Central and Eastern Europe

Of Rainbows and Rabbits

Good news: the Czech government backed a bill allowing same-sex marriage. Bad news: it’s only a publicity stunt to cover up for the mess created by the authoritarian government

Michal ChmelaJuly 21, 2018, 5:11 amJuly 21, 2018

Poland

An illustrated guide to the symbols of Polish protests

Umbrellas, candles, a white eagle with a rainbow. Read our guide to the most powerful symbols that arose from protests on Polish streets in the past few years

Jan SmoleńskiJuly 20, 2018, 10:01 amJuly 26, 2018

Czech Republic

Sexual harassment at Anglo-American University in Prague

Inappropriate emails with a sexual subtext, unprofessional behaviour, and abuses of power. That is the story at one of the most expensive private universities in the Czech Republic

Veronika Pehe
Apolena RychlikovaJuly 17, 2018, 10:04 amJuly 22, 2018

Poland

Polish society is strong enough to be able to address Poles’ role during the Holocaust

This affair would likely galvanise prejudice among both nations, but could just as well be a positive turning point for the relations between Poles and Israelis, and to some degree also for the place of the Holocaust memory in today’s reality in two societies that bare the scars to this day.

Ido LivenJuly 12, 2018, 10:00 amJuly 13, 2018