Politics: Abkhazian History in a Nutshell
Last weekend’s elections saw a familiar crew jostling for the top job in a territory which has thrown off most traces of Georgian control.
29 August
News: Around the Bloc – 29 August
News from TOL’s coverage region: German teens in Romania; generation gap in Kazakhstan; Moscow City skyscrapers; Sarajevo cemeteries; and the fall of an Armenian businessman.
29 August
Economy & Business: Polish Non-Profit Takes on Social Media Giant on Home Ground
A Warsaw court has made an interim ruling in what could become a test case both for censorship on private-sector platforms and for suing social media giants in a complainant’s home country.
28 August 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 28 August
In the news today: a posthumous victory for Sergei Magnitsky; Ukraine’s electoral code; a Chechen murder in Berlin; a (lucky) tank in Belgrade; and Mongolian fashion.
28 August 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 27 August
Regional highlights: controversial wartime celebrations; Uzbekistan and Afghanistan; a new-old Chisinau synagogue; a Russian humanoid robot; and Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko.
27 August 2019
People: The Long Walk
Videoblogging shaman walks to Moscow to ‘exorcise’ Putin, and expects to reach the Kremlin by 2021. From Global Voices.
26 August
News: Around the Bloc – 26 August
Today’s regional highlights: Russian mercenaries; Tskhinvali’s Jewish Quarter; new markets for Tesla; hospitality in Albania; and three Russian sisters on trial.
26 August
Media: Not New – Not True – How Could You?!
Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, has come out fighting against a report covering press freedom in Serbia, without addressing accusations that others are doing some of the fighting for him.
23 August 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 23 August
In the news today: Minsk eyes U.S. oil; Budapest’s Russian-led bank; hard lives of Ukrainian IDPs; lightning kills in the Tatras; and Kosovo goes to the polls.
23 August 2019
FROM THE TOL ARCHIVE – EDITORS’ PICK
A War for Hearts and Minds
Almost 10 years on from the 2008 war, Georgian civil society – both informal and formal – is increasingly engaging in the country’s breakaway territories. From openDemocracy.
3 July 2018
Central Asians Abducted in Russia, Macedonia Ends Criminal Libel
Plus, a Russian anti-drug crusader says authorities are out to get him, and Czech presidential candidates could be derailed by fraudulent signatures.
15 November 2012
Still a Mystery: The Tunguska Explosion
Most scientists believe that “the most powerful explosion in documented history,” as the BBC put it, was caused by a meteor or a comet. All agree it left part of Siberia a wasteland.
12 July 2016
Croatia Developing ‘World’s Fastest’ Electric Car
Elon Musk, eat your heart out – carmaker Rimac’s ‘Concept_One’ is ready to roll.
26 February 2016
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