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Subscribe to our Weekly here. In this week’s newsletter: Bosnia seeks new gas pipelines, Russia to restart direct flights to Georgia, all five Central Asian leaders in Moscow, Slovak PM quits [...]

Katherine Leung reviews the poetry of Mikhail Aizenberg, translated by J. Kates in the collection "Say Thank You"

Southeastern Europe regional editor Marija Ivanovic looks at the steps Republika Srpska has taken on its path into authoritarianiasm

Subscribe to our Weekly here. In this week’s newsletter: Serbia in mourning after mass shootings, Turkey closes airspace to Armenia, report on war crimes during Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes, [...]

Maja Soomägi takes a look at this region's entries for Eurovision 2023 and what we can expect from the Liverpool-held competition

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the Georgian documentary "Taming the Garden," a quiet film emphasising nature and the emotions tied to it

The traditional melodies and lyrics of Ukrainian folk music have been used in various genres, ranging from rap or pop to rock and electro. Aleksej Tikhonov has selected seven songs of this [...]

Subscribe to our Weekly here. In this week’s newsletter: election boycotts in Northern Kosovo, Georgian PM to speak at international right-wing conference in Budapest, Radio Free Europe/Radio [...]

Pyke Haans discusses the nation-building projects and national narratives present in the Balkans, and how they can cause more harm than good

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews Guram Odisharia's "The Cyclops Bomb," a vivid, vicious, and absurd novel about conflict in the Caucasus