Central Europe

Several experts agree that why the Czech Republic is now failing to efficiently combat COVID-19 is due to the politics involved in the decision making.

An open platform that seeks to challenge the negative connotations connected to laziness and women's lives. Amanda Sonesson interviewed the three young women behind Lazy Women.

As the first Roma woman to head a major political party in Slovakia, Irina Bihariová's appointment as leader of Progressive Slovakia in 2020 secured her a spot in the history books.

As Slovakia's first-ever female president, Zuzana Čaputová's liberal ideas and political vision provide an interesting story worthy of further investigation. By Dávid Pieš.

Lili Rutai talks to social workers, teachers, doctors and women who were affected by period poverty in Hungary.

For International Women’s Day, Owen Howells interviewed Hana Stelzerová – Director of the Czech Women’s Lobby (CWL) to discover her views on the situation for women in the Czech [...]

The first and only novel of Andrzej Bursa, Killing Auntie tells the absurd story of a character who is all too familiar to a young reader (until the parricide) – he is at the encore of [...]

January editorial. Saying that 2020 was challenging would be an understatement. In Central Europe, it was no different. Looking at the past year, apart from the Covid-19 outbreak, we have seen [...]

Let us face it, for many of us 2020 has been a monster of a year, one that seemed devoid of much of the joy and light that makes life enjoyable; much like a member of Brezhnev’s politburo. [...]

One of my favourite things about the upcoming holidays is the amount of time I can spend on reading. Every year, I find at least one book under the Christmas tree and usually, I finish it before [...]