Tag Archives: Oleksiy Honcharuk

Ukraine fast-tracks gambling readings but bill questions remain

SBC News Ukraine fast-tracks gambling readings but bill questions remain

Mirroring European counterparts, Ukraine’s Rada (parliament) has had to undertake radical adjustments to counter COVID-19 impacts, affecting its legislative resources and timetable. Facing a backlog of legislative readings, Rada’s situation is further undermined as President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered a sweeping senior cabinet reshuffle in March, having fallen out with influential first minister Oleksiy Honcharuk. Nevertheless, Zelensky’s SoP Party has maintained its …

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Ukraine Rada begins ‘draft assessments’ but can it separate good from the bad and the ugly

SBC News Ukraine Rada begins 'draft assessments' but can it separate good from the bad and the ugly

Following the Christmas break, Ukraine MPs return to the Rada (parliament), in which the first readings of Ukraine’s newly planned gambling regulatory framework are scheduled to take place this week. The closing months of 2019 saw seven draft regulatory proposals put to the Rada, detailing little cross-party consensus on how Ukraine should end its 10-year gambling hiatus established under the …

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Licensing fees weigh heavy on Ukraine’s gambling reforms

SBC News Licensing fees weigh heavy on Ukraine's gambling reforms

Ukraine’s First Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has sanctioned the release of the Servant of the People (SoP) party’s ‘draft law on legislating gambling services’, which aims to retire Ukraine’s 10-year ‘Prohibition of Gambling law’ mandate. Published three-weeks later than originally anticipated, SoP ministers blamed the delay on vested parties trying to influence the development of legislation. SoP’s draft frameworks will seek to …

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