The Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Valeri Simeonov this month displayed some rather controversial public behavior for which he is becoming known for. Previous examples include pushing an elderly woman coming from Turkey to exercise her right to vote in … Continue reading What’s up Bulgaria? Social protests and increasing economic inequalities
October 3rd marked a major holiday throughout Germany: der Tag der deutschen Einheit, or German Reunification Day. This year celebrated 28 years since the official reunification of Germany in 1990, a country once literally split in half by opposing poles … Continue reading Germany, the half post-communist country whose legacy we forget
– On October 1st, three children were killed in a landmine explosion near the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine. Earlier this year, the UN stated that two million Ukrainians were affected by landmines due to the military actions in the … Continue reading What’s Up Ukraine? Azov Sea Militarization and Language Law Controversies
“I’ve been swept away with all kinds of emotions since I arrived in Tbilisi. I love every corner. I love the vibe. It’s the place where all Georgian microcultures and experiences, so interestingly diverse, combine together and make Tbilisi such … Continue reading Good morning Tbilisi – a photo essay by Rossana Bernardi
– “Sport is the shared language of Central Europe”: on September 27th, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán inaugurated the TSC Football Academy in Topolya/Bačka Topola in Serbia, which was launched with a 9.5 million-Euros donation from the Hungarian Football Federation. … Continue reading What’s up Hungary? Diplomatic tensions with Ukraine continues and Erdogan visits Budapest
This article is part of a collaboration between Lossi 36 and New Eastern Europe. While presidential elections in Ukraine are only five months away, the climate for Ukrainian civil society and activists has increasingly turned sour. With assaults on prominent … Continue reading Ukrainian Civil Society under attack
– 5th of October – After the expulsion of two Russian spies from the Netherlands in September, analysts are warning that the Kremlin and Putin will not relax their spying techniques. The spies were arrested and extradited to Russia after … Continue reading What’s up Russia? United Russia’s support is dwindling and a school shooter kills 21 in Crimea
On the one hand we have a grandiose UN report on climate change, on the other, states whose incumbent political leaders don’t really care about the environment unless it directly affects their constituencies. Kazakhstan represents a paradigmatic case, and as … Continue reading Kazakhstan, or what you’ll find between China and climate change
Cinema in the Soviet Union was one of the most controlled mediums under the Communist regime. As a result of this, each era, marked above all by changes in the leadership, transformed the aesthetics of Soviet cinema along different visual … Continue reading From avant garde to dreamscapes: aesthetics in the Soviet Cinema 1917-1964
After a long hot summer in the Balkans, it was about time for politics in Sofia to get heated in September. Expectedly, government, parliament and the presidency all engaged in polemics; however, this was mostly of personal nature rather than … Continue reading What’s up Bulgaria? Borissov visits Ukraine and a Bulgarian journalist is found murdered
