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Olena Makarenko is a journalist at Euromaidan Press. In 2014, Olena started working as a volunteer on public initiatives focusing on building civil society and promoting dialog between people from different regions of Ukraine.
Ukraine entered another stage of working on its judiciary reform – the creation of an Anti-Corruption Court, a topic which was hotly debated. Civil society activists insisted on its necessity, and President Petro Poroshenko and his inner...
Pink flamingos, birds by far not common for Ukraine, produced offspring in the country’s southern-lying Kherson Oblast. In June 2017, local hunters saw the birds. After amateur ornithologist Oleksandr Nastachenko heard about this, he...
During the years after the Euromaidan Revolution, a powerful volunteer movement formed in Ukraine. Volunteers helped the army, the reform process, and fight against corruption, and took part in other important changes. However, there are...
As the reform of the key judicial institution in Ukraine, the new Supreme Court, draws closer to the end, the differences between the views of representatives of civil society and state institutions on this process becomes dramatic. The...
The process of forming the core judicial institution in Ukraine, the Supreme Court, is almost completed. The High Council of Justice recommended 111 candidates for the positions of judges. The next step is for them to be appointed by the...
The occupation of Crimea and the beginning of the war in Donbas made the Baltic countries reconsider their policy towards Russia. The situation in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia is similar but has its own nuances in every country. In...
Autumn is a hot time for politics. On September 5, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) got back to work. Also, in Ukraine, autumn is a period of activated discussions about early parliamentary elections, no matter whether chances for...
Education reform is not the number one priority for countries which undergo transformations after revolutions. However, education is a field capable of changing generations which come after. Nowadays, Ukrainian education is in trouble. The...
Recently Ukraine made it to the top-10 most dangerous countries in the world, beating Russia and even… North Korea. Also its capital Kyiv is one of the 10 least liveable cities in world, according to the Economist. While the world...
Some in Ukraine reckon that a quarter of dishonest judges in the Supreme Court is actually is not a bad result – it could have been worse. However, the cases in which these judges were involved suggest the situation is quite serious. The...
On 28 September 2017, Ukraine’s new law on education entered into force. Called to advance Ukraine’s badly needed education reform, it has been praised for introducing the concept of competence-orientation and giving schools...
