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Holocaust denial should be considered hate speech, survivors demand of Facebook

Advox1 October 2020

Hate speech is a criminal offense in most European countries that experienced the horrors of World War II, but the US does not have such laws at the national level.

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

17 September 2020

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

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Auschwitz in pictures

28 January 2020

The online archive Znaci.net digitized several photos of Auschwitz from different museums in the former Yugoslavia. They tell the story, among other things, of the Mandić family of prisoners from Croatia.

Parody song remembers Eastern European fighters in WWII's Battle of Britain

5 December 2019

Historians say that, without the help of Eastern European soldiers, Britain would not have beaten Nazi Germany.

Poland's artistic and architectural contributions remembered in 2019 commemoration of the 1963 Skopje earthquake

26 July 2019

This year's annual commemorations of the earthquake include an exhibition in Poland of artworks sent to the city of Skopje by Polish artists in a show of solidarity.

Racing down socialist memory lane: a classic Yugoslav cars video goes viral

12 June 2019

The cars include three brands produced by Yugoslav factory Zastava from Kragujevac, Serbia, that were based off models by Italian manufacturer Fiat.

The ‘coal curtain’ is the new Iron Curtain

6 February 2019

While Western Europe reduces its coal usage, the former Soviet bloc nations are moving in the opposite direction.

As xenophobic policies sweep Central and Eastern Europe, refugee aid is criminalized

24 September 2018

While the numbers of refugees entering Europe decrease, political hysteria against them, and civil society organizations that help them in Central and Eastern Europeis on the rise.

One of Europe's last primeval forests crumbles in the hands of the Polish government

27 July 2018

Watchdog environmental organizations say at least 160,000-180,000 trees were felled since 2016, after the Polish government tripled the amount of wood to be harvested from Białowieża.

What will it take to #savetheinternet in Europe? The view from Romania

Advox18 July 2018

Copyright proposals being pushed by European governance bodies must take into account the nature and potential uses of networked digital technology.

Protesting Polish students stall controversial bill that would clamp down on academic freedom

26 June 2018

"The new law on higher education centralises responsibility at universities and withdraws autonomy from individual faculties...In addition, smaller Universities are marginalized in favor of the larger ones."

Brexit and bias? The framing of immigrants in the media

NewsFrames17 April 2018

Is there something in the topic of Brexit that disinformation efforts can take advantage of? What perspectives might a high-level, data-driven analysis of Brexit news provide?

From Graffiti to Politics, Anti-Semitic and Neo-Nazi Speech Is Becoming More Visible in Eastern Europe

13 March 2018

Activists in the region have been sounding the alarm about increasingly emboldened hate speech against Jewish people and apology for perpetrators of the Holocaust.

How Greek Anti-Nationalist Satire Was Misunderstood as Hate Speech in Macedonian Media

8 March 2018

"...the problem is we are so alienated from each other as peoples and as individuals that we are prepared to expect the worst in each other..."

Poles Rally to Defend the Independent Judiciary From Ruling Party's Reforms

19 July 2017

"Warsaw rally for #democracy and #ruleoflaw in #Poland continues... Candles symbolise hope for freedom and a better future."

How a 1970s Polish TV Cartoon Can Help Promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education Today

22 April 2017

A Polish TV cartoon series from the 1970s can help educators make Science, Technology, Engineering and Math or STEM subjects more entertaining and appealing to children.

UK Horror Writer Graham Masterton Organizes Short Story Contest for the Inmates of Poland's Prisons

14 January 2017

“The prisoners can write about anything they like. Even though they’re locked up, I want to see them setting their imagination free.”

Remembering David Bowie's Birthday and His ‘Mythical Walk’ Through Warsaw

9 January 2017

Culture.pl, an online magazine devoted to promoting Polish culture, marked David Bowie's birthday by recalling his visit to Warsaw.

A Decades-Long ‘Conversation’ Between Yugoslav and Polish Rockers

5 December 2016

Rock music available online shows how a peculiar bridge, bringing the people of former Yugoslavia and Poland closer together, developed over the last four decades.

The World According to Russian Stereotypes

RuNet Echo16 November 2016

RuNet Echo explores popular stereotypes about foreigners gleaned from autocomplete suggestions generated by the website Yandex, Russia’s most popular Internet search engine.


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