Annabelle Chapman
Prospect Magazine
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In Poland, citizens across the political spectrum are rallying behind a simple grey poster
The banner, reading “constitution”, has been used across Poland. Photo: Getty Summer in Poland was punctuated with protests. Night after night, thousands of people bearing candles gathered outside the Supreme Court, parliament and residential palace in Warsaw. They were protesting a law that would have sacked the supreme court’s judges. More broadly, they had come out to ensure that the… → Read More
“Let’s talk:” A Polish minority party leader hopes to guide her country back towards Europe
Warsaw Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz was six years old when communism collapsed in Poland in 1989, following peaceful mass protests. “I still remember the sense of expectation back then, the euphoria of peaceful change,” she says, recalling how she watched Poland’s first free elections on television with her parents. By the time Poland joined the European Union... → Read More
Books in brief: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
As Americans cope with the ascent of Donald Trump, the past offers a warning. “History permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something,” writes Yale history professor Timothy Snyder in his new book On Tyranny. Snyder’s “20 lessons,” covering political parties, paramilitaries and propaganda, are drawn from Europe’s experience of fascism and communism, updated for the age of… → Read More
Ukraine’s tug of war
Pro-European protestors in Kiev’s Independence Square in December 2013: “It was a winter of great possibility” © © VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images In Ukraine, the pull of Europe works in curious ways. When I first moved to Kiev in 2012, the metro was plastered with adverts offering to “euro-renovate” my Khrushchev-era flat, install “euro-windows” or even treat my nails to a “euro-manicure.”… → Read More
Ukraine’s tug of war
Pro-European protestors in Kiev’s Independence Square in December 2013: “It was a winter of great possibility” © © VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images In Ukraine, the pull of Europe works in curious ways. When I first moved to Kiev in 2012, the metro was plastered with adverts offering to “euro-renovate” my Khrushchev-era flat, install “euro-windows” or even treat my nails to a “euro-manicure.”… → Read More
Annabelle Chapman
Radoslaw Sikorski, who was replaced recently as Poland’s foreign minister, has never shied from confrontation. That was apparent in his farewell speech at Poland’s foreign ministry on September 22, in which he quoted former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill: “You have enemies? Good. → Read More
Poland's Foreign Minister Said His Country's Relationship with the US Is 'Complete Bullshit'
In the first recording to be released, the interior minister, Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, tells the governor of Poland’s central bank that “the Polish state exists only in theory; in practice it doesn’t e… → Read More
Poland's Leaked Conversations Could Bring Down The Government
In a leaked conversation Polandâs foreign minister was caught dismissing the county's relationship with the United States as "worthless." → Read More
Protesters Are Dying in the Streets of Kiev
Though there's currently a ceasefire between the riot cops and the anti-government protesters, the last few days in Kiev have been marked by violence, deaths, and threats against journalists. → Read More
Protesters Are Dying in the Streets of Kiev
Violence between anti-government demonstrators and riot police is escalating in the Ukraine. → Read More
Ukraine's New Anti-Protest Laws Are Sparking Riots
Just when it seemed that Ukraine’s Euromaidan protests were entering a quieter phase, noise and violence returned to the streets of Kiev during an antigovernment rally yesterday. → Read More
Are Terrorists Intent on Destroying the Sochi Olympics?
Sochi is heavily guarded ahead of the Olympics, with a security zone stretching about 60 miles along the coast and 25 miles inland. Still, Doku Umarov, the leader of an umbrella Islamist organization → Read More
Pro-Government Protesters Turned Up in Kiev This Weekend
As anti-government protesters enter their fourth week on the streets of Kiev, this weekend saw the arrival of another group in the Ukraine capital: those who had come to show their support for the cou… → Read More
What Is It Like to Live Inside a Sub-Zero Ukrainian Tent City?
Each Friday Roads & Kingdoms and Slate publish a new dispatch from around the globe. For more foreign correspondence mixed with food, war, travel, and photography, visit their online magazine or follow @roadskingdoms on Twitter. KIEV, Ukraine—The week began with this tweet from the possibly authentic Twitter account of Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich: “Over next few days it will cool... → Read More
Police Tried and Failed to Clear Kiev's Independence Square
The cops' attempt to break up the pro-EU, anti-Russia demonstration that's been going on for days in Ukraine's capital was met with resistance, and as of Wednesday, the square is still occupied. → Read More
Ukrainian Protesters Toppled Kiev's Lenin Statue Last Night
Protests in Kiev on Sunday evening finished with a theatrical flourish, as the pro-EU, anti-Russia demonstrators toppled the statue of Lenin that stood on a broad avenue in the center of the city. Des… → Read More
Hundreds of Thousands of Protesters Are Trying to Take Over Kiev
This weekend, the street protests that have been taking place in Kiev for weeks arrived at a dramatic crux, as peaceful public dissent escalated into full-on violence. → Read More