What role can civil society play in creating the dialogue necessary to end the war in Donbas? RU
This town in eastern Ukraine suffers from serious emissions thanks to its metallurgical plant. But rounds of public negotiations over pollution have revealed what it’s lacking most: accountability. RU
Women have played an active part in the war in Ukraine’s Donbas. But their role is yet to be recognised on its own terms.
Working in tandem, Ukraine’s ruling groups are creating an election cycle that will only benefit themselves. RU
A Ukrainian church with Philaret as Patriarch is more likely to end up as a cheaply disguised religious cover for a brutal war, rather, than as a harbinger of peace.
Prisoners in the so-called “People’s Republics” in Donetsk and Luhansk are facing terrible living and working conditions – and being kept beyond their sentence. RU
War has taken its toll on rural areas under Ukrainian government control in Luhansk region. There’s little sign of relief or policy.
What nourishes us also destroys us: this old saying holds true not only for food, but also politics.
With increased donations and grants to Ukraine from Western countries after Euromaidan, the number of non-governmental organisations have flourished. So have feminist groups. Ukrainian
At the 2017 World Forum for Democracy, Latvian MP Boriss Cilevičs discusses minority rights in the EU, the war in Ukraine, the demographic crisis in eastern Europe, and the EU's response to the ongoing migration crisis.
Contemporary public policy is no longer able to rely on representative democracy. To stay legitimate and fulfil popular needs, it has to transform and become more participatory and digital.
