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Talk Eastern Europe — 311 episodes
From Protest to Exile: Serbia's Fight for Democracy | Mila Pajić
Snap Elections in Serbia: What Happens Next? | Weekly News Roundup
The Untold Story Behind Serbia's Student Revolution | Nikola Ristić
Romania on the Brink? Plus Ukraine's EU Bid Hits New Hurdles | Weekly News Roundup
Can Lukashenko Survive Without Putin? | David Marples and Veronica Laputska
Russia Strikes Kyiv's Historic Monastery, Plus Dissident Killed in Poland | Weekly News Roundup
"Russia Failed Strategically in Ukraine" | Carl Bildt
Huge Albania Protests, Plus Armenia Votes | Weekly News Roundup
Is Montenegro Really Ready for the EU? | Danilo Kalezić
Russia Escalates and Poland-Ukraine Tensions Rise | Weekly News Roundup
Chaos in Czechia: Babiš's First 100 Days | Pavel Havlíček
Ukraine Under Massive Attack as EU Enlargement Faces Questions | Weekly News Roundup
Kazakhstan’s Quiet Power Shift | Paolo Sorbello
Russia Escalates, Baltic Alerts & Hungary’s New PM | Weekly News Roundup
Warsaw: The City Rebuilt from Ruins | Owen Hatherley
Putin’s Parade, Bosnia Uncertainty, & Surprise Referenda | Weekly News Roundup
The Baltic Divide? Russian Speakers after Ukraine | Ieva Birka
Romania’s Government Falls, Armenia Turns West & Kosovo Heads to Elections | Weekly News Roundup
Russia’s Internet Crackdowns, War Economy and Victory Day | Mark Galeotti
Belarus Prisoner Swap, Romania Political Crisis & Moldova Oligarch Jailed | Weekly News Roundup
Belarus Resistance Through Music | Sasha from Volny Chor
Bulgarian Politics, Fico’s Moscow Trip & Slovenia’s Turmoil | News Roundup
Hungary After Orbán: What Magyar’s Victory Means for Europe | Zsuzsanna Vegh
Hungary Fallout, Moldova Turns West, Russia Crackdown | Weekly News Roundup
Music, Freedom & Politics - Inside Slovakia’s Pohoda Festival | Michal Kaščák
Viktor Orbán Defeated After 16 Years | TEE Quick Take
Orbán’s Big Test and Bulgaria’s Warning | Weekly News Roundup
Poland Between Politics and Security | Mateusz Mazzini
US Tensions, NATO Risks & Serbia Elections | Weekly news roundup
Are anti-corruption protests in Albania genuine? | Gresa Hasa
Mass Protests in Prague and Spy Leak Allegations in Hungary | Weekly News Roundup
Epstein Files: Inside the Slovakia Connection | Karin Kőváry Sólymos
Hungary election, Poland politics, Serbia judicial purge | Weekly news roundup
Iran war fallout: oil, sanctions and Moscow | Marek Menkiszak
Ukraine: four years of resistance. Part 3: journalism in times of war
Ukraine: four years of resistance. Part 2: Negotiations and occupation
Ukraine: four years of resistance. Part 1: mobilizing empathy for stolen children
Episode 254: Can Pashinyan hold on? Armenia’s election test
Episode 253: Repression deepens in Georgia
Episode 252: Mass protests and a new shift in Bulgaria?
Episode 251: Geopolitics and Eastern Europe in 2026. A wild ride?
Episode 250: Security and stability in the Western Balkans
Episode 249: Book Talk - How Central European émigrés transformed the British 20th century
Episode 248: A year of resistance in Georgia
Episode 247: When music defies power. The case of Belarus
Episode 246: A History of (post-)Yugoslav Pop Music: shifting borders, shifting identities
Episode 245: Kyrgyzstan heads to snap elections
Episode 244: Tensions and politics rock Slovenia
Episode 243: The curious case of Soviet bus stops
Episode 242: The end of Pax Americana and what comes next
Episode 241: Book Talk - Carlo Masala on If Russia Wins
Episode 240: Inside Moldova’s elections: What comes next?
Episode 239: Live from Zagreb. Digital threats after Croatia's "super election year"
Episode 238: Czech democracy put to the test
Episode 237: Serbian students brace for a tough autumn
Episode 236: Tirana: A better city for all?
Episode 235: Behind the peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Episode 234: Trump’s quest for peace in Ukraine
Episode 233: Ukrainians protest anti-corruption crackdown
Episode 232: Book talk: The history of queer life in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Episode 231: Live from Sofia: Bulgaria’s perpetual election cycle leaves citizens exposed to radical politics and Russian propaganda
Episode 230: A camera in the war room
Episode 229: Film talk – Black Snow
Episode 228: Protests in Georgia surpass 200 days
Episode 227: Ukraine’s cultural heritage under fire
Episode 226: Poland after presidential elections
Episode 225: Live from Bucharest: Romanian democracy is being pushed to its limits
Episode 224: Why the Caspian Sea matters
Episode 223: Disability inclusion in Uzbekistan: a blind spot for funders in Central Asia
Episode 222: Film talk – “Streets Loud with Echoes”. Activism and repression in Kazakhstan
Episode 221: A dangerous standoff in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Episode 220: On the changing geopolitics with David Criekemans
Episode 219: Human rights continue to deteriorate in Crimea
Episode 218: A new government responds to deadly corruption in North Macedonia
Episode 217: EU enlargement is getting hijacked
Episode 216: The fight for a free Belarus continues
Episode 215: Why Putin doesn’t want peace
Episode 214: Scapegoating civil society in Central and Eastern Europe
Episode 213: Book talk: Europe without borders: A history
Episode 212: Three years since the invasion: Ukrainian perseverance and global shifts
Episode 211: Evolution of East European Cinema
Episode 210: Deep dive into Kosovo's independence and statehood
Episode 209: Book talk: Reassessing Russia’s Security Policy
Episode 208: Foreign interference in Europe and the case of Romania
Episode 207: Ukraine on the eve of Trump 2.0
Episode 206: Poland prepares to take over the EU presidency
Episode 205: Decolonising Ukraine. Standing up to Russian imperial narratives
Episode 204: Book Talk: Fjaka: A season for Croatia
Episode 203: In Albania, past trauma still haunts the present
Episode 202: How Belarusians organize in exile. The case of Poland
Episode 201: COP29 in the context of crackdowns in Azerbaijan
Episode 200: Impact of Trump’s election in Central and Eastern Europe
Episode 199: Georgian Dream’s hold tightens: What’s next?
Episode 198: Moldova clings on to its pro-EU path
Episode 197: Standing for truth. Journalism in an increasingly autocratic Slovakia
Episode 196: Ukraine at a critical point
Episode 195: A wages curtain: Eastern European workers in the West
Ep. 194: Life in Orban’s "Masterplan"
Episode 193: Spies, sabotage and Russia-West relations
Episode 192: Ukrainian culture at war
Episode 191: Kosovo Serbs in limbo, Kosovo government untethered
Episode 190: Book Talk. Goodbye Eastern Europe
Episode 189: Ukraine continues the fight
Episode 188: Hungarian politics heat up
Episode 187: NATO Celebrates its 75th anniversary amidst war in Ukraine
Episode 186: How the CEE region sees its place in the EU and NATO
Episode 185: Lithuania as an outpost for global democracy
Episode 184: LGBTQI+ activism and advocacy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Episode 183: How Czech activism transformed into global humanitarian relief
Episode 182: Georgia’s European future is at stake
Episode 181: Fiction from Southeastern Europe - both unique and universal
Episode 180: In their own words. Former Belarusian political prisoners share their experiences
Episode 179: Chechnya today and Ramzan Kadyrov’s potential successors
Episode 178: Anti-Gender Movement in Croatia
Episode 177: Understanding political technology
Episode 176: Photophobia – a film about children during war
Episode 175: Genocide denial and the far-right in the Western Balkans
Episode 174: Belarus “elections” reveal regime’s next steps
Episode 173: Decolonizing Russia. Indigenous peoples’ voices
Episode 172: Challenging gender stereotypes through a camera lens
Episode 171: Any surprises in Russia's Presidential Election?
Episode 170: Enlargement burnout and Romania's role in integrating the Western Balkans
Episode 169: Albania at a precarious moment
Episode 168: Stories of strength and resilience. Ukrainians after two years of full-scale war
Episode 167: Disinformation narratives in elections – the case of Poland
Episode 166: North Macedonia braces for possible change
Episode 165: Kyrgyzstan’s populist turn raises concerns for media and civil society
Episode 164: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s crackdown on media and civil society
Episode 163: Can the West keep up its support for Ukraine in 2024?
Episode 162: Crackdowns intensify in Azerbaijan
Episode 161: Serbia's Snap Elections: Extraordinary Campaigning in Extraordinary Elections
Episode 160: Quo Vadis, Montenegro?
Episode 159: Journalism under stress in Central and Eastern Europe
Episode 158: Repressions in Belarus continue
Episode 157: Moldova’s political hurdles remain after local elections
Episode 156: New government in Slovakia promises stability
Episode 155: Poland's future in the balance after elections
Episode 154: Nagorno-Karabakh: Repercussions and Ramifications
Episode 153: Russia’s influence in the South Caucasus
Episode 152: Heightened tensions as Kosovo-Serbia dispute continues
Episode 151: Ukraine is committed to victory
Episode 150: The Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin (and what it means)
Episode 149: The role of sanctions
Episode 148: Roma communities in conflict zones - challenges and lessons learned
Episode 147: Did NATO deliver on Ukraine’s expectations?
Episode 146: The European Political Community enters the stage
Episode 145: Prigozhin's march of justice fails to reach its destination
Episode 144: Documenting the power of human unity
Episode 143: Is Bulgaria's governmental crisis coming to an end?
Episode 142: Polish politics heats up
Episode 141: Georgia flying away towards Russia
Episode 140: Turkish elections and the wider geopolitical impact
Episode 139: Born with a pencil in his hand. A conversation with NEE’s illustrator, Andrzej Zaręba
Episode 138: Book Talk: "Russia's War" by Dr Jade McGlynn
Episode 137: Waiting for Ukraine's counteroffensive
Episode 136: The Role of Belarus in Russia’s war against Ukraine
Episode 135: Book talk: Ukraine is not dead yet. A conversation with Megan Buskey
Episode 134: Estonia continues to punch above its weight
Episode 133: The blockade of the Lachin Corridor
Episode 132: Spanish memory site: Valle de Cuelgamuros
Episode 131: Georgia’s foreign agent law sparks reaction
Episode 130: The Wagner Group
Episode 129: Can Moldova resist Russian pressure?
Episode 128: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one year later. A conversation with Maria Avdeeva
Episode 127: New president, new Czechia?
Episode 126: What do Swedish Council Presidency, Eastern Partnership, and civil society have in common?
Episode 125: Dissecting German discourse on Ukraine
Episode 124: Slovakia turns 30 amid political turmoil
Episode 123: Azerbaijan in a changing geopolitical reality (+summary of the year)
Episode 122: What’s behind the tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?
Russian war against Ukraine: Special coverage ep.7
Episode 121 - Reporting from Ukraine's frontlines
Episode 120: The human rights situation in Belarus
Episode 119 - Russia's westernmost outpost: history, identity and geopolitical fate of Kaliningrad
Episode 118: Book Talk: The fight for our lives. A conversation with Iuliia Mendel
Episode 117: Will the Italian far-right cut ties with Russia?
Russian war against Ukraine: Special coverage ep. 6
Episode 116: The Contested Histories. The project wrap-up
Episode 115 - Is the North Caucasus reaching a boiling point?
Episode 114: A deep dive into Bosnia and Herzegovina
Episode 113: From past to present. A story of Chinese-European encounters
Episode 112: Russian disinformation and memory politics, past and present
Episode 111: Debating an EU-wide ban on Russian tourists?
Episode 110: The situation of Crimean Tatars during the wartime
Episode 109: What does Georgia dream about?
Episode 108: Albania and North Macedonia closer to the EU
Episode 107: War opposition inside Russia
Episode 106: Czechia's EU presidency - priorities and challenges
Episode 105: Ukraine granted the EU candidate status in the shadow of war
Episode 104: Russian invasion continues to devastate
Episode 103: How Poland became a "humanitarian superpower"
Episode 102: Europe's changing energy landscape
Episode 101: EU Candidate status for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia?
Russian war against Ukraine: Special coverage ep. 5
Episode 100: Reflections on the podcast. Past, present and future
Episode 99: Transforming the fascist past. The case of Bolzano’s bas-relief
Episode 98: Book talk - Democracy against liberalism
Russian war against Ukraine: Special coverage ep. 4
Episode 97: Invincible Orbán and post-election Hungary
Episode 96: Georgia’s government distancing from Ukraine
Episode 95: Sanctions against Russia: will they work?
Episode 94: Moldova and Romania response to Ukrainian refugees
Russian war against Ukraine: Special coverage ep. 3
Russian war against Ukraine: Special coverage ep. 2
Episode 93: Russian aggression. View from Estonia
Russian war against Ukraine: Special coverage ep. 1
Episode 92: War in Ukraine. The situation on day five
Episode 91: In search of happiness
Episode 90: Unpacking Hungarian Trianon trauma
Episode 89: Eastern Partnership looks to the future
Episode 88: The Arctic, the EU and geopolitics
Episode 87: Russian memory politics
Episode 86: Belarus and the crisis on the EU’s border
Episode 85: Estonia grapples with its Soviet past
Episode 84: Ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit
Episode 83: Estonia: local elections and a new president
Episode 82: The Western Balkans in integration limbo
Episode 81: Biopolitics meets geopolitics
Episode 80: Orbán’s Hungary as a poster child for conservative politics?
Episode 79: Ukraine’s foreign policy blitz
Episode 78: Another hot summer in Georgia
Episode 77: Inside memory sites - The Warsaw Rising Museum
Episode 76: Slow progress in Ukraine. A conversation with Roman Waschuk
Episode 75: NATO Summit. Addressing the challenges of today and tomorrow
Episode 74: Can Eesti 200 bridge political divides in Estonia?
Episode 73: Digital democracy in action
Episode 72: How France and Germany see Eastern Europe
Episode 71: Putin’s test of the West
Episode 70: Armenia’s post-war reality
Episode 69: The haunting power of memory
Episode 68: Linas Linkevičius and the role of the Baltics
Episode 67: Civil society’s continued resistance in Belarus
Episode 66: Political turbulence shakes Georgia
Episode 65: Relations with Russia. To engage or not engage?
Episode 64: Chaos looms in Moldova
Episode 63: Ukraine’s Constitutional Court Crisis
Episodes 62: Russian protests and the return of Navalny
Episode 61: Bulgaria blocks North Macedonia’s EU aspirations
European values and what they mean in the region today
Episode 60: Moldova’s political roundabout continues. Maia Sandu wins presidential election
Episode 59: Changing direction? Lithuania after elections
The Weimar Triangle and the Crisis in Belarus
Episode 58: Peter Pomerantsev on polarization and the digital reality
Episode 57: Little room for common ground in Romanian-Russian relations
Episode 56: Russia & Turkey - Best frenemies?
Episode 55: Nagorno-Karabkh on fire (again)
Episode 54: Ukrainian diaspora changes the face of Poland
Episode 53: Is Georgia prepared for elections?
Russia and China in Eastern Europe. The view from Poland and Germany
Episode 52: Nord Stream 2 and pipeline politics
Episode 51: Belarus turmoil continues
Episode 50: An explosive summer in Bulgaria
Episode 49: Humanitarian aid for war victims in eastern Ukraine
Episode 48: Tensions flare up between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Episode 47: Can the US facilitate Kosovo-Serbia normalization?
Episode 46: Belarus on the edge
Geopolitics and Coronavirus
Episode 45: Romania-Ukraine: Evolution of relations
Special Announcement
Episode 44: Scenarios for future relations with Russia
Polish and German views on Ukraine and the conflict in Donbas
Episode 43: Prologue to POSTWEST (Live)
Episode 42: “POSTCAST” Part II: Gertrude Street Theatre
Episode 41: “POSTCAST” Part I: DAKH Center for Contemporary Art
Episode 40: Will COVID-19 bring a new world order?
Belarus: The ambiguous neighbour of the EU? Online debate
Episode 39: COVID clampdown in Chechnya
Episode 38: China’s unlikely interest in Lithuania
Debate: What are Polish / German views on the East?
Episode 37: Update on Armenia
Episode 36: Complicated neighbours. Romania-Moldova relations in the spotlight
The war in Donbas and why it still matters
Episode 35: The future(s) of Eastern Europe
Episode 34: Pandemic, power and Putin forever
Episode 33: Ukraine reshuffles the government
Episode 32: Addressing the challenge of climate change
Episode 31 –Berlin to host POSTWEST Theatre Festival
Eurozine Podcast Part II: Local journalism in the digital age
Eurozine podcast part I: The changing face of the media
Episode 30: A Russian Hangover. Interview with Shaun Walker
Episode 29: Belarus under the Kremlin’s pressure
Meet the co-hosts, Part II: Adam
Meet the co-hosts. Part I: Maciek
Episode 28: The London NATO meeting recap
Episode 27: The crossroads of geopolitics
Episode 26: Fighting anti-western narratives in Georgia
Episode 25: Extremism in the South Caucasus
Talk Eastern Europe Episode 24: Georgia under threat
Episode 23: Fukuyama on Identity and Populism
Episode 22: Black Sea, Security and Russia-NATO relations
Episode 21: Russia-China relations in the spotlight
Episode 20: Andrew Wilson on Belarus and Ukraine
Episode 19: Strange Bedfellows in Moldova
Episode 18 – Kazakhstan’s managed transfer of power
Episode 17: Zelenskyy wins big in Ukraine; Georgia protests against Russian influence
Episode 16: Do Americans support NATO?
Episode 15: Azerbaijan in the global debate
Episode 14: Update on Ukraine
Episode 13: European parliament elections part II
Episode 12: Eastern Partnership turns 10
Episode 11: Armenia - Talking ‘bout a revolution
Episode 10: The comedian wins the first round in Ukraine
Episode 9: What’s up in the Western Balkans?
Episode 8: The fight against disinformation
Episode 7: Moldova after elections
Episode 6: Religion and politics - Ukraine edition
Episode 5: Ukraine elections, murder of Gdańsk mayor and public intellectuals
Episode 4: Estonian politics, Eesti 200 and the Russian minority
Episode 3: Ukraine on the defence, Moldova on the cusp & Transnistrian identity
Episode 2: 1918. The year of independence
Episode 1: Latvia - Interview with Inga Žolude