New articles on the TOL website

People: Kovy Versus Czech Apathy
One YouTuber’s journey to inform Czech youth, stay true to his identity, and remain relevant online.
13 May 2019

News: Around the Bloc – 13 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: fiery protests in Albania; upheaval after Lithuanian election; food in Central Asia; Putin’s fall heard around the world; Romania, the EC’s new bad boy.
13 May 2019
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Politics: Pocketbook Issues Dominate Lithuanian Presidential Campaign
But whose pocket? The urban middle classes are doing just fine, while country people see their share of the pie dwindling fast.
10 May 2019

News: Around the Bloc – 10 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: Kazakh protests suppressed; Lukashenka and Brussels; Czech AI; football in the Caucasus; and an interview with Robert Kocharyan.
10 May 2019

Society: Fighting Turkey’s ‘Onion’ Terror
By blaming market players for the ‘food terror’ of high prices – instead of agricultural policy – the government plays an unsustainable game.
9 May 2019

Politics: For Ukrainian Politicians, All Roads Lead to K Street
Incoming President Zelenskiy’s pledge to make a total break with the past could be costly for Washington consultants.
9 May 2019

News: Around the Bloc – 9 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: Russia’s V-Day; guilty verdicts in Montenegro coup trial; asylum seekers in Hungary; and Europe’s best beaches.
9 May 2019


Society: New Russian Documentary Brings the Horrors of the Gulag to the YouTube Generation Yuri Dud’s documentary has garnered millions of views in days. From Global Voices.
8 May 2019

Conflict & Diplomacy: Viktor Orban’s East-West Balancing Act
The Hungarian premier is banking – in more ways than one – on strengthening ties with all the great powers.
8 May 2019

Education: The Priest and the Professor
Pipeline operator Transneft says crude was deliberately contaminated.
7 May 2019

News: Around the Bloc – 7 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: Hungary and the EPP; nuclear energy in Slovakia; rainbow Madonnas in Poland; a series about Chernobyl; and views of the Pamirs.