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Eastern & Central Europe · September, 2020

Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from September, 2020

North Macedonia scraps ministerial post responsible for the diaspora

What will happen to the National Strategy for Cooperation with the Diaspora and who will follow up on the work—however minor—done by Minister Ademi?

Written by Aleksej Demjanski

28 September 2020

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, volunteers defend stranded migrants against local rebuke

In Bosnia's third-largest city, migrants rely on a group of volunteers for relief and comfort

Written by Balkan Diskurs

28 September 2020

Uzbekistan as creative chaos: A photographer's interpretation of his nation's search for identity

"I felt like a child who re-opens his own country"

Written by Filip Noubel

19 September 2020

Will a new US TV series on the ‘Macedonian teens who helped elect Trump’ perpetuate a tired cliché?

The idea that Macedonian hub of fake news sites were run by kids was grossly exaggerated by Western media

Written by Filip Stojanovski

18 September 2020

This Polish travel blogger wants Poles to ‘fall in love’ with North Macedonia

'I am going to continue to convince Poles that the Balkans is not a powder keg. It is a barrel of wine'

Written by Violeta Jonchevska, Metamorphosis Foundation

17 September 2020

Is Belarus in the midst of a generational upheaval?

Our survey indicates deepening generational divides on key political issues

Written by John O’Loughlin, Gerard Toal, Kristin Bakke

17 September 2020

Al Jazeera Balkans crew attacked at a right-wing opposition party protest in Skopje

'Violence towards journalists is not allowed in democratic countries'

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

14 September 2020

How churches became entangled in Belarus’ political crisis

Religious communities play an important role in Belarus' protest spirit

Written by Paula Borowska

10 September 2020

What is Russia's endgame in Belarus?

Moscow might be just as interested in change as Belarus' protesters

Written by Maxim Edwards

9 September 2020

Netizens across former Yugoslavia celebrate 75 years of women's suffrage

'And women managed to win that right—be careful not to faint—under communism'

Written by Kristina Hadzi-Vasileva

3 September 2020

The path to the square: The role of digital technologies in Belarus’ protests

Neither internet blocks nor police violence have hindered Belarus' networked protest

Written by Gregory Asmolov

3 September 2020

‘We could present our revolution at a design festival': a Belarusian artist reflects on protest imagery

Belarusian designer Darya Sazanovich reflects on the power of protest optics

Written by Filip Noubel

2 September 2020

Serbian cartoons expose political manipulation about COVID-19 vaccines from China and/or Russia

Serbian government has announced that it will provide the population with vaccines against COVID-19 from an undisclosed source, inspiring political cartoons.

Written by Filip Stojanovski

1 September 2020

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