Our weekly English-language bulletin featuring our pick from European print and one of our top articles from our weekly Přítomnost.
Female solidarity in Belarusian prisons A former Belarusian political detainee reveals the remarkable depth of cohesion and trust between women activists confined for weeks in overcrowded prison cells. …
Research and education in Hungary and the UK Attacks on academic freedom in Hungary are rife: the Central European University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences being recent victims. But …
A conversation on the politics of literature When political points can be scored by tearing up children’s books that are deemed too tolerant, what is a writer to do? …
Journalism is steadily becoming less and less liveable, due to structural problems and political interference. From heroic poses to varying degrees of denial, each professional develops their own individual strategies …
From the 31st European Meeting of Cultural Journals Three opposition journalists from Turkey, Russia and Hungary talk to Eurozine’s editor-in-chief about repressive regimes, personal risk, migration, the role of the …
Pushing the limits of bio-surveillance Use of high-tech surveillance is on the rise: in a moment when controlling the spread of COVID-19 is paramount, a global regime of technologically enabled …
Vaccine nationalism and Cold War tropes abound Marek Eby Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine could be one of the most effective jabs available. Yet, its media coverage in the West has …
Autocrats and nationalists behind Euro 2020 Ronny Blaschke World sporting events intrinsically emphasize national allegiance. When real-life rivalries mix with on-pitch competition, football, the ‘beautiful game’, can quickly turn …
Christian Mellon Faced with government inaction on climate change, young people are increasingly engaging in civil disobedience. For those as yet unable to vote, the act of collectively removing …
Roberta Cardarello Ira Vannini Interactive education has become essential in the classroom. But didactic teaching methods seem to have resurfaced through interactive media delivery. The consequent loss of engagement …
The radicalisation of the Lukašenka regime Volker Weichsel With the abduction of a passenger flight, the Belarusian regime gave up the last remains of its connections to democratic …
Interview with Denis Bilunov Denis Bilunov is a Russian politician, writer, and journalist. Bilunov helped organize the Marches of Dissent from 2006 to 2008, and was one of the …
Vladimír Handl Osteuropa The GRU has left a trail of violence across Europe. Revelations that it was behind the 2014 explosions in Vrbětice worsen relations not only between Prague …
Eurozine Editorial Sarah Waring Industrialized nations have heavily plundered natural resources for around 160 years. It’s now payback time. The US and EU, having just pledged to significantly reduce …
Kundera’s tragedy of ‘central Europe’ three decades later Mykola Riabchuk In an attempt to distance themselves from the post-Soviet realm and signal their belonging to the West, some countries …
Edouard Gaudot The meritocratic premise of modern schooling serves merely to reproduce inequalities. In order to prepare young people for the challenges of the twenty-first century, the purpose of schooling …
Enda O’Doherty Milan Kundera defined a European as someone who is nostalgic for Europe. But one need not share this pessimism to derive nourishment from European intellectual and cultural …
On the politics of confession and guilt James Miller The discourse of white privilege is motivated by a genuinely anti-racist and democratic vision. But as a mode of confessional introspection …
John Keane Talk of a new Cold War between the US and China emphasizes military capacity and economic prowess. Warrior discourse presents a mono-dimensional situation in which conflict is inevitable. …