News: Around the Bloc – 1 July
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: a silver bullet for Armenian justice; violence at Kazakh oil field; genetic engineering in Russia; Albanians vote; and Putin responds to Rocketman.
1 July 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 28 June
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: Putin dishes liberalism; trouble for RFE journalists in Tajikistan; a no-confidence vote in Prague; Kazakh protests after blast; and a Bosnian suspect held for Paris massacre.
28 June 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 27 June
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: Moldovan judges; Mongolian politics; Russia and Iran; Croatian cheese; and Georgian wine.
28 June 2019
Arts & Culture: Where your Grandma’s Kitchen Belongs in a Museum
At a new exhibition on Soviet Estonia, some of the reminders of the past are “remainders” – still in use today.
27 June 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 26 June
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: something fishy in Hungary, and Serbia too; Baltic summer celebrations; Polish tax breaks; Balkan travels; and Russian protests.
26 June 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 25 June
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: changes in PACE; Estonian energy; Kazakhstan counts toll of huge explosion; Czech rhinos return to the African wild; and Caucasus politics.
25 June 2019
Society: Foreign Ideology: Poland Populists Target LGBT Rights
Poland’s governing Law and Justice party used to get political mileage out of vilifying refugees. Now it has its sights on the LGBT community. From Reporting Democracy.
26 June 2019
Politics: Albania’s Vote of No Confidence
Battered by more damaging wiretaps, Prime Minister Rama admits his country is not ready to join the EU.
26 June 2019
Column: My Story, Your Story, History
Asking historians to reconcile competing historical traditions sounds like a sensible idea, but was this a poisoned chalice for Bulgarian and North Macedonian historians?
25 June 2019
FROM THE TOL ARCHIVE – EDITORS’ PICK
Kazakh Leader Sacks Government Amid Poverty Protests
The long-serving leader blamed officials for not living up to promises to boost the economy and raise living standards.
22 February 2019
Cloudy Skies Obscure Tajik Airline Maneuvers
The struggling national carrier could be taken over by a private airline rumored to be controlled by the president’s family.
25 January 2019
Homes and a Scandal in Bulgaria
How did the “Apartment-Gate” affair explode, when previous, bigger scandals failed to detonate?
24 April 2019
This New Political Party in Poland Wants to ‘re-Christianise’ Europe
Father Rydzyk controls a media empire accused of amplifying homophobic and sexist views. Now, he’s seen as the driving force behind a new political party. From openDemocracy.
4 March 2018