New articles on the TOL website

News: Around the Bloc – 30 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: protests in Mongolia; Orthodox squabbles in Eastern Europe; Russian nuclear threats; an uncertain future for Hungarian science; and weed-killing in the UK.
30 May 2019

Columns: European Elections Spice Things Up
European Parliament elections have revealed a growing change in taste.
30 May 2019

Politics: Cell Door Slams on Romania’s Kingmaker
Many in Bucharest and Brussels are cheering, but it may be too soon to write off Liviu Dragnea.
29 May 2019

News: Around the Bloc – 29 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: tensions in Kosovo; shopping in London, Azeri-style; nature watching near Chernobyl; Lithuania and Sputnik; and Saakashvili the Ukrainian.
29 May 2019

Columns: Praising Stillness Amid the Whirlwind
During his state visit to Bulgaria in early May, the pope offered words of contemplation for the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
28 May 2019

People: Let Me Help You Find Bliss
They grew up in institutions where sexuality was punished and suppressed with drugs. Or they’ve remained involuntarily single. But the disabled too have sexual needs. 
28 May 2019

News: Around the Bloc – 28 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: disrespecting Putin; Czech energy giant comes home; a surprising admission from Vucic; Kyrgyz women’s (lack of) safety; and data breaches in Russia.
28 May 2019

News: Around the Bloc – 27 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: the people’s will in Romania; the pope and the Balkans; an ultra-marathon in Kazakhstan; women and football in Bosnia; and a noisy record in St Petersburg.
27 May 2019

Media: Internet Freedom in Central Asia Beset by ‘Technical’ Difficulties
Governments in the region routinely censor online speech for short-term political goals. Could Uzbekistan reverse the trend?
24 May 2019

News:  Around the Bloc – 24 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: Euroscepticism and protest in Prague; more political turmoil in Armenia; religious convictions in Russia; communist nostalgia in Romania; and Lithuania’s close-fought presidential election.
24 May 2019

FROM THE TOL ARCHIVE – EDITORS’ PICKS

Global Democracy in Retreat According to Freedom House 
Monitoring group downgrades Hungary, Serbia from ‘free’ to ‘partially free,’ while Uzbekistan marks a modest improvement.
6 February 2019

EU Appears to Stand by CEU, Vows to Investigate Controversial Law     
But statements so far fall short of U.S. calls to suspend the legislation. 
12 April 2017

Do I Love You More Than You Love Me?  
Take care next time you call Cyrillic ‘the Russian alphabet,’ for you will surely offend a Bulgarian.
3 June 2016