Young people, media and civic culture: Bulgaria and Romania meet the Gen Z and young millennials
By Vladimir Mitev To be young is not a quality. A “young person” could mean many things. Yet popular culture,...
Year: 2025
The parliamentary elections in Moldova on September 28: between “déjà vu,” “now or never,” and “more of the same”…
Vitalie Sprînceană, Platzforma, 26 septembrie 2025 An intro about “saving the country” again One of the witticisms circulating in Moldova...
Protest with dozens of Greenpeace activists on the beach in Vama Veche against Black Sea drilling
Vama Veche, September 22, 2025 – On September 21, 2025, over 50 activists from Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, and Slovakia...
What is the matter with East Germany?
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Much has been written about East-Germany — most of it, not too flattering. After all, East-Germany...
Balloons for East-German children
Posted by Thomas Klikauer It was a warm and summery day on 28th June 2025. In the East German town...
Corporate lobbying & Germany’s military-industrial complex
Posted by Thomas Klikauer In the early days of capitalism, and as a reaction to a growing working class and...
Fighting the far right in German workplaces
Posted by Thomas Klikauer In many recent elections in Germany, the neo-fascist AfD has become a strong political force nationwide....
Romania’s self-destructive austerity is the best gift the far right could hope for
Andrei Gudu Romania’s government is facing a serious economic challenge: its budgetary deficit, the largest in the EU, is expected...
Constructing the enemy – hating refugees in Überalldorf
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Despite the romantic-idyllic image in which the East-German town of Überalldorf prefers to present itself, not...
Importing prejudice: why is xenophobia surging in Romania?
While Romania has historically been a country of emigration since the 1989 Revolution, with thousands of people leaving for the...
