Sarajevo is one of the few major European cities to have a mosque, Catholic church, Eastern Orthodox church, and synagogue all within the same neighborhood. Thus, the ‘Jerusalem of Europe,” is surely an apt moniker to describe this hybrid locale.
Author: Zoltán Kész Not a day goes by without someone asking the legitimate question about the legacy of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution which was brutally put down by the Soviets and present-day Hungary. How is it possible that a country that suffered so much under the yoke of communist Soviet Union has become the biggest […]
Author: Jared Feldschreiber International correspondents often face harassment and even jail time within many current authoritarian regimes. This phenomenon is nothing new, but it has grown increasingly rampant and spotlighted in countries like Belarus where brave protesters have fought against the fraught election results that re-elected Aleksandr Lukashenko as its president in 2020. Two years […]
The fate of Polish Jewry seemed grim following the German Nazi invasion and systematic killing of a once-thriving community that lasted hundreds of years in the country. Now, Jewish groups within cities like in Lublin are not just fostering education programs about the religion, but revitalizing it in spectacularly compelling ways. Author: Jared Feldschreiber Leading […]
Former U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly talks in the Central European Affairs Talk podcast about Russia’s war in Ukraine, Georgia as a prelude to the current crisis, what Vladimir Putin could count on with economic pain kicking in across the globe and whether the Russian President can be defeated in the chess game with […]
Photo credit: Facebook A new far-right party has started its work in the Hungarian Parliament as it passed the threshold of 5%. Podcast Its name is Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland). CEA Talks host Zoltán kész talks to Political Capital analyst Bulcsú Hunyady, who is an expert on extremism and radicalisation. They talk about what caused […]
Director of Operations of Civitas Intézet shares his thoughts on the Hungarian election, ruling party Fidesz applying Russian propaganda in the election campaign, Péter Márki-Zay not intending to replace the present opposition parties, and why the real change has to come from a grassroots movement. Op-ed The expectations regarding the Hungarian elections were high worldwide. […]
Civitas Director of Operations Zoltán Kész joined the American Enterprise Institute’s The Eastern Front podcast to express his views on Hungary’s parliamentary election this Sunday. He talks about the chances of Fidesz and the united opposition, and recalls the time when his election as an independent MP broke Viktor Orbán’s two-thirds majority in the Hungarian […]
While Putin’s War on Ukraine has ravaged the entire continent with ramifications for world events for decades, many groups, citizens, and refugees in Poland continue to step up in a big way. Author: Jared Feldschreiber Ukrainians represent the biggest external community living in Poland. Ukraine House, based in the Muranów neighborhood of Warsaw, was formed as […]
Central European Affairs Magazine spoke exclusively to Nikolaj Nikitin, one of Central Europe’s leading business personalities, in a freewheeling discussion on the state of cinema, with specific emphasis on how the rapidly changing industry continues to adjust to new parameters being set for film festivals worldwide. While Nikolaj Nikitin was born in Moscow, he is now one of […]
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