On the criminalization of homelessness in Hungary Vera Kovács The criminalization of homelessness was written into the Hungarian constitution in …
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Free expression on the margins
The Kremlin and the media Maria Lipman On coming to power, Vladimir Putin set about restricting the freedoms that …
The price of unity
The transformation of Germany and east central Europe after 1989 Philipp Ther The strength of the German economy is …
Lies, fakes and deep fakes
Deceptions and scams in the age of Trump Sidney Tarrow ‘Deep fakes’ – the latest phase in the use …
‘But this is the world we live in’
Corruption, everyday managing and civic mobilization in post-socialist Romania Jill Massino The strategies that Romanians employ to negotiate the capitalist …
There will be no singing revolution in Russia
Wojciech Siegień Concerned to avert a ‘singing revolution’ in Russia, the Kremlin has co-opted the country’s independent music scene. Apolitical …
Damage done
The Trump–Ukraine controversy in perspective Nataliya Gumenyuk Coverage of the Trump–Ukraine controversy has focused on the political fall-out in …
Brexit, dark money and big data
Adam Ramsay An investigation by openDemocracy into the financing of the Brexit campaign in 2016 has raised far-reaching questions about …
A betrayal by the intellectuals
Hopes of a smooth transition from ‘goulash communism’ to market economies have long since been dashed by the ‘post-Soviet mafia-state’ …
Sources of uncertain hope
Czech Republic, Spain, Norway and Belgium after the EP elections After May’s elections, Prague saw the largest public demonstration since …
Putinism after Putin
Many Russians were happy to exchange the freedoms of the 1990s for a stream of oil money and a concept …
Why liberal elites can be dangerous to democracy
Interviewed by Ludger Hagedorn, Czech political scientist Pavel Barša makes the case for a balance between the ideals of liberalism …
Interference everywhere?
Disinformation in the EP election Although the Kremlin did try to interfere in European politics, focusing on Russia is misleading. …
The end of the liberal world as we know it?
Two Walls in 1989 While the rest of the world concentrated on the fall of the Berlin Wall, another …
An ominous sign
UK, Estonia and Latvia after the EP election What next for Britain and the EU? Though the Brexit Party will …
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