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“No Path to the EU Without Real Progress on Integrity”
An interview with Mattia Nelles (DUB) and Martyna Boguslavets (MEZHA) about the COSAC Reform Initiative. In times when Ukraine’s resilience is tested daily, the country continues not only to defend its sovereignty but also to strengthen the rule of law and integrity at home. The fight against corruption has become one of the key benchmarks of Ukraine’s democratic transformation — a demand born out of the Revolution of Dignity, driven by civil society and supported by internat
Oct 156 min read


Interview / Zelenskyy Wants Political Control over Institutions
This interview (in German) by Francesco Collini was first published in Der Spiegel. With a new law, the Ukrainian president is curbing...
Jul 223 min read


DUB organized a workshop on the role of civil society in regional partnerships between Germany and Ukraine
On November 18, in Cologne  the first  major conference on cooperation between Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Ukraine, in...
Nov 19, 20241 min read


(Un)utilized potential of German-Ukrainian municipal and regional partnerships
This is the brief overview of the article by Mattia and Inna Nelles that was first published in the German language on Ukraine-Analysen....
Apr 28, 20242 min read


The internal war: Corruption and the fight against corruption as a hurdle and yardstick for Ukraine’s EU accession, Forum for Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, April 2023
This article by Eduard Klein and Mattia Nelles was originally published on Forum for Ukrainian Studies. Summary Corruption is seen by...
Apr 11, 202313 min read


Journalism in Ukraine: When the war is not only informational
This article by Inna Nelles  was originally published on the Heinrich Böll Foundation website. The once lively scene of local and...
Dec 31, 20227 min read
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