How public education reached its breaking point in Hungary Teachers in Hungary are on a wildcat strike and pupils are demanding their pedagogues be paid. Public education has long been at the forefront of the …
Sometimes chance pulls many into a tight time loop. On December 18th in Qatar, Argentine midfielder Lionel Messi lifted the World Cup over his head and a wave of social media linked him to the …
Generations of Russians schooled during and after the Soviet Union were taught that Russia’s imperial expansion took place peacefully. In this version of history, Russia was always reacting to western aggression. Sound familiar? When we …
The European Union has stopped paying for Hungary’s student exchange. But the Erasmus project was very popular with young people, will this shake Viktor Orbán’s power? Viktor Orbán’s Hungary has faced constant criticism for …
Getting to the position of a high-ranking politician requires a lot of effort. But in the case of many politicians, their success is based on unfortunate personality and psychological characteristics that they are able to …
How does disinformation overwrite the imagination and beliefs of those who consume it? With this half-serious programmatic manifesto for a deadly serious issue, Romanian journal Scena9 sets out to explore online fake news and the …
On New Year’s Eve, Russian state television aired a programme that represented the height of tastelessness and kitsch; compared to it, the former Engerian “cauldron of entertainment” Ein Kessel Buntes is the pinnacle of television …
The idea that the purpose of culture is reconciliation confronts Ukrainian cultural activists with a dilemma: how to preserve one’s dignity while keeping the attention of western institutions? In front of me sat a grey-haired …
The truth must be constantly repeated, because error is also constantly being proclaimed around us, and not only by individuals, but also by multitudes. Johann …
In socialist Czechoslovakia, one of the world’s biggest arms exporters, issues of durability and demise were taken into account. Why, then, do Cold War weapons continue to resurface in deadly attacks and armed conflicts across …
