Pavlo Holovko, who in early 2014 represented prosecution in trials against the activists of the Revolution of Dignity, also known as the EuroMaidan, has become part of the team at the Department of Special Investigations of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) tasked with identifying and bringing to court those responsible for the “crimes against the Maidan”, according to a report by Danylo Mokryk for the Nashi Hroshi (Our Money) investigative project.
November 21, 2013, was the start of the Revolution of Dignity – people came to Kyiv's Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square for a peaceful protest against the then government's decision not to sign the Association Agreement with the European Union.
All political forces of Ukraine must be united for the sake of the country's bright future, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at a Dnipro meeting with the participants of the Revolution of Dignity and parents of Hero of the Heavenly Hundred Serhiy Nigoyan, according to the presidential administration.
In two weeks, the fifth Eastern Partnership summit will be held, which could become a landmark event, heralding a new strategic vision for this EU initiative for years to come, Kostyantyn Yeliseiev, Ukraine’s former ambassador to the EU and now a presidential aide wrote in a column for EUObserver.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Tuesday, Nov. 14, adopted a governmental bill on amending law No. 5697 on the status of war veterans and guarantees for their social protection, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
The Kilkenny Arts Festival this year has a significant strand that looks at the current dynamics of Europe and its future development, with a folk opera telling the story of the Ukrainian popular uprising of 2014, the Revolution of Dignity, fitting the idea perfectly, The Independent wrote.