By: Paweł Adamowicz
Mayor of Gdańsk and NEE supporter Paweł Adamowicz was stabbed while speaking at a public charity event and died from his wounds on January 14th 2019. We honour his memory in part by republishing this interview from 2016, in which he discusses the transition from communism to democracy and the significance of local governance. Interviewer: Iwona Reichardt
By: New Eastern Europe
NEE offers this brief post to inform readers about the funeral arrangements for, and chances to pay tribute to, the late Mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz.
By: Tomasz Kamusella
Before the Second World War, German enjoyed the status of a global language on par with English, French and Spanish. It is a little-known fact that the German language’s vast geographic presence was possible only thanks to German-Yiddish speaking Ashkenazi Jews.
By: Radosveta Vassileva
Christmas may be known as the season of love and kindness, but Bulgaria will remember Christmas 2018 as the season of division. A seemingly benign gift from Russia shed light on historical wounds and party politics as well as the surprising impact social media could have on bilateral diplomacy.
By: Nikolas Kozloff
Tens of thousands of Jews were massacred at Babyn Yar in Kyiv in 1941. Still more historic crimes were committed against Jews in other outlying towns. Director Boris Maftsir's recent film, The Road to Babi Yar, hardly shies away from historical controversy, asking how such atrocities could occur in the first place.
By: Ararat L. Osipian
Ukraine’s former dictator Victor Yanukovych is famous for his numerous academic titles, including an advanced doctorate in economics, professorship, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences. All of these titles are considered undeserved. But the ousted “professor” is not the only scandal in Ukraine’s academia when it comes to political elites.