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Abstract. This analytical note presents the results of an analysis of legislation in various countries concerning lobbying activities. It focuses on the professional training and education of lobbyists; requirements for educational programmes in the field of lobbying; ethical standards in lobbying; and the taxation of lobbying activities. The paper also examines the specific features of introducing relevant restrictions on lobbying activities for retired civil servants.
Key words: lobbying, lobbying entities, professional training of lobbyists, educational programme for lobbyists, ethical standards, taxation of lobbying activities.
04/2026
Abstract. This analytical note examines state policy in the field of fostering national and civic identity in selected European Union member states (Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, and Italy). It focuses on the components of such policy and explores the essence of national and civic identity as interrelated phenomena that underpin social cohesion, democratic development and state stability. The study analyses constitutional foundations, language policy, legislative safeguards for the rights of national minorities, as well as the institutions of citizenship and naturalisation. It also considers diaspora policy as a key instrument in shaping national and civic identity.
Key words: affirmation of national and civic identity, language policy, rights of national minorities, citizenship, naturalisation, diaspora.
04/2026
Abstract. This analytical note presents the results of an analysis of the legislation of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia concerning the recognition of the period of membership in the USSR as a period of occupation.
Particular attention is paid to the specific features of the legislative regulation of the status of participants in resistance to the occupation regime and the rehabilitation of victims of political repression during the period of occupation by the USSR.
Key words: occupation, victim of political repression, occupation by the USSR, participant in the resistance to the occupation regime, restoration of historical justice, national identity, totalitarian regime, democratic institutions.
03/2026
Abstract. The analytical note presents the results of a study of the legal regulation of non-performing loans in the European Union and analyses the mechanisms for the enforcement of court decisions and debt collection in European Union Member States. The European Payment Order procedure is also examined. The issue of implementing European Union legislation aimed at reducing non-performing loans into Ukrainian legislation is clarified.
Keywords: non-performing loans, debtor, creditor, credit servicers, enforcement proceedings, European Union, European Payment Order.
01/2026
Abstract. The analytical note analyses the content of the Concept of the Code of Spatial Planning and Development of Territories of Ukraine (Urban Development Code) in order to identify the potential positive and negative impact on the State Budget of Ukraine and local budgets in connection with its adoption and implementation.
Keywords: codification, urban planning, State Budget of Ukraine, local budgets, expenditures, revenues, digitalisation.
11/2025
Abstract. The analytical note presents the analysis results of the legislation of Bulgaria, Poland, France, Latvia, Lithuania and Germany on the regulation of the principles of interaction between the state and the church. Attention is focused on the following main aspects of legal mediation of church-state relations: independence of the church, its separation from the state; the procedure for registration of religious associations; legislative consolidation of the church right to certain types of activity in the socio-cultural sphere; provision of state financial support to the church.
Key words: state, church, regulation of relations between the state and the church, models of church-state relations, registration of religious associations, socio-cultural activities of religious associations, state financial support for religious associations.
09/2024
Abstract. The analytical note contains the results of a comparative study of the legislation of the Group of Seven (G7) member states and the European Union on the regulation of multiple citizenship. The ways of legislative regulation of dual citizenship are highlighted. The difference between dual and second citizenship is indicated. The grounds for the emergence of bipatriotism are systematized. The author analyzes the normative provisions on citizenship in the legislation of the USA, Canada, Japan, Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Montenegro. The differences in the legal regulation of the status of bipatriots are identified.
Key words: citizenship, multiple citizenship, international migration, bipatriots, dual citizenship, status of bipatriots.
07/2024
Abstract. The Analytical Note examines the legislative regulation of the legal and organizational framework of lawmaking, the procedure for its implementation, in particular in the context of the Laws of Ukraine «On Law-making activity» No. 3354-IX dated August 24, 2023, «On Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine» No. 116/95-VR dated April 4, 1995, and the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved by the Law of Ukraine No. 1861-VI dated February 10, 2010. As a result, the proposals on amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Law of Ukraine «On Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine» were formulated.
Key words: law-making activity; Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; legislative procedure, committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
07/2024
Abstract. The analytical note presents the results of the analysis of the legislation of the EU member states: Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania on the regulation of church-state partnership. Two components are identified: the legislative consolidation of the church's right to carry out certain activities in the socio-cultural sphere and the provision of state financial support to the church. The author identifies certain common and distinctive characteristics of the relevant legislation.
Key words: state, church, models of regulation of relations between the state and the church, partnership/cooperation between the state and the church, state financial support for the church.
06/2024
Abstract. The analytical note is devoted to journalistic standards and rules of professional ethics in armed conflicts, which are guided by the media and journalists' associations, in particular in the UK (British Broadcasting Corporation - BBC, Ethical Journalism Network - EJN) and the USA (Society of Professional Journalists - SPJ). Attention is emphasized on the importance of having a system of self-regulation of journalists' work to ensure compliance with professional and ethical standards of work enshrined in the relevant codes, rules, and recommendations.
Key words: journalistic standards, professional ethics, journalists in armed conflicts, BBC, EJN, SPJ.
02/2024