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Eastern & Central Europe · December, 2020

Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from December, 2020

In Belarus, Lukashenka's rule endures 2020 — can it survive 2021?

The regime in Minsk has run out of carrots, and has only sticks left.

Written by Maxim Edwards

30 December 2020

Will poetry be enough to get Czechs to embrace anti COVID-19 vaccination?

Czech government ad campaign seeks to erase fears about vaccination

Written by Filip Noubel

29 December 2020

‘How do you live here?’ A local podcaster takes on misconceptions about eastern Ukraine

Nika Perepelitsa's podcast tells stories from a troubled region in rebirth

Written by Maxim Edwards

28 December 2020

Why Macron’s tweet on the Serbian Patriarch's death angered so many people in the Balkans

French President’s statement contradicts his stated position on religious extremism

Written by Mirza Hota

24 December 2020

In Belarus, a new civic culture is born out of recycled historical symbols in urban yards

Simple. Known. Own. The new identity of an old flag.

Written by Ales Plotka

21 December 2020

How global tech companies enable the Belarusian regime — and the Belarusian revolution

Can anything be done against companies whose tools facilitate repression?

Written by Maryia Sadouskaya-Komlach

15 December 2020

WATCH: Belarus 2020: Still uploading?

In this edition of our Global Voices Insights series, media analyst Maryia Sadouvskaya-Komlach, artist Rufina Bezlova and scholar Gregory Asmolov revisit the events in Belarus following the August 2020 presidential elections.

Written by Global Voices

15 December 2020

North Macedonia court rejects lawsuit by journalists over 2017 Parliament attack

Judges claim plaintiffs failed to prove that a widely documented event took place

Written by Filip Stojanovski, Metamorphosis Foundation

12 December 2020

How will the war in Nagorno-Karabakh change Azerbaijan?

Much remains unclear — not least the territory's future status

Written by Maxim Edwards

11 December 2020

Join us LIVE on December 14 for ‘Belarus 2020: Still Uploading’

Join us and three guest speakers to revisit the events that erupted in Belarus following the August presidential elections. This free event will be streamed live on Zoom and Facebook.

Written by Filip Noubel

9 December 2020

US in Syria: What to expect of the new administration?

Incoming US administration won't take leaps in Syria

Written by Sylvain Keller

8 December 2020

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