2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1594+ words) tol. org Post-liberalism does not arrive as a coup against freedom. It arrives wrapped in "transparency," "morality," "national values," "child protection," and "security." The real value of Philipp Lottholz"s Post-Liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia is not that it explains…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (216+ words) The new prime minister wants to showcase a new Hungary, and, as promised, he started with Poland, making clear that history is far from dead. From Respekt. What's more, a warm welcome awaits him in Poland. Nowhere else will it…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1211+ words) War profiteers are using social media to boost the recruitment of Colombians to fight in the Russian'Ukrainian war. As the death toll mounts, Colombia is working to cut off the mercenary pipeline. From The Jordan Center for the Advanced Study…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1029+ words) As former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro's safe-have in Hungary was coming to an end, a U. S. official cleared him for a visa that would allow him to evade Polish prosecution. WASHINGTON, 19 May (Reuters) | U. S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau instructed…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1621+ words) Zorka Lednarova's exhibition gives visitors a troubling perspective on the difficulties wheelchair users encounter navigating Czech and Slovak cities." The Artivist Lab gallery in Prague's bustling center appears empty upon entering. But a large painting and a screen soon come…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1339+ words) North Macedonia is committed to ending its dependence on coal power. But critics worry that the deadline will come before the country has viable renewable alternatives in place." SKOPJE, North Macedonia | The green transition in North Macedonia is anything but…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (780+ words) For years, graft accusations against his circle did Zelenskiy little harm. Now they are hitting closer. KYIV, 12 May (Reuters) | After years in which Volodymyr Zelenskiy's wartime reputation withstood corruption allegations that swirled around his associates, the Ukrainian leader now faces…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (963+ words) Serbia has seen a consistent decline in press freedoms under President Aleksandar Vucic's watch, but not without a fight." In its latest World Press Freedom Index, the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders says the Balkan country is in a "downward…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1562+ words) A Prague English theater looks back on years of introducing international audiences to the famously untranslatable plays of Czech pseudo-legend Jara Cimrman. "If you want to understand anything about Czech culture, you should get to know Jara Cimrman," Emilia Machalova…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1722+ words) Allowed behind the Iron Curtain as a Cold War propaganda tool, reggae in communist Europe found new meaning as a defiant subculture forged by authoritarianism, war, and post-communist transitions. In the 1960s, newly independent Jamaica was catapulted onto the musical map…...