When Polish author Leszek Jażdżewski heard about the invasion of Ukraine, he felt sick with helplessness. While many of his compatriots were renewing their passports to leave the country in case of emergency, he met Ukrainian refugees at the train station, talking Russian he recalled from school days. “A broken… Source ..read more

Viktor Orbán’s response to the war in Ukraine has been to try to stay out of the conflict, to the annoyance of both the Hungarian opposition and the EU. It remains to be seen, however, how long a small, resource-poor country like Hungary can afford to go on sitting on… Source ..read more

Relative to population, Moldova has taken in the most Ukrainian refugees. Since the war, there is fear of the Transnistrian conflict breaking out again. Memories of famine and deportations from Soviet times are also resurfacing, says Moldovan author Emanuela Iurkin. Source ..read more

On 21 July, the head of the Italian government Mario Draghi submitted his resignation, after several parties in his supporting coalition refused to give the vote of confidence requested by his national unity executive for proposed legislation. These parties are the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, the far-right League and the right-wing… Source ..read more

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The Ukrainians managed to thwart the blitzkrieg of the “second strongest army in the world”. The key figure of the new generation of the Ukrainian military is General Valery Zaluzhny. He is the first Ukrainian commander-in-chief who did not serve in the Soviet army. Who is this general who modernised… Source ..read more

Panodyssey, the European social network dedicated to writing, wants to develop an alternative to today’s stressful digital environment.. Voxeurop met with its founder, Alexandre Leforestier. Source ..read more

Whereas the whole world has united in condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the media in Serbia have turned to glorification of the crimes by celebrating the destruction of Ukrainian cities and giving wholehearted support to the Russian armed forces to persevere in the campaign against their neighbouring country, notes Belgrade… Source ..read more

With Vladimir Putin’s increasing authoritarianism, many Russian political dissidents and conscientious objectors have been forced to leave their country. Some have fled to Cyprus, a long-established safe haven. Source ..read more

July 2022 is set to beat European records for high temperatures and fires: Western Europe is in the grip of a heatwave that has hit Portugal, Spain and France, and led to unprecedented conditions in Ireland and the United Kingdom, with temperatures reaching 40°C in the shade. This second heatwave,… Source ..read more