On the 24th day of April the 5th International Conference 'Promotion of Democratic Values and Compliance with Human Rights in the Activity of Special Services' was held in Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. It was organized by the Security Service of Ukraine, National Institute for Strategic Studies, Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces, NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine and NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine. The participants were the leadership of the Security Service of Ukraine, Members of Parliament, scientists of the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy of Ukraine, international experts, representatives of human rights and public organizations, winners of students' contest for the best essay on avenues of strengthening of democratic control over the security sector of Ukraine.

Pursuant to the Decree (Order) of the President of Ukraine "On International Cooperation and Security Coordination Staff during Preparation and Hosting by Ukraine of the Final Stage of European Football Championship 2012" (ICSCS) at the 23-d of April (this year) in the current year The Staff of Antiterrorist Center at The Security Service of Ukraine held the next session of ICSCS's expert group. Current session was dedicated to the issues of ICSCS functioning and work of it's expert group, which is to be composed of members of the Security Service of Ukraine official international partners.

Exclusive interview with the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Ihor Kalinin to Interfax-Ukraine Agency

Let me welcome you to the official reception on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Security Service of Ukraine. I would like to thank everyone present here for finding an opportunity to celebrate with us the professional holiday of the Ukrainian special service.

On March 15, 2012, in Kyiv, Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine jointly with the NATO International Staff and the NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine hosted the workshop "Lone wolves cases (Outbursts of social aggression with heavy consequences: background, causes, motives and ways to prevent)".

The drugs were found in Illichivsk Sea Port inside a container transported by sea from Costa Rica to the address of a Ukrainian company. To make the cocaine difficult to find it was hidden inside pineapples stuck together by wax. Altogether law enforcement officers seized more than 38 kilos of the hard drug with the estimated value of more than 7.5 million USD.

The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych introduced the new Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Ihor Kalinin to the senior personnel of the Service.

The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych introduced the Acting Chairman to the executive personnel of the SSU. Under the Presidential Decree the SSU First Deputy Chairman, the Head of Chief Department for Fight against Corruption and Organized Crime, Volodymyr Rokytskyi took the office.

Due to stay of Y.V.Tymoshenko in Kachanivska penal colony №54 of Kharkiv region, criminal case on her charges of the organization of concealment of currency proceeds, organization of repeated tax evasion in the total amount of over UAH 16 million, embezzlement and attempted embezzlement of budgetary funds by illegal reimbursement of over UAH 25 million of VAT, forgery in office and attempted embezzlement of somebody else's property - funds of the state budget in the amount of USD 405,5 million, was forwarded under investigative jurisdiction to the Investigative Division of the Security Service of Ukraine Office in Kharkiv region.

The Security Service of Ukraine exposed and documented a corrupt scheme of extortion and bribe-taking by the State Employment Center (SEC) officials. In the framework of the National Program "Creation of New Workplaces for Unemployed People from Coal-Mining Regions" 365 million UAH were allocated from the Ukrainian budget to the SEC.

On 25-26 October, 2011 Kyiv hosted International Conference on "Bringing Terrorists to Justice: European Standards Promotion and Sharing of Best Practices", organized by the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Terrorism in cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine.

On October 11-13, 2011 Yalta hosted the NATO-Ukraine International Staff Talks on Cyber Defense. The event was attended by NATO and the Security Service of Ukraine experts, representatives of NATO member-states embassies in Ukraine, the National Security and Defense Council Office, law enforcement and information networks protection agencies, the Ministry of Defense, chiefs of leading private IT-companies in Ukraine.

In the framework of NATO-Ukraine Staff Talks on Intelligence Sector Reform in Ukraine a workshop on "Medical Support of the Employees of Special Services and Insurance Medicine Model in Allied Nations" was held at the Security Service of Ukraine on 28 September, 2011.

In the course of the meeting, the SSU Antiterrorist Center Staff representatives and foreign expert discussed the issue of preliminary assessment of terrorist threats during EURO-2012.

The Security Service of Ukraine in cooperation with the European partner special services carried out unprecedented operation on elimination of international organized criminal group that set up transnational "shady" commodities and currency values circulation on the territories of Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic and Germany.