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Eastern Europe and the Balkans (Re)Defined
Eastern Europe and the Balkans can be defined by way of the European Union, or rather by the European countries to the east or southeast of it that are not member states. Croatia’s EU accession on July...
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The UEFA Champions League, Eastern Europe and the Balkans
Europe’s elite club football competition kicked off on September 17, with seven of the 32 teams being from Eastern Europe and the Balkans. This year’s field includes CSKA Moscow and Zenit St....
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Air Serbia: Changing the Balkan Airscape
Serbia’s national airline is now a strategic partner of Etihad Airways, a flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates. The rebranded Air Serbia aims to become the leading airline in the Balkans, while...
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Sochi 2014: When Sport is Politics
The games are set to begin. Political, economic and social controversies are rife. There are Russia’s opposition to intervention in Syria, its anti-LGTB policies, radical Islam in the southern regions,...
View ArticleIs Europe Fracking the Future? What to expect from the U.S. shale boom
The U.S. shale gas boom has significantly changed the world’s energy landscape, probably making the U.S. independent from gas imports in the long term. In Europe, the oil and gas industry has laid its...
View ArticleGold medal, broken heart
As a Slovak living in Canada, I have been programmed to show equal support for both Slovak and Canadian Olympians. Conveniently, I fell ill twice during the Sochi 2014 Olympics and was able to watch...
View ArticleCrimea: Back to the Future
Sometime in the 1990s, Homer Simpson goes to Russia and, against all odds, manages to elicit a Russia-USA spat at the UN, not too unlike the ones that the Cold War is stereotypically known for....
View ArticleHow did Austria’s Conchita Wurst rise to European Glory?
The Persona Conchita Wurst, a persona created by the drag queen impersonator Thomas Neuwirth, dazzled Europe by winning 290 points at the popular TV show: Eurovision Song Contest. Austria, whose latest...
View ArticleDisasters, Diasporas and a Determined Generation
The Palm Tree?Tamara, meaning “palm tree”, is a charming name often given to girls in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.It wasn’t so charming in May, when a cyclone named Tamara caused massive floods and...
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Scotland: The next 100 days
Scotland: The next 100 daysScotland was called to decide if it wanted to remain inside the United Kingdom or if they wanted to retake the independence path that they had until the Treaty of Union of...
View ArticleYour Roadmap to Understanding Europe’s Election Year
May the odds be with them The impressive result of SYRIZA in Greece legislative elections was the first big political news of Europe in 2015. But the electoral year (that started with the presidential...
View ArticleTrying to assemble the Catalonian puzzle
The latest regional elections on Cataluña (28th of September 2015) were supposed to bring some light into the secessionist question. Instead of that things are now even more complex than they were...
View ArticleMillenials, It’s Time to Stop Policing Grief
Millenials, It’s Time to Stop Policing Grief:What’s with the social media shaming of terrorist attacks?Before the dust had settled, body count finished, or wounded treated we had MIC.com and other...
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The Panama Papers: The Global Security Threat
Background on the Panama PapersThe source of the Panama Papers leaks — the largest in history — is apparently an individual who contacted German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung over a year ago....
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Should We Stay or Should We Go? Enough with the economic spin out of Brexiters
Should We Stay or Should We Go?Enough with the economic spin out of BrexitersNext month the United Kingdom makes a momentous decision: it going to stay a member of the EU or dismantle itself from...
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Kurds at Odds in Turkey, the West at Fault
Photo by Elizabeth RadtkeTurkey is by far one of the most beautiful and culturally diverse countries I have visited. Last month I had the opportunity to spend a little over a week in Istanbul, as part...
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Not All Roads Lead to Rome: Why Was There No Byzantine Industrial Revolution?
In a world obsessed with the present, with short memories filled with rhetoric, it can be instructive to take a step back and gaze at the long span of human history. Much of what has happened before...
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An Irishman perspective on Brexit: What’s next for Ireland
As an Irishman and a European, my initial reaction to the Brexit result on Thursday 23rd June of the UK voting to eject itself from the European Union came as a shock. I thought it inconceivable that a...
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Human Security: The Real Threat of Climate Change
A few months ago I attended a NATO security forum in Kyiv, Ukraine. The discussion surrounded security threats the globe faces in the 21st century and although climate change is seen as the security...
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