With Polish-Belarusian relations at their lowest ebb in decades, rereading a 2015 novel by Katarzyna Bonda, a Polish writer of Belarusian origin, is revealing. Polish...
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Cinema in Central Asia arrived with the Bolsheviks. Propaganda documentaries by the likes of Dziga Vertov, made in the early years of the Soviet era, travelled...
Still only 26, Serbia’s Nikola Jokić has every chance of becoming an NBA legend. Nikola Jokić, the Denver Nuggets centre, has been declared this year’s MVP (Most...
This Pride month, the Bulgarian LGBT+ community is experiencing an increase in homophobic attacks and bullying. Many years ago however, the country was a pioneer in the...
In the 1980s, before the emergence of turbo-folk — the syncretic music genre that would end up devouring the Western Balkans music scene — Yugoslavia was a place very...
Euro 2020 kicks off on June 11, after a year-long delay. We take a look at the seven teams from Central and Eastern Europe that have qualified, and assess their chances...
Angrusori’s latest album is a mesmerising and moving glimpse of the soul of a secluded society, told through a musical fusion that foregrounds tradition. Angrusori...
Polish writer Jakub Żulczyk could face up to three years in prison for calling the country’s president Andrzej Duda a “moron” in a Facebook post. But...
Animation in Kosovo was a decade ago viewed as little more than cartoons for kids. Now it is increasingly seen as a valid form of art, and it’s the change in...
Released in 1985, the epic Holocaust documentary Shoah won critical acclaim and several prominent awards. The film is now being reevaluated, however, not least the way...
At a time when we are becoming increasingly aware of the dangers of harmful forms of cultural discourse, why can’t we have less stereotypical representations of...
Artists in the Kyiv district of Podil are taking a stand against police brutality against their community. In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on May 15, what was meant to be...
