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Justice ministry boasts of revenues from paid cells in detention center
Such cells have already been opened in pretrial detention centers in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zaporizhia, Lviv, Vilniansk and Dnipro.13:35, 04 January 2021

Justice chief names three stages to resolve what he calls "constitutional crisis"
Chief justice is convinced the Constitutional Court needs a reboot.19:00, 31 October 2020

Justice Ministry comments on high-profile ruling on NABU director
The ministry says it has neither legal grounds nor the authority to implement the ruling.14:50, 27 October 2020

Sale of mothballed prisons to go in "three waves" in Ukraine – Justice Minister
New detention centers will be built in industrial zones or beyond city limits.13:10, 07 August 2020

NCCIR revokes resolution to cut interconnection rate from 2021
The move was a result of the Justice Ministry's refusal to register the relevant document.15:45, 07 July 2020

Yanukovych-era top officials not to return to power: Justice Minister on lustration
A lustration commission may be formed before the end of the year.23:50, 17 June 2020

Justice ministry mulls selling mothballed prisons
Rather than taking money from the budget, authorities intend to use funds raised to build new penitentiary facilities.21:50, 17 June 2020

Justice chief defends government measures to contain corona in Ukraine
The court is set to consider whether the national quarantine was within the bounds of Constitutional norms.12:50, 07 June 2020

Ukraine's Justice Minister: Notaries should undergo mandatory identity verification
Notaries and state registrars will get a mobile ID key within the next two months and any registration act will require double identification.15:55, 05 June 2020

Justice Ministry may apply pardons, targeted release to unload Ukrainian prisons amid pandemic
The minister elaborated on categories of inmates subject to possible amnesty.13:40, 14 May 2020
State bailiff seeking recovery of US$250 mln from PrivatBank in favor of Surkis family
The bank asked the law enforcement agencies and the Justice Ministry to assess the bailiff's actions.16:55, 08 May 2020

Ukraine launches comfortable detention cells on paid basis (Photo)
Starting from next week one will be able to pay for the rooms online.15:55, 08 May 2020

Ukraine's Justice Ministry to introduce supervised probation (Video)
Supervised probation is an alternative form of sentencing when a convict has the supervision of his or her probation, which lets them avoid jail time.13:00, 21 April 2020

Ukraine may release almost 900 prisoners amid COVID-19 epidemic
The ministry wants to amend laws to reduce the number of new people sent to pretrial detention centers or penal colonies.16:58, 08 April 2020

Ukraine's justice minister names possible ways of infection with COVID-19 among prisoners
Most likely, the virus can get into prisons through employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine.16:01, 07 April 2020

Justice Ministry publishes lists of most popular, unusual baby names in central Ukraine in 2019
In 2019, Ukrainian authorities issued 32,634 birth certificates to babies born in the city of Kyiv.17:30, 21 January 2020

SBU busts "LPR" attempt to recruit official from Ukraine's Justice Ministry
The investigation revealed the man had not performed any action to the damage of the country's national security.15:53, 15 January 2020
Ukraine's Code on bankruptcy procedure comes into effect
The Code aims to boost the effectiveness of bankruptcy procedures.14:29, 21 October 2019