It will be intriguing to see whether in the coming years Alexander Lukashenko will be able to produce an ‘antidote’ to these instruments, or whether he will agree to maintain the role of puppet.

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It will be intriguing to see whether in the coming years Alexander Lukashenko will be able to produce an ‘antidote’ to these instruments, or whether he will agree to maintain the role of puppet.
The anniversary of the mass march of refugees from Hungary to Austria reminds us that politics has come to serve only the powerful.
The world of the Slovak non-tabloid mainstream media used to be easy to understand. Almost wherever you looked neoliberalism reigned …
A twenty-year-old Hungarian’s open letter on emigration.
On the evening of 5 September, Alena Krempaská, activist of Institute for Human Rights (ILP), was attacked by two men while leaving her office.
Andrej Babiš, finance minister, one of the richest Czechs, and owner of an influential media group all in one, denied the horrors of the Roma Holocaust on 1 September.
New exhibition in Bratislava showcases socialist-era design.