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Commission will not reconsider Tsyvinskyi’s candidacy for Economic Security Bureau post

The commission tasked with selecting the head of Ukraine’s Economic Security Bureau will return a letter from the Cabinet of Ministers on July 14 along with supporting documents, and it will not revisit the candidacy of Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi, who won the previous open competition. Interfax-Ukraine reported the development.

14 July 2025, 08:37 PM

Failure to appoint new ESB head puts Cabinet’s transparency in doubt

Oleksandr Tsyvinsky, who won an independent competition to lead Ukraine’s Economic Security Bureau (ESB), demanded clarification on why the Cabinet refused to make the appointment.

9 July 2025, 01:26 AM

NABU detective poised to lead Economic Security Bureau

Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi, a detective with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), won an open competition to become director of the Economic Security Bureau (ESB) on June 24.

25 June 2025, 12:53 AM

Ukraine busts illegal booze pipeline

An underground ethyl alcohol production facility in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has been uncovered by the Economic Security Bureau (ESB), according to its Jan. 19 statement.

22 January 2025, 02:30 PM

ESB brings more charges against Kolomoisky

Ukraine’s Economic Security Bureau (ESB) has modified the charges against oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and will soon provide his defense team with relevant case materials for review, ESB announced on Aug. 9.

10 August 2024, 02:16 AM

Zelenskyy signs ESB reform into law

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed the recently passed reform of the Economic Security Bureau (ESB) into law, Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported via Telegram on June 28.

29 June 2024, 04:12 AM

Parliament’s promising reform of Economic Security Bureau

The final round of talks between government officials and G7 ambassadors regarding the reform of Ukraine’s Economic Security Bureau (ESB) was tense and even threatened the 15$ billion IMF program.

21 June 2024, 11:36 PM

Parliament poised to reform Economic Security Bureau

The Ukrainian parliament supporting in second reading a bill to reboot Ukraine’s Economic Security Bureau (ESB) was welcomed by the private sector, judging by a statement from the European Business Association (EBA) on June 20.

20 June 2024, 08:42 PM

Lack of efficient staff challenges timely ESB reform, says agency chief

The certification of Economic Security Bureau (ESB) employees should be carried out twice a year with certain employees being fired for inefficiency, the Bureau’s acting director Andriy Pashchuk said in an interview with the Ukrinform news agency published on Mar. 4.

4 March 2024, 04:45 PM

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