One of our editors, Kate Barton, was reporting in the Czech Republic this past weekend on the protests in Prague. This was the largest protest in 30 years opposing Czech prime minister’s corruption. Read the feature here:
Largest protest in 30 years opposes Czech prime minister’s corruption
"Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, France and the United Kingdom have opened up two parallel investigations."
How will European investigations into the Rwandan genocide address the issue of post-colonial responsibility?
Read Emily Meneghin's commentary on Italy's government after last year's election!
The 2018 Chamber of Deputies and the Senate elections were divided — here’s a look one year later.
While everyone celebrated #internationalwomensday yesterday, March 8 has a much longer history within the Soviet Union and was even a catalyst for the Russian Revolution 102 years ago.
International Women’s Day is gaining traction in the United States; but the first country to ever crown the day with an official status was the Soviet Union.
World War I may have ended a century ago, but a remarkable new documentary blends restored footage, sound effects and moving oral testimony to bring some of its soldiers back to life. Read our review by Joseph Zeballos-Roig:
“They Shall Not Grow Old” offers an innovative look at the sufferings of World War I
Between 2000 and 2007, a neo-nazi terrorist cell murdered ten people across Germany. Even though eight of the victims were Turkish immigrants, the state didn’t initially consider the deaths to be racially motivated. It wasn’t until 2011, when two of the members staged a failed bank robbery, that the police forces connected the dots: all of the crimes were the work of the National Socialist Underground (NSU).
Author Esther Dischereit laments the deaths of Turkish immigrants murdered by a German terrorist cell
ICYMI: The Visegrad Group summit that was due to meet in Israel today was cancelled after a misinterpretation of a Nazi comment
A comment from Israel’s Prime Minister led Europe’s emerging nationalistic bloc to call off their meeting in Jerusalem
In the second episode of our podcast Jet Lag, contributor Tim O'Donnell takes us to the roof of a SoHo building where a statue of Vladimir Lenin, sculpted in the Soviet Union, looks out at New York’s Financial District. How did that statue end up there, and how does its new location alter its meaning? Tim finds out by talking to, among others, the owner of the East Village's most renowned communist-themed bar.
In Episode 2 of Jet Lag, we explore the history and meaning behind a statue of Vladimir Lenin in Lower Manhattan.
Europe’s 12 million Roma make up the largest ethnic minority in the region, yet discrimination against Roma populations is deep-seated, historic and underreported in Eastern Europe—and the Czech Republic is no exception.
Roma activists in New York are forming a resistance movement in response to growing anti-Roma sentiment abroad.
"Conflicts or disasters have devastated the national heritage of many communities. But when artifacts survive, they can tell powerful stories." Cecilia Nowell on "Armenia!," the Metropolitan Museum of Art´s celebration of Armenia's ancient heritage.
For Armenians in New York, the exhibit is an exciting homage to their ancient culture.
Despite its diminutive size and the real economic hardships it faces, Ray has had a chance to flourish. But this tiny town's resurgence is anomalous to what is happening in the rest of rural Ireland. A story by Tim O'Donnell
Ray’s resurgence is anomalous to what is happening in the rest of the country.
Svetlana Broz, a cardiologist and the granddaughter of Yugoslav president Josip Tito, is combating ethnic nationalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina by talking to its youth about an aspect of the war many had never heard before: the stories of those who tried to help and remain human.
Svetlana Broz says that the unity of Bosnia depends on its youth.
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Last Thursday NATO launched exercise Trident Junction 18, which recreates the scenario of restoring Norwegian sovereignty after a foreign attack. It has not escaped Russian attention. Report by Hannah Beckler:
The drill is the latest in a series of escalations between NATO allies and Moscow.
Former deputy editor Tim O'Donnell is back to weigh on Ireland's attempt to reckon with one of its darkest episodes:
The burial site contains the remains of children who lived at a nearby mother-and-baby home.
Update on Brexit: "Thousands of people in London demonstrated as part of the People’s Vote March on Saturday, asking the government for a new referendum..."
Britons continue to debate over Brexit terms with just five months left
Deputy editor Emilia Otte attended the presentation of "Muslims of the World," a book of photos and essays based off of a popular Instagram account:
A book highlights the struggles and triumphs of followers of Islam worldwide.
Italy's new budget plan is aimed at "erasing poverty," but critics are already pointing at its flaws. Laura Loguercio analyzes it:
The new budget plan has shocked the European Commission — and sparked debate among Italians.
Today we think of Zorba The Greek as the epitome of Greekness, but for its original 1964 Greek public it might have looked pretty odd. Anna Pazos writes:
A 1964 movie proves the myth-making power of film
Austria’s strict new immigration policies include cutting welfare benefits for refugees who fail to pass a German language exam. Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl defended them last week at NYU. Emilia Otte explains it:
Karin Kneissl discusses immigration, foreign relations and border disputes at NYU.
"Intractable Woman," a theater play about the life and death of Russian journalist Anna Politovskaya, will now be available for American audiences. It is widely believed that Putin ordered Anna's assassination because of her critical coverage of the Russian government. Cecilia Nowell writes a review of the New York release:
A theater play depicting the life of Russian journalist Anna Politovskaya has made it to New York.
Regardless of its form—ranging from marginalizing the language to genocide—ethnic cleansing is inherently violent, disruptive and destructive, says Stephanie Sugars:
Why the international community shouldn’t endorse a land swamp between Kosovo and Serbia.
"In his book From Stalin to Mao: Albania and the Socialist World, published last November, Elidor Mëhilli gives a detailed history of soviet Albania post-World War II and its unique position in the Cold War era."
Elidor Mëhilli’s book describes the country’s socialist trajectory and its rare position within the Eastern bloc
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The week’s best European events in New York City.
Our new deputy editor Emilia Otte writes about Soudade Kaadan's "The Day I Lost My Life," the first Syrian film to ever compete at the Venice film festival.
It was the first Syrian film to ever compete at the festival
We are back! This is our first shot for our new #AcrossThePond photo series, from the old town square in Prague, Czech Republic. Photo by Jolana Janisova.
If you went to Europe for the summer, send your shots and we'll publish them in our social media!
The final season of The Americans offers an introspective look at how the protagonists’ Soviet past shapes them:
The show’s final season offers an introspective look at how the protagonists’ Soviet past shapes them.
“A meaningful UBI would have to be constitutionalized, so that it could be taken out of the realm of politics.”
The concept of universal basic income is gaining traction, but but several obstacles stand in its way.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in several Spanish cities to protest the ruling.
It’s not rape, the judges ruled. It’s “sexual abuse.”
Rudiger Suchsland’s new documentary, Hitler's Hollywood, makes the case that German cinema from 1933 through 1945 can be viewed as one, singular movie:
Rudiger Suchsland’s documentary sheds light on the role of filmmakers and moviegoers in Goebbels’s Nazi propaganda machine.
This week at Goethe-Institut New York, NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University:
The week’s best European events in New York City.
Greece and Turkey have spent a week immersed in a diplomatic tug-of-war over a set of tiny border islands.
Tension escalated last week following a symbolically loaded incident.
This week's best European events in New York, at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and more:
The week’s best European events in New York City.
The OSCE – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has called out several irregularities in the electoral process in Hungary:
But Orban’s victory is raising eyebrows at the OSCE.
The week’s best European events in New York City, at NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, The Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Deutsches Haus at New York University and Columbia European Institute.
The week’s best European events in New York City.
The more the Movement gains momentum, the more it fails to honor what it had originally pledged.
Take a look back at the Movement’s birth. You can hardly recognize it now.
Mark your calendars for this conference: April 5th.
Are Europe and the United States destined to grow apart after over 70 years of partnership? Join academics, policy-makers, and other members of the international community in an examination of the …
The week’s best European events in New York City.
Goethe-Institut New York
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University
International Chamber Orchestra of America
The week’s best European events in New York City.
Recent legal cases have created the sense of a growing crackdown against freedom of speech in Spain, writes Anna Pazos.
Recent legal cases have created the sense of a growing crackdown against freedom of speech in Spain.
Another referendum involving a European country is set to take place later this year.
Later this year, the inhabitants of the French archipelago will choose whether to “leave” or “remain.”
Will New Caledonia “leave” or “remain”?
Later this year, the inhabitants of the French archipelago will choose whether to “leave” or “remain.”
This evening at 6:30 PM at the Center for Jewish History!
Centro Primo Levi
Welcoming remarks: Consul General of Italy, Francesco Genuardi Alessandra Stanley, journalist, and former New York Times bureau chief in Rome and Moscow, Mario Calvo-Platero, writer and columnist f…
From contributor Gina Dimuro: In Paris and New York, the strikingly similar graves of two wartime friends serve as a reminder of the the deeply rooted historical connection between France and the United States.
The interwoven legacies of two revolutionaries, Alexander Hamilton and the Marquis de Lafayette, live on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
The Week’s Best European Events in NYC
Festival Neue Literatur
Columbia Maison Française
Centro Primo Levi
The week’s best European events in New York City.
We’ve selected some of our favorite entries to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal:
Keep your eyes open for these five artists competing in Lisbon this coming May.
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Is there an alternative to populism? A discussion on the results of the first round of French elections with Hugo Bouvard. Watch the full interview: http://nyta.us/2017/04/26/watch-french-elections-explained/
Is Emmanuel Macron an anti-system candidate? Discussing the results of the first round of French elections with Hugo Bouvard. Watch the full interview: http://nyta.us/2017/04/26/watch-french-elections-explained/
Manhattan discovers regional Italian cuisine: Pizza salsiccia e friarielli from Naples, Italy at Ribalta Pizza (Video by Lucía Seda)
Watch: One 28-year-old Bosnian is building a museum dedicated to the experience of children in war. (Video by Carol Schaeffer)
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