Society: The Long Wait Finally Ends
Does the inclusion of achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism, in Turkish disability legislation mark a change in social attitudes to disability?
10 June 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 10 June
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: Moldova on the brink; Austro-Hungarian memories; mandatory religion classes in Azerbaijan; protests greet Kazakh election; and Chernobyl, part 2.
10 June 2019
Politics: Generation Rebellion: Slovakia’s Political ‘Hipsters’ Target Change
The clamour for change is propelling a new generation of Slovaks into power. But can they live up to the hype? From Balkan Insight.
7 June 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 7 June
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. D-Day in Russia; media in Uzbekistan; ‘pink slime’ in Estonia; Czech beer in Bosnia; and Dracula’s cannonballs in Bulgaria.
7 June 2019
Society: Remodeling the Czech Definition of Beauty
The New Aliens agency must balance the challenges of business with the difficult dream of transforming ideas of beauty – unchanged for decades.
6 June 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 6 June
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: Xi’s visit to Russia; riot in Bosnian migrant center; Bulgaria buys U.S. jets; Slovenian hatmaking; Lithuanian baby race.
6 June 2019
People: Beyond Beijing: 1989 in Changsha
China expert Andrea Worden recalls the events of 1989, which she witnessed firsthand. From
5 June 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 5 June
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: The Hague arbitrates between Russia and Ukraine; Moldova’s uncertain political future; a controversial Polish award recipient; large protests in Prague; economic slowdown expected throughout the region.
5 June 2019
Media: No Privacy on Russian Tinder
Tinder is now required to share user data with Russian authorities. From Global Voices.
4 June 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 4 June
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: death toll in Budapest boat crash rises; ‘Rocketman’ fails to take off with Russian authorities; going organic in Albania; a presidential pardon in Uzbekistan; and fading memories of Sobibor.
4 June 2019
FROM THE TOL ARCHIVE – EDITORS’ PICK
Kazakh Trial Sheds Light on
Beijing has refused to acknowledge running centres designed to de-radicalize Uighurs and Kazakhs in Xinjiang.
19 July 2018
Jump Aboard Ukraine’s High-Speed Fashion Train
The growing cohort of young designers in Kyiv showed their wares at Ukrainian Fashion Week.
14 February 2019
Fresh Face Shakes Up Slovak Presidential Campaign
Zuzana
8 March 2019
‘Illegal, Discriminatory, and Arbitrary’
Six months after Ankara banned all public LGBTI events, not much has changed – including the determination of the community to fight back. Here’s the view from a young Turkish LGBTI activist and journalist.
14 May 2018