Maksym Strikha

Ukraine’s official social policy has always been personified. Be that as it may, Ukraine’s social policy proves to have shown a degree of continuity during the presidencies of Kravchuk, Kuchma, and Yushchenko — perhaps best described as continuity for the sake of compromises...

Ukraine has celebrated one anniversary of the Maidan as an official holiday. True, even last year it had a bitter taste due to the rift between former allies (who turned out merely situational). Honestly, I find it hard to imagine how they will celebrate the second anniversary. Any event on a mass...

Arithmetic is a stubborn thing. It shows that a stable parliamentary majority can only be formed today on the basis of an alliance between Our Ukraine (OU) and For a United Ukraine (Ukrainian ZaYedU), the two largest factions. What can be an alternative is not so much a hypothetical alliance of OU...

In its issue No. 7 of February 29, The Day carried an interview with Olha Mykytenko, a National Opera soloist, under the Culture rubric. The title itself perhaps suggested that the interview aimed to trigger a certain debate. So I will dare to challenge one of her opinions. Speaking about the...