What happened when football clubs from the isolated Maoist outpost of Enver Hoxha’s communist Albania encountered their…
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Odessa, 1812: Plague and Tyranny at the Edge of the Empire
One of Europe’s last major epidemics of the bubonic plague devastated the city of Odessa.…
Meet My Dictator
Meet Milo Djukanovic, the man who has ruled Montenegro for 26 years — the longest-reigning non-royal…
Guardians of the Frontier? Migration, Racism and Solidarities Along the ‘Balkan Corridor’
What’s happening to refugees along the so-called ‘Balkan corridor’? Catherine Baker offers a smart and comprehensive…
Hiding in Plain Sight: A Portrait of Krupka, Czech Republic
Discrimination against the Roma in the Czech Republic is well documented. In this article, Arber…
The Roma: A Different Story
“Ignorance has hindered any possibility for the achievement of equality and has rendered the struggle of…
How Romania’s Social Democrats Stole the Election
All the pretty words about a different, better country repeated by Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta…