Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from November, 2015
Why Did the Giant Ears Cross the Road? To Protest State Surveillance in Macedonia
The wiretap "bombshells" released by opposition party leaders almost one year ago revealed that the communications of more than 20,000 individuals in Macedonia had been secretly recorded.
The Remarkable, Forgotten Story of How a Soviet Town Disposed of Its Dead
RuNet Echo presents translations two popular texts, one by Sergey Parkhomenko, about how a Soviet town reacted to the discovery of a mass grave in 1979.
Protest Activity On the Rise In Russia, Study Finds
The overall protest activity in Russia recorded by the experts grew almost 15 percent compared to the first half of 2014.
One Man's Revenge Against Russian Propaganda
He used to work for the Russian state media, heading inoSMI.ru. Today, Alexey Kovalev is taking revenge on the people he says destroyed his country’s state media.
Social Media Users Factcheck Mainstream News Coverage of Russian Plane Crash in Egypt
When a Russian couple found their Instagram photo splashed over the evening television news as "Sinai plane crash victims," they went on a social media quest to debunk the error.
Why Montenegro's Opposition Leaders Want to Topple the Government
Many international news outlets have chalked Montenegrin people's dissatisfaction with their government up to "Serb nationalist" or "pro-Russian" waves within Montenegrin society. That's not the full story.