Society: How Turkish Food Turned Sexy
Turkish chefs are experimenting with new ways of “sharing” food – increasingly through social media.
20 May 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 20 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: Pride in Moldova; elections in northern Kosovo; Turkish Circassians; Russian orcas; and Czechoslovak spying allegations.
20 May 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 17 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: victorious protests in Yekaterinburg; human rights in Chechnya; truckers in Bulgaria; tone-deaf Eurovision comments; and tender Mongolian camels.
17 May 2019
Conflict & Diplomacy: Summit Exposes Strains in EU Eastern Policy
The party to celebrate 10 years of the Eastern Partnership ended on a low note.
16 May 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 16 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: a groundbreaking documentary in Poland; Bosnia under water; FC Sheriff Tiraspol; high-tech opportunities for Armenian youth; and a fight for the right to make brandy.
16 May 2019
Media: CNN’s Perplexing Choice of Czech News Partner A station whose management openly instructed reporters to put a negative slant on migration is about to join the American network’s stellar international team.
15 May 2019
News: Around the Bloc – 15 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: capital punishment in Belarus; parks or churches in Yekaterinburg; madrasas for women in Uzbekistan; Albanian passports for honorary Kosovars; and big-time Azeri investments in Montenegro.
15 May 2019
Education: Around the Bloc – 14 May
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: LGBT rights table; Orban at the White House; herbs in Slovenia; Giorgi Margvelashvili’s retirement plans; and more Russian fake news.
14 May 2019
Environment: Ukraine’s Tycoons Are Greedy for Green
One of Europe’s poorest countries rewards renewable power producers with some of the highest subsidies in the world.
14 May 2019
FROM THE TOL ARCHIVE – EDITORS’ PICKS
Pro-Government Hungarian Media Merge Into Giant Conglomerate
With hundreds of press, broadcast, and online outlets, the non-profit group is exempt from competition rules.
7 December 2018
Presidential Proxies
Georgia’s latest election raises concerns over democratic backsliding, with personality politics and a large-scale debt write-off in play.
21 January 2019