Olena Makarenko
405 posts
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.
Ukraine’s fired policemen protest police reform
Ukraine’s most well-known reform is the creation of a new, non-corrupt police service based on the Georgian model. However,…
Thousands protest vote-rigging in Kryvyi Rih, demand to change oligarchic rule
The falsified results of mayoral elections in Kryvyi Rih have led to protests with thousands participants. This example has shown that people…
Ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Devoted to Ukrainian volunteers
International Volunteer Day is celebrated on December the 5th since 1985. The word “volunteer” has a special meaning now…
Grassroot efforts attempt to budge Ukraine’s Soviet attitude to disability
In its treatment of people with disabilities, Ukraine has to choose whether to mechanically repeat Soviet patterns…
Can Russia completely supply Crimea with power? Four facts to make your own conclusions
Power lines blasts in Ukraine resulted in a blackout in Crimean peninsula which is into its sixth day. While…