“I think very important reforms have been going on and I want to congratulate the Ukrainian authorities for its commitment” the former President of the European Commision, tells Hromadske in Davos
”I think the Americans are essential when it comes to maneuvering Moscow into different directions” states Carl Bildt
“There’s no deadline in particular for tax reform” explains Ukraine’s Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko who believes that “the most critical issues” have already been incorporated into last years budget.
“2016 offers better opportunities for implementing Minsk, for moving forward on re—establishing some degree of normalcy in the Ukraine situation than last year”, asserts Wolfgang Ischinger, the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference.
Anti—oligarch mass protests in Moldova's capital Chișinău are “definitely not Maidan 2.0”, French freelance journalist Sébastien Gobert explains to Hromadske.
Everything is possible”, the new Chief of Ukraine’s National Police, Khatia Dekanoidze states in interview with Hromadske with regards to the current police reforms in Ukraine.
It is “disappointing” to see an anti—fascist march in Kyiv being cancelled following death threats to the organisers, Ilya Ponomarev, a prominent Russian opposition politician in exile tells Hromadske.
“At the current moment Polish society is divided”, Hromadske’s own correspondent Zhanna Bezpiatchuk explains after bringing back her recent investigative dispatch from the country.
The Litvinenko Inquiry, “the first official statement” on the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko, has “outraged British society” according to Edward Lucas of The Economist
Luke Harding of The Guardian describes the Litvinenko Inquiry report as “strong”
In Mariupol, soldiers and civilians celebrated the orthodox Epiphany together.
