Obstacles to hromadas’ amalgamation in southern rayons of Zhytomyr Oblast

The Zhytomyr Oblast is a leader in the process of decentralisation. There remain only a few rayons in the oblast with only one AH, and one rayon with not a single hromada established. Why are amalgamation processes slown down there and when will all territories be amalgamated in the oblast?

The journalists of the “Topic of the Day” on Zhytomyr TV channel spoke to Vasyl Nevmerzhytskyi and Serhiy Romanovych, experts of the Zhytomyr Local Government Development Centre, to get the answers.

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