Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from March, 2016
Russia's Paranoid Patriotism Gets a Cartoon Movie
A Russian charity group has made what appears to be a truly amazing animated film. The movie, titled “Children Versus Wizards,” is a Russian chauvinist’s fantasy.
Twitter Reports Massive Increase in Russian Government's Content Removal Requests
In the second half of 2015 Russian government agencies submitted 1,735 requests to remove content from Twitter—more than 25 times the number submitted in the first half of 2015.
Why Russian Television Said Nothing When a Nanny Beheaded a Four-Year-Old Girl
After the horrific murder of a little girl in Moscow, national television said nothing for 24 hours. That gave Internet users plenty of time to debate what the silence meant.
Macedonians Attempt to Exorcise the Phantom Voters Haunting Their Country
Macedonians tackle massive election fraud involving phantom voters and other "ghouls" through creative protest and combing the online Voters' Registry.
There's a Prison in Russia Making Viral YouTube Videos
When you think of Russian prisons, you don’t typically imagine musical flashmobs or amatuer filmmaking, but that’s precisely what’s on tap at the Number 7 state penitentiary in Omsk.
Russian Parents Can Now Get Text Message Alerts if Their Kids Search for ISIS Online
A new software system promises to alert Russian parents about their children's interest in extremist themes and groups like ISIS based on their social media activity.
Protesters Demand ‘Soiled’ Macedonian Constitutional Court Justices Resign
"Pardoning for #ElectoralFraud is killing #Democracy in its core! How soon will it abolish itself!?"
How to Comb Russia's TV News
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