Our weekly English-language bulletin featuring our pick from European print and one of our top articles from our weekly Přítomnost.
A pluralist mainstream requires a flourishing media ecosystem outside it. The mainstream has important democratic roles, but catalysing change is …
Interview between Martin Ulč and the Czech historian and anthropologist Professor Ivo Budil, on the “Old World” versus new geopolitical …
How Slavenka Drakulić made space for women's issues in Yugoslavia
When I think about the near future of Europe, I’m at a loss. My thoughts run between a dynamic and …
Coup attempt or assertion of supremacy? It is still not clear what has happened in Kazakhstan. Whatever the case, the …
The World Health Organization (WHO) is once again pointing to global inequalities in vaccine redistribution. Specifically, the WHO criticized widespread …
Almost two years after the onset of the pandemic, young people in Europe are reflecting on the impact it has …
The findings of the recent inquiry into paedophilia in the French Catholic Church exceeded the worst expectations. But despite the …
Asking historians to dig deep into bluntly ahistorical political claims is like sending a scuba-diving team into a bathtub. But …
For many, place of birth is an identity keystone. That first point of arrival seems assured, an irrefutable fact. But …
The structure of pseudoscientific revolutions Scientific pundits fear that the spread of anti-science will destroy western civilization, while covid-sceptics panic …
Just before Christmas 2021, Russia presented NATO and Washington with a list of harsh and provocative demands. Their acceptance would …
US President Biden's announcement that the United States will diplomatically boycott the Winter Olympics in China based on China’s human …
On a recent weekend, about 2,500 vaccine opponents gathered on the Letná plain in Prague to protest the current Covid …
For three decades, Memorial has delivered the facts that have enabled Russians to seek the truth about the Soviet …
Osteuropa focuses on the ‘key country’ of the Czech Republic: with articles on the state of democracy and the …
Unlike a historical dispute or ideological debate, the ‘politics of morality’ is primarily about power, a concept with American origins, …
Italy’s enthusiasm for Chinese investment has recently cooled, as transatlanticism, security risks and domestic resentment become decisive factors. The Italian …
The idea of Europe – and its consequences The myth of European exceptionalism no longer holds: the continent’s boundaries are …