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UkrInform: Affordable loans worth over Hr 26 billion provided to farmers this year

Ukrainian farmers have received more than Hr 26 billion under the program “Affordable Loans at 5-7-9%” since the start of 2021. Read more here.
UkrInform

European Solidarity announces victory of their candidate in mayoral elections in Boryspil

The European Solidarity announces the victory of their candidate Volodymyr Borysenko in the elections for the mayor of Boryspil, the party’s press …
Interfax-Ukraine

Iryna Fedoriv: Why national parties can’t stay in power for more than one term

Editor’s note: Iryna Fedoriv is the chief editor at Chesno, a watchdog initiative that promotes fair election process.  Since Leonid Kuchma, who …
Iryna Fedoriv

Zelensky’s party loses election in his hometown even after opponent withdraws

President Volodymyr Zelensky suffered a humiliating defeat as his party’s candidate lost the mayoral election in the president’s hometown of Kryvyi …
Oleksiy Sorokin

UkrInform: Chesno movement reports Kyiv mayoral elections cost Hr 310 million

Mayoral candidates, parties, and candidates for Kyiv City Council members generated Hr 321.5 million on election campaign accounts, which is Hr 5 …
UkrInform

Opponents of Odesa mayor seek his ouster over Russian citizenship

Despite criminal charges and a toxic reputation, Odesa Mayor Hennady Trukhanov appears to have entrenched his power — at least, for now. On Nov. 15, …
Oleg Sukhov

UNIAN: 5 political parties get most support in local elections

Five political parties have overcome the conditional 5% electoral threshold in the latest local elections held on Nov. 22. Read more here.
UNIAN

Incumbent mayor Filatov wins re-election in Dnipro

Borys Filatov has won re-election as mayor of Dnipro, taking a supermajority of the vote in a runoff election against local businessman Zahid …
Daria Shulzhenko

Incumbent mayor Sadovyi wins re-election in Lviv

Andriy Sadovyi has won re-election as mayor of Lviv, according to an exit poll announced on Nov. 22.  Sadovyi took 62.8% of the vote in the Nov. 22 …
Daria Shulzhenko

Police register 407 violations on election day

Police registered 407 reports of electoral violations on election day, the press service of the National Police of Ukraine said. “Most violations were …
Interfax-Ukraine

UNIAN: Local election turnout in runoff reaches 29.53%

As of 20:00 on Sunday, Nov. 22, the average voter turnout in the mayoral elections’ runoff stood at 29.53%. Read more here.
UNIAN

112.ua: Exit polls show incumbent mayors win in Dnipro, Lviv, Cherkasy

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy will win in the second round of elections of the mayor, according to a Savik Shuster Studio exit poll. The results show …
112.ua

Mayoral candidates use weekend quarantine topic to attract voters before runoff

Most candidates for the post of mayors in the second round of elections are using the issue of weekend quarantine in their election campaign in order …
Interfax-Ukraine

Brian Mefford: A preview of runoff elections in Ukraine’s mayoral races

Ukraine’s local election season continues in the second half of November with a series of second-round runoff votes to elect mayors across the …
Brian Mefford

Poroshenko eyes political comeback in Lviv

For the residents of Lviv, the unofficial capital of western Ukraine, local elections are about new kindergartens, city planning and waste …
Oleksiy Sorokin

Yuri Polakiwsky: A test of religious tolerance in Rivne

An iconic example of the unity of Ukraine’s religious community was when Ukrainian Orthodox Patriarch Filaret, and two of his Protestant colleagues, …
Yuri Polakiwsky

Ukraine holds mayoral runoffs in seven cities (UPDATED)

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include more election results. Ukraine’s local election saga continued on Nov. 15, with seven cities …
Oleksiy Sorokin

Exit polls show Odesa Mayor Hennady Trukhanov will win runoff election

Despite being the target of numerous corruption investigations, Odesa Mayor Hennady Trukhanov is headed to victory in the Nov. 15 runoff election, …
Brian Bonner
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