Ultra-local news from Central Europe
Bratislava, Slovakia – After many tumultuous and corruption-ridden years of politics in Slovakia under the leadership of Robert Fico’s SMER-SD,Continue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – A few months before Viktor Orbán’s landslide victory in May 2010, I wrote an article about “the Hungarian right’sContinue Reading
In Wanda Maximoff’s American small-town idyll based on TV-shows she watched as a kid in her post-communist homeland, I recognizedContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – In June 2020, Irena Bihariová was elected chair of the party Progresívne Slovensko (Progressive Slovakia). Her appointment made historyContinue Reading
Bucharest, Romania – Although abortion has been legal in Romania since 1990, more and more doctors are refusing to performContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – Polish women seeking to get an abortion have been doubly burdened in recent months by the ConstitutionalContinue Reading
A national census will be launched in Poland on April 1. On this occasion, Polish citizens can choose to declareContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was expected to bring a perfect storm to Slovakia’s marginalised RomaContinue Reading
The governments of Visegrad Group (V4) countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – appeared divided on theContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – A pandemic-generation has been born not only in Hungary, but all over the world. Children, pupils andContinue Reading
If you’re traveling in southeast Germany, in the area between Berlin and the Dreiländereck where Germany, Poland, and Czechia borderContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Regularly branded as the most progressive of the former Eastern Bloc countries, the secular Czech RepublicContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – After the high-profile Storm and Windstorm raids, Slovakia’s fight against corruption turned to the police itself, whichContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Anyone familiar with Slovak politics know all too well that it tends to be extremely confrontational toContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – Aleksandra Sidoruk is a 21-year-old Polish student in her final year of an International Relations degree. SheContinue Reading