Eastern Europe

Katherine Leung reviews the memoir of a refugee. My Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinović.

Nicholas Morgan on rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Will the frozen conflict in Donbas turn hot in the coming months?

In December, Maia Sandu became the new president of Moldova. Her pro-EU stance might help bring the country closer to the EU, at the same time, the frozen conflict with de facto independent [...]

In Romania, more and more doctors are refusing to perform abortions even though it's been legal since 1990. This puts young women with unwanted pregnancies in increasingly precarious situations.

What do Lithuania and Latvia have in common with Taiwan? Owen Howells dives into the quasi-diplomatic relations between the Baltic states and the Republic of China.

Kaspar Schultz takes a close look at Estonia's new female-led government.

Daniela Antonovska argues for the need to challenge gender norms to transform North Macedonia's political scene and build an equal society.

Elsa Court review director Lithuanian Karolis Kaupinis's 2019 black and white debut Nova Lithuania

On 26 August 2020 riot police trapped protestors and journalists in the Red Church on Independence Square in the Belarusian capital of Minsk. Archbishop Kondrusiewicz of the Catholic Church in [...]

Sofia Graziano recounts how centuries of singing have shaped Estonian identity and memory.