
- In June 2012, Members of Parliament of Ukraine have registered 408 draft laws and resolutions, fourth part of which concern economy, finance, and administration. 23.5% – politics and state administration, 13% – law-enforcement and judicial systems. MPs were not very interested in foreign affairs, security, and defense, as well as in previous months, after all. Civil Network OPORA continues to ... →
