· May, 2023

Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from May, 2023

Russia may ban transgender transitioning

  6 days ago

Over the past year, the situation for the transgender community in Russia has significantly deteriorated. in May 2023 the Ministry of Justice actively discussed either making more difficult or completely banning transgender transition.

A Ukrainian wartime love story

The Bridge  2 weeks ago

On the morning of February 24, we were not planning to go to war but to a traditional dance class. We were learning to dance the polka.

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