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How Russian opposition media continue broadcasting from abroad

Written by Daria Dergacheva

13 hours ago

Tensions escalate between Azerbaijani and Russian officials over Azerbaijani Airlines crash investigation

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

6 days ago

The Serbian Patriarch calls for a ‘Greater Serbia’ with Putin’s blessing

Written by Sbunker

1 week ago

Podcast: Olek Shyn, Korean–Ukrainian, on the complex history of his ethnic and national identities

Written by Akwe Amosu

3 weeks ago

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Gains and gaps in gender equality in North Macedonia

Significant disparities emerge among the individual indicators of gender equality analyzed by the World Economic Forum

Written by Kristina Hadzi-Vasileva

3 weeks ago

‘Make Moldova Great Again’: The mayor of Chișinău posted a photo with Donald Trump Jr.

This caused discussions in Moldova's social media space

Written by Daria Dergacheva

3 weeks ago

Breaking down anti-Roma prejudice through poetry in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Poetry has the power to reach people in a way that arguments and statistics often cannot

Written by Balkan Diskurs

3 weeks ago

‘The war marks our writing, but it does not define it’: Interview with Ukrainian poet Iryna Shuvalova

Queer writing in Ukraine still retains limited visibility

Written by Filip Noubel

3 weeks ago

In Russia, dozens of volunteers are working to save bat populations

Animal-lovers are rehabilitating bats and even holding ‘graduation’ ceremonies for them

Written by Daria Dergacheva

3 weeks ago

The Srebrenica Memorial Center’s fight against genocide deniers

Dozens of criminal complaints for genocide were submitted, but the Prosecutor’s Office has not processed a single one

Written by Balkan Diskurs

4 weeks ago

Documentary about first Soviet sexologist Igor Kon receives a festival prize

A film about scientific courage, moral responsibility, and inner freedom

Written by Daria Dergacheva

16 April 2025

Disarray, dilution, discontent: Three facts of the 2025 Croatian presidential election

How Croatia’s 2025 presidential election was overshadowed by governmental incompetence, low voter turnout and a cost-of-living crisis

Written by Harrison Budak

15 April 2025

How anti-war Russians end up in US immigration prisons

"You did everything the American government asked. And now you're a criminal."

Written by Baikal People Journal

14 April 2025

LIVE on April 16: Voices from the Future

The session will be live streamed on YouTube

Written by Malka Older

11 April 2025

How the NKVD fabricating a case almost caused one of Russia’s indigenous people to disappear

They executed dozens of people, only to admit years later that it was a fabrication

Written by Holod Media

11 April 2025

‘One crap-news per week’: How Kremlin propaganda works on VKontakte social media platforms

How government-managed public social media accounts in Russia were turned into a propaganda machine

Written by Daria Dergacheva

9 April 2025

Waiting in silence for officials to resign after North Macedonia nightclub tragedy

Since March 17, Macedonian authorities have shown their true authoritarian and censorious faces

Written by Goran Rizaov, Metamorphosis Foundation

30 March 2025

‘Putin personally allowed me to hunt them’: How fraudsters use repression against LGBTQ+ people in Russia

LGBTQ+ individuals find it harder to ask for help, making them easy targets for criminals

Written by Baikal People Journal

24 March 2025

Phantom people: How the Tver Karelians live in Russia

The population of Tver Karelians has decreased 50 times in the last 100 years

Written by Daria Dergacheva

22 March 2025

The Svrzo House: A window into the past of everyday life in Sarajevo

The Svrzo House is one of the most visited museums in Sarajevo and an important tourist destination

Written by Balkan Diskurs

18 March 2025

Bosnian rock-band Dubioza kolektiv ridicules Flat Earth conspiracy theory in a new regional hit song

In the Balkans the Flat Earth conspiracy theory is a gateway to other ludicrous disinformation

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

14 March 2025

Chipmaker giant TSMC’s USD 100 billion investment in the US unnerves many Taiwanese

Many Taiwanese are worried that Donald Trump would eventually betray Taiwan

Written by Oiwan Lam

14 March 2025

‘Our mission is to smother negativity with positivity!’: Why Russians enjoy traveling to North Korea

All tour programs are approved at the North Korean government level

Written by Baikal People Journal

13 March 2025

Where are you going, EU democracy? The dangerous case of Romanian elections

Romania has effectively become a testing ground for how Big Tech can manipulate public opinion

Written by Ana Maria Dima, Marius Stan

11 March 2025

‘I hope this isn’t for weapons’: How Syrian data workers train AI

Data workers possess a unique vantage point that can play a crucial role in the early identification of ethical issues

Written by UntoldMag

10 March 2025

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