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Ukraine has become a hostage of the Dutch referendum – these are today’s headlines in the Ukrainian newsfeed. But it has also become – much earlier – hostage of own not-so-farsighted law on national referendum.

On the eve of the referendum in the Netherlands on the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, which is so important for Ukraine, UNIAN interviewed a correspondent of Dutch television broadcaster NOS David Godfroid.

The story of the "offshore companies" goes far beyond Ukraine, because it is a global problem. But the public interest in Panamapapers leak makes it worth considering how the scandal will affect the reputation of both President Poroshenko and Ukraine as a whole.

The newly appointed Representative of Ukraine to the European Union, Ukraine's Ambassador to Belgium Mykola Tochytskyi gave his first interview in office with UNIAN.

The past week was anything but an easy run for Petro Poroshenko. Viktor Shokin and Davit Sakvarelidze are practically out of the Prosecutor General’s Office. The process of reformatting the parliamentary coalition came across well-calculated whims of one of the party leaders.

Ukraine ranks fourth in the list of the world’s worst performers of ECHR decisions, 12 Azerbaijani and 18 Armenian soldiers were killed in hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, according to official data from both sides, 289 deputies voted for the dismissal of Viktor Shokin from the post of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

The political crisis in Ukraine has almost paralyzed the work of both the Ukrainian Government and Parliament – at the time when Ukraine’s western partners require reform, including in the sphere of the country’s strategic enterprises.

Poroshenko's visit to the United States can hardly be called a triumph, but it saw some concrete outcome. Parliamentary initiative to severe diplomatic relations with Russia is untimely. The referendum in the Netherlands on Ukraine-EU Association is getting closer.

On Wednesday, March 30, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko starts his visit to the U.S., with a series of meetings scheduled besides participation in the international Nuclear Security Summit. UNIAN figured out what Ukraine should expect from Poroshenko’s overseas trip.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin has become one of the major bargaining chips in top level trading aimed at creating a new creation. But it seems that the  president has wasted this "trump" card: the coalition has not been set up, while the smaller factions’ appetite seems to have grown.

In an interview with UNIAN, the lawyer for Nadia Savchenko, Ilya Novikov, has elaborated on possible mechanisms of her release; said why Russia should not hope that the sanctions would be lifted in exchange for freeing the Ukrainian female pilot; and when we can expect the rescue of other political prisoners.

The desire of president’s supporters to root PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk out of his chair is no longer hidden behind political etiquette. Ahead of the vote for the dismissal of Viktor Shokin, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, strange things are happening at his agency. Mayoral elections in Kryvyi Rih saw an embarrassing defeat of candidates from the democratic forces.

Three blasts in Brussels airport and a subway claimed the lives of 34 people, 21.5% of Ukrainians want the occupied areas of Donbas to separate from Ukraine, the country will save UAH 64 billion in 2016 due to the public debt restructuring.

A verdict of Nadia Savchenko was an expected manifestation of the Kremlin’s arbitrariness. The terrorist attacks in Brussels will require major changes in the EU security policy. Vladimir Putin is trying to fish in troubled waters.

President-oriented MPs seem to have found a substitute for Arseniy Yatsenyuk and are ready to form a new government team, which will have to ensure sustained economic growth and to fight corruption.

The war has already been raging for two years in Donbas but the Ukrainian army is still in dire need of drones. It’s only the volunteer activists that provide for minimum supplies of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). But these supplies don’t often meet certain military requirements, only being able to perform a limited number of tasks.

Sentence of Nadia Savchenko is not the end of a story of the Kremlin’s Ukrainian hostage. This sham trial should launch a series of steps aimed at the release of the rest of the Ukrainians, who are being held illegally in Russian dungeons.

There was plenty of talk regarding a possibility of terrorist attacks similar to those in Paris to repeat in other major European cities. On March 22, the terrorists targeted Brussels. UNIAN has discussed with experts the possible reasons behind the new outbreak of violence in the heart of Europe and its implications for Ukraine.

The Government on live TV announced the annual results of Ukraine’s largest state-owned enterprises and outlined the ways of their development. Plenty of ideas were voiced, but the matter of who will execute the plan was left behind the scenes.

Ukraine is in anticipation of a wave of sales of state assets. Privatization adrenaline pumps up the country’s top politicians and officials. Some are doing everything to disrupt the process, while the others are trying to hold transparent competitions. But any mistake or any scandal can be too costly to the state – the investors may lose confidence in Ukraine for years ahead.