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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 dialogue between people from different regions of Ukraine.
Fourteen hours. This was the duration of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s press marathon on 10 October. During it, the president answered the questions of around 300 journalists. They were divided into groups of seven-ten. The event...
Atlas Weekend is a Ukrainian music festival held in Kyiv. During its four-year existence, the festival has hosted numerous world-famous musicians including Apocalyptica, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Martin Garrix, Placebo, Kasabian,...
The city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast was among the first spots where Donbas was occupied by Russian-backed forces. Fighting in the city began in the middle of April 2014. On 5 July of the same year, however, the city was...
Russia continues to oppress Ukrainian citizens in the occupied Crimea not only for their civil stance, but also for their religion. Crimean Tatar Muslims and Christian Orthodox worshipers belonging to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU)...
On 7 September 2019, 35 Ukrainians returned home from Russian prisons. Among them were the 24 sailors whom Russia illegally captured after attacking them in the Black Sea in November 2018. The case has been widely covered in Ukrainian and...
Kyiv is the capital of a country which is de-facto at war. After the parliamentary elections, the city found itself in the middle of a political scandal as the team of the newly elected president Volodymyr Zelenskyy aims to take control...
What is the political system in Ukraine? Until now, the most telling response has been “oligarchs.” There is no single field where oligarchs do not leave their stamp. Including media. For oligarchs, TV channels serve as a major vehicle...
Ukraine’s parliament voted in favor of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to dismiss all the Central Election Commission (CEC) squad. The president accused the CEC members of bias and violating procedures during the last...
On 4 September, the new Cabinet of Ministers headed by Oleksiy Honcharuk decided to dismiss Kyiv mayor Volodymyr Klitschko from the position of head of the Kyiv City State Administration. Since 2003 there is a practice that the position...
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“We still do not know what they did to the Jews. Terrifying rumors are heard from the Lukianivske cemetery. But they still cannot be trusted. They say that the Jews are being shot. Those escorting them to the point where they were...
