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In March 2019, Zuzana Čaputová, became the first female President of Slovakia, with a campaign built on a liberal and progressive platform, based on an environmental, pro-European, pro-LGBT, [...]

The Great Nijinsky is a tragic tale of one of the greatest dancers of the early 20th century. Vaslav Nijinsky was a Polish dancer and choreographer whose works and legacy far overshadow his short [...]

In February this year, before Covid put a stop on travel, I went to Budapest for a field trip  focusing on monuments and memory. Present in most street names and squares, I was amazed by the [...]

December editorial. During the last couple of weeks, all eyes in Central Europe were on Poland. The mass protests against the new restrictions on abortions made headlines and filled Facebook [...]

The ruling party in Poland aims to consolidate its core constituency and convince the unconvinced. Thus, the Law and Justice (PiS) Party is portraying itself as a party in the countryside. A [...]

Czechs have voted in two elections in October – to the regional councils and to the Senate. While both elections are quite unpopular and voter turnout is consistently low, this year’s results of [...]

Mass protests in Poland are making headlines once again, this time due to further restrictions on abortion rights. It is nothing new, though. Arguably, one of the things Poland is most known for [...]

Raz Segal’s Genocide in the Carpathians: War, Social Breakdown, and Mass Violence 1914-1945 draws light to an under-researched tragedy and contextualizes the violence committed in Europe against [...]

Václav Marhoul’s The Painted Bird is not an easy watch. From the very first scene – where a pet mink is burnt alive – the young, Jewish protagonist (Petr Kotlár) is faced with [...]

Nikol Tomar recounts how Poland's "homophobuses" has met with resistance from a famous Youtuber.