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Eastern & Central Europe · February, 2020

Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from February, 2020

Mitrovica Rock School unites young Albanians and Serbs in a segregated Kosovo city

Music helps youth bridge the divide between Kosovo ethnic communities

Written by Balkan Diskurs

27 February 2020

Macedonians shocked over discovery of child ‘fight clubs’ in Skopje

Organizers charge spectators with entrance fees

Written by Pavlina Simonoska Arsikj

21 February 2020

Pipeline problems for indigenous peoples on Russia's Yamal Peninsula

Interview with exiled Russian indigenous rights campaigner Dmitry Berezhkov

Written by Maxim Edwards

20 February 2020

Holy controversy over proposal to mention God in Russia's constitution

The move was suggested by the Russian Orthodox Patriarch in February

Written by Maxim Edwards

19 February 2020

North America has mustangs, Bosnia and Herzegovina has the wild horses of Livno

These majestic animals are a unique phenomenon in this part of Europe

Written by Balkan Diskurs

18 February 2020

Groundbreaking film on Russia's HIV epidemic goes viral

Nearly 13 million Russians have now watched Yury Dud's new YouTube documentary

Written by Filip Noubel

17 February 2020

Russian pranksters target Bernie Sanders

Vovan and Lexus posed as Greta Thunberg in a call with the Vermont senator

Written by RuNet Echo

16 February 2020

Coronavirus-related xenophobia spreads to Central and Eastern Europe

Incidents of hostility towards Asian people reported in North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Belarus and ...social networks across the region

Written by Filip Stojanovski, Filip Noubel

15 February 2020

Russians rally against torture after verdict against ‘terrorist cell’

There is reason to suspect that key confessions in the "Network" case were extracted by torture

Written by Maxim Edwards

15 February 2020

New report makes grim predictions for ‘Fortress RuNet’

The "Sovereign Internet" drive made 2019 hugely significant in Russia's digital governance

Written by RuNet Echo

14 February 2020

Czech Parliament elects ombudsman with history of racial discrimination

His appointment speaks of the poor state of human rights in the country

Written by Filip Noubel

14 February 2020

Viral prank video mocks Putin's cult of personality

Residents of a Moscow apartment block encountered a huge picture of the Russian president in their elevator

Written by Filip Noubel

11 February 2020

Slow progress on Moldova's thorny judicial reforms

Ambitious judicial reform clashes with political self-interest — yet again

Written by Victoria Dodon

10 February 2020

How Russia influences Serbian media

Criticism of the Kremlin is almost non-existent in Serbian public discourse

Written by Jovana Presić

7 February 2020

A Mexican engraver revives a mostly-forgotten Russian printmaking tradition

Alejandro Barreto discovered the lubki when he was learning Russian

Written by Filip Noubel

4 February 2020

Nationalist, socialist, and now feminist: The many facets of Czech author Božena Němcová

Over the past 200 years, different ideologies have claimed her as their own

Written by Filip Noubel

4 February 2020

Can Moldova ever win its gruelling fight against corruption?

Toppling one oligarch is not enough to rid the country of corruption, say experts

Written by Vladimir Thorik

3 February 2020

About our Eastern & Central Europe coverage

Filip Stojanovski is the Central Europe editor. Email him story ideas or volunteer to write.

Daria Dergacheva is the Eastern Europe editor. Email her story ideas or volunteer to write.

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