Democracy’s hard-won path is crumbling in Georgia, says the country’s most famous contemporary writer. As protests fill ...
In this conversation, Georgian historian Giorgi Mamulia explains the complex relationship that the Georgian people have with ...
The first European Capital of Borderless Culture will be a Slovenian town and its Italian twin. They represent a Europe where ...
Misogynistic rhetoric; widespread hate speech against women in certain circles; calls for violence against them, and even outright murder plots. The manosphere continues to grow and to radicalise, and ...
While you probably heard all about Mercosur, it was much easier to miss news of the new free trade agreement between the European Union and India. This “mother of all deals” – as described by European ...
This is the first in a series of columns in which Carl Henrik Fredriksson sets current affairs in a cultural frame. By ...
Russia is trying to freeze Ukraine into submission. With temperatures plunging to -20°C, Moscow's repeated strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have plunged the country into glacial darkness. 80 ...
Bordering Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis is the poorest and youngest district in metropolitan France, and distills many of the problems and paradoxes that tend to characterise the “banlieues.” In the town ...
In the second instalment of “Backdropping Current Affairs,” Carl Henrik Fredriksson is amazed by newly released footage of the Louvre robbery. But other Louvre scenes prove more telling: from David’s ...
Meagre pay, weak or non-existent social protection, and job insecurity. For years now, the press has been in a structural economic crisis, and it’s taking a toll on journalists. Once seen as ...
Discorsi misogini, aumento dell'odio verso le donne, incitamento alla violenza, fino a progetti di attentati e omicidi... in Europa (ma anche altrove) stiamo assistendo a un fenomeno di radicalizzazio ...
Frauenfeindliche Äußerungen, zunehmender Frauenhass in bestimmten Kreisen, Aufrufe zur Gewalt gegen Frauen, bis hin zu Anschlagsplänen und Morden ... Die Manosphäre gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung, und ...