Southeastern Europe

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "The Uncle," a tense thriller examining family dynamics and Yugoslav nostalgia

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

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

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

Carolina Muzzilo writes about the cost of Schengen Croatia, and what it means to ignore unlawful and repressive border measures

Katherine Leung reviews the poetry collection "Breathing Technique" by Marija Knežević, translated from the Serbian by Sibelan Forrester

Kristina Tsabala analyses Bulgaria's Schengen and Eurozone aspirations, and how right-wing groups are co-opting myths about the Euro

Maja Soomägi reviews "Museum of the Revolution," a symbolic film about those living on the margins of society, decades after the post-socialist utopian dream ended

Alexandra Kuenning reviews "Occasional Spies," a gripping and innovative documentary about a group of Palestinian Jews who volunteered to return to their countries of origin in Eastern Europe in [...]

Unidentified (Neidentificat, 2020) is a sparse mystery situated around the character study of a corrupt detective. While there is some merit to its wry examination of police corruption and the [...]