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Ukraine may be rolling back some of the civic gains it made this decade, but  it’s hardly ripe for authoritarianism. From openDemocracy.

Kosovo’s Roman Catholics are dedicating a new cathedral to the revered nun. A more fitting tribute would be to carry out her visions of peace and tolerance.

The chief justice of the Albanian Supreme Court says that political weakness is the main drag on much-needed reform of the country’s judiciary and insists that corruption is not the massive problem the EU and others claim.

Most Russians think the government has dealt miserably with the fires. So why is Putin still flying high? From openDemocracy,

The Czechs are asked to weigh the price of freedom, and the answers so far are surprising.

Aid groups warn that Georgians displaced by the war two years ago face food shortages this winter. From EurasiaNet.

Jozsef Finta, one of the creators of contemporary Budapest, has been called many things. Timid is not one of them.

The unfolding tale of Rastko Pocesta, precocious social networker and activist for progressive causes, illustrates the potential power of the Internet in Serbia – and its dangers.

A group of women in Dagestan have been named public enemies because they knew the wrong men. Or sewed the wrong kind of clothes. From openDemocracy.