Nihilism on high

When leaders don’t even obey the law, what hope is there for the rule of law?

It seems like everyone has stepped over laws and the Constitution lately – the president, the prime minister, judges and parliament deputies. They employed tactics that makes one wonder whether these politicians have any understanding of their role in society: to protect the Constitution, to pass laws, to referee disputes.

Ukraine’s political crisis goes into extra time

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko has given party leaders more time to find a way out of the ongoing political crisis. The country has been caught up in political deadlock since the ruling coalition between Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko’s bloc and the pro-presidential party collapsed last month.