New at Transitions Online

Education: Educated Young Turks Seeking Their Future Abroad Turkey is seeing a brain drain driven by more than just rising unemployment.

10 July 2019

Society: Czech Feminism in the Age of #MeToo
What does a feminist look like in the Czech Republic? Jana Smiggels Kavkova explains.
8 July 2019

Media: Super-Nova Explosion Blasts Bulgarian Media Universe
Local investors gain control of a huge media conglomerate, raising questions about their cozy ties with the ruling party.

4 July 2019

News: Around the Bloc – 10 July The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: mind control in Russia; an underwhelming Melania Trump statue in Slovenia; pensions in eastern Ukraine; suspicious deaths in Tajikistan; Romania makes no progress in fighting corruption.

News: Around the Bloc – 9 July The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: remembering Srebrenica; the woes of Lake Sevan; Transylvanian media; reforms in Central Asia; and talk of talks between Russia and Ukraine.

9 July 2019

News: Around the Bloc – 5 July
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: cloudy forecast for Russian independent office-seekers; Uzbeks forced to work; on the trail of Russian dirty money; and Albanian roadwork.
5 July 2019

News: Around the Bloc – 4 July
The important, interesting, or just downright quirky news from TOL’s coverage region. Today: Vucic the Robin Hood; sex ed for Bulgarian girls; fewer and fewer Russians; Warsaw and Berlin; and Uzbekistan goes nuclear.
4 July 2019

FROM THE TOL ARCHIVE – EDITORS’ PICK

Faith in Feminism
A devout, hijab-wearing Muslim is the co-founder of a website that has become a platform for questioning male-dominated interpretations of Islam.
29 January 2019

Cyprus Not Tackling Russian Money-Laundering  
Recent developments linked to Magnitsky case show failure of Cyprus to trace the roots of Russian money in its banks says Dutch MP.
4 February 2016