The Bauhaus in today’s Dessau
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Germany’s Bauhaus – literally, “building house” – was a form of architecture and design that flourished...
Extreme right-wing movements
A tale of two German cities
Posted by Thomas Klikauer This is a tale of two German cities. One city – Görlitz – is situated in...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
10 years after Merkel’s “We can do this”
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Turbo-charged by far right tabloids, right-wing populists, and the neo-fascist AfD, Germany continues to be an...
An everyday Neo-Nazi attack in Germany
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Neo-Nazi attacks in Germany are neither new nor, sadly, particularly newsworthy anymore. Yet the recent assault...
East-Germany – The Stasi and a racist pogrom in Erfurt
Posted by Thomas Klikauer This is the story of something that was not supposed to exist. Almost to the day,...
