![](https://i2.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/Turow_Aerial_2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
Central Europe Asks: Turow or Not Turow? test #2
There is a green specter on the horizon. Or is that a green chance?
Around the Bloc
![](https://i0.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/RTXC5Q2S-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1)
New Hope for North Macedonia’s EU Bid
Plus, Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s group closes down, a generation in Moldova grows up without parents, and more.
![](https://i0.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/Austrian__Swiss__British_Airways__and_first_flight__Tap__in_DME._3621771024.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
European Airlines Denied Permission to Land in Moscow
Plus, Facebook points a finger at Russian trolls, a Czech lawmaker is accused of sexual assault, and more.
![](https://i1.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/RTXCKNK7-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1)
Latvia, Belarus Expel Diplomats Over Ice Hockey Tourney Incident
Plus, big prizes for vaccine recipients in Poland, Georgians oppose power plant, and more.
![](https://i1.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/RTXCJV5W.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1)
EU to Close Its Airspace to Belarus Traffic Over Journalist’s Arrest
Plus, Poland defies court to keep open a controversial mine, Russia fines Google over YouTube, and more.
![](https://i0.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/RTXCJTFJ.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1)
Belarus Condemned for Plane Diversion, Journalist’s Arrest
Plus, Poland buys Turkish drones, ethnic Kazakhs are leaving Turkmenistan, and more.
![Subscribe to The Beat. Unrivaled content. Unmatched impact. Where Independent Voices Have Reach.](https://i2.wp.com/tol.org/wp-content/uploads/SubcribeTheBeatHeading.png?w=1200&ssl=1)
Regional headlines and analysis delivered to your inbox every weekday.
Commentary
![](https://i2.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/23B0BCAF-4059-4A83-8CF1-5E3F4F15DE02.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
Crossing the Line?
Mysterious documents raise questions and revive the hot-button issue of Bosnia’s borders.
![](https://i1.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/CE2F7F2F-D377-43D7-A573-F14DC2C9DB56.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
Summer Is Coming
Bulgaria prepares for seaside holidays and yet another election.
![](https://i0.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/25F226C3-EB0E-45AE-B14F-C8D71654F60A.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
Warmed-Over Goulash
Poland’s ruling party is cooking up still more ways to influence the legal system, but some judges are standing their ground.
![](https://i2.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/Adam_Bodnar_2019a.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
The Last Righteous Man
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party is ready to twist the law – not only to achieve political results but simply to show strength.
Latest News
![](https://i1.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/bud31F9AED3-852F-4E87-A12C-5CD0CC5693D1.jpeg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Budapest Mayor Aims Higher
Viktor Orban’s most serious rival jumps into the race for the premiership. From Respekt.
![](https://i1.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/covB53397EA-66C5-4609-B50E-C5C4826CE058.jpeg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
A Summer Headache for Hungarians: Where to Go With Eastern Vaccines?
Prime Minister Orban’s headlong rush to approve and inoculate Hungarians with vaccines from Russia and China is in danger of backfiring. From BIRN.
![](https://i1.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/632115CA-2EA3-4936-BBB6-6724A8DE8721.jpeg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Fears Over Turkey’s Looming Exit from Istanbul Convention
Why is the agreement’s first signatory set to be the first to withdraw?
![](https://i1.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/9D208E49-C3F1-44B7-89DE-E6C405F0C8C0.jpeg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Best of the East
A Czech provincial gallery scores a major coup with a show of Russian modernist painting rarely seen outside the Urals. From Respekt.
![](https://i0.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/10579891-5557-4CF3-8BDB-76911919848E.jpeg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Hate Speech Greets Slovak Child Benefit Plan
Politicians flood Facebook with anti-Roma posts and distorted facts about government proposal. From Dennik N.
![](https://i1.wp.com/test.tol.org/wp-content/uploads/light-hand-person-man.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1)
Solutions Journalism: free online course 2021 with certificate
A team of journalists travels to Belarusian villages to document a dying way of life.