Hromadske ( uk, Громадське; lit. ''Public'') is a digital broadcasting station in
Ukraine
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Ukrayinska Pravda
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Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
(29 April 2013) The former TVi 31 journalists eventually became employed by Hromadske.TV, including the well known (in Ukraine)
Mustafa Nayem
Mustafa Masi Nayyem ( uk, Мустафа Найєм, ps, مصطفی نعیم) is an Afghan-Ukrainian journalist, MP, lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics, and public figure who was influential in sparking the Euromaidan in Ukraine. Formerly ...
. The project also included
Nataliya Gumenyuk
Nataliya Petrivna Gumenyuk ( uk, Наталія Петрівна Гуменюк; alternate Romanization: Natalia Humeniuk; born 1983) is a Ukrainian journalist who specializes in foreign affairs and conflict reporting, and an author of three books. ...
, and was also joined by journalist Yulia Bankova, because she "in 2010, working at
Pershyi Natsionalnyi
Pershyi ( uk, Перший, ; meaning First) is the Ukrainian public television channel, operated by the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine.
It is the only Ukrainian TV channel covering over 97% of Ukraine's territory. Its programs are oriente ...
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
Interfax-Ukraine
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Interfax-Ukraine
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Interfax-Ukraine
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(21 November 2013) During the (following)
Euromaidan
Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...
-protests the channel saw its numbers of viewers heavily increasing. These Euromaidan-protests were caused by the same reason (the 21 November 2013 Ukrainian government decree) as to why the channel started to broadcast earlier (on 22 November 2013). On 29 November 2013, during Euromaidan, a journalist of
Kyiv
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5 Kanal
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, after she had insisted on speaking about civilian casualties but refused to blame Russia outright for the conflict (as HRW never comment on matters of political responsibility), despite repeated demands from the anchor, Danylo Yanevskiy.
In 2014 Hromadske.TV launched Hromadske International to highlight Ukrainian news for English-speaking audiences. Articles were originally published on a
Medium
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blog, but in 2015, Hromadske International was given its own website.
On January 19, 2016, Hromadske Supervisory Board accused Skrypin of appropriating funds and plans from the NGO. The board published a list of requirements for Skrypin which included transferring the funds to the hromadske.tv domain, returning the funds he took and disclosing how he used them. In April 2016 criminal proceeding were opened against him.
In July 2016 The World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center denied the complaint and left the domain ‘hromadske.tv’ to Skrypin.
Funding
The station is publicly and privately funded and has a bank account ( Privat Bank) posted on its website. Individual contributions in 2013 amounted to over 1.1 million
Ukrainian hryvnia
The or ( ; uk, гривня , : ''hrn''; sign: ₴; code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is divided into 100 . It is named after a measure of weight used in medieval Kievan Rus'.
Name Etym ...
s, -₴- and almost 1.5 million in the first quarter of 2014.Interim financial report - 1 quarter 2014 Hromadske.TV
According to the interim financial report Hromadske TV was funded in 2013 by the Netherlands Embassy (793,089
Ukrainian hryvnia
The or ( ; uk, гривня , : ''hrn''; sign: ₴; code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is divided into 100 . It is named after a measure of weight used in medieval Kievan Rus'.
Name Etym ...
Embassy of the United States, Kyiv
The Embassy of the United States of America in Kyiv is the diplomatic mission of the United States to Ukraine.
History
The United States recognized the independence of Ukraine on December 26, 1991, and opened an embassy in its capital, Kyiv, on ...
, 207,402₴ from an auction organized by 'Dukat' (the Auction House) and 1,875,180₴ from individual contributors.Interim financial report - 1 half 2014 Hromadske.TV