Eastern Europe

Jessica Elgot

Frail, Ill And About To Escape Justice..

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK

For the world’s last remaining Nazi hunters, the next few years could be very busy indeed. After a thirty-year career, Dr Efraim Zuroff should be th...

BBC Mixes Up Romanian And Bulgarian Flags In Immigration Debate

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK

As the UK continues to debate Eastern European immigration, some Romanians and Bulgarians are losing their patience, especially after the BBC Daily Po...

In Britain We Are Being Flooded By Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Romanian Rhetoric - Who Is it Helping?

Tessa Dunlop | Posted 31.03.2013 | UK Politics
Tessa Dunlop

So-called liberal multi-cultural Britain is bullying one of the poorest countries in Europe. We have conveniently forgotten how far Romania has come in the last 23 years - from communist hell-hole to fledgling democracy.

Immigrants Never Got Something for Nothing

Anastasia Richardson | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK Politics
Anastasia Richardson

Immigrants from poor countries, arriving here with nothing, have to work twice as hard for the things normal people take for granted; they can only dream of the privilege Cameron enjoys. Something for nothing? Most immigrants were never given anything.

Felicity A Morse

We Don't Need Your Healthcare Or Your Benefits'

HuffingtonPost.com | Felicity A Morse | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK

Romanians coming to live in the UK are not migrating to claim benefits, but to work, one of Romania's leading recruiters for Britain has said. Davi...

Cable Condemns Plans To Reduce Immigration

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.03.2013 | UK Politics

Business Secretary Vince Cable has rubbished plans to reduce net immigration saying it would do "enormous damage" to the UK. The Liberal Democrat s...

Running for Love

Rob Martineau | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Rob Martineau

Now Run for Love has 130 runners and counting. Some are running 400 miles across the Balkans carrying 10 kilo packs. Others are walking 16 miles through the hills outside Dubrovnik. Here's why.

Manners Please! Romania Is a Country Worth Staying Friends With

Tessa Dunlop | Posted 06.04.2013 | UK Politics
Tessa Dunlop

Romanians are used to coming bottom of the European pile. I know, I'm married to one. He lives in Britain, and is often told he 'sounds English' - lucky chap.

PHOTOS: Orthodox Christmas And Epiphany Celebrations

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.01.2013 | UK

Across Eastern Europe, millions of Orthodox Christians have been celebrating Epiphany and Christmas. Epiphany, the 12th night of Christmas, marks t...

Poland's New Dissidents

Dimiter Kenarov | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK
Dimiter Kenarov

In the minds of many Polish politicians and the majority of the public, shale gas is not so much an economic windfall, or a new industry promising employment, or an alternative source of fossil fuels, but a mythological weapon against a mythological enemy, a gargantuan pepper spray against the bad Russian bear.

Ringing in the New Year in Romania

Gareth Johnson | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK
Gareth Johnson

Romanian food is interesting - we started each day with a traditional breakfast of bread, cheese, peppers, raw onion, pig fat, and two types of pork offal sausages. I won't lie to you, not my choice for a delicious way to start the day

Securing the UK's Energy Needs and Allies in Europe's East

Chris Pincher | Posted 10.02.2013 | UK Politics
Chris Pincher

Step forward Azerbaijan. The country has the potential to become one of Europe's major allies and suppliers. It is one of the most stable energy players in the region and is fast developing into a hub for the Caspian Sea basin and Central Asia's oil and gas.

The Rise of the Right

Patrick Cash | Posted 18.01.2013 | UK
Patrick Cash

Earlier this year I reported in an article for QX Magazine upon the 'anti-gay propaganda' legislation being passed in Russia, effectively banning the mention of the word 'gay' upon the streets of large, otherwise cosmopolitan cities such as St Petersburg.

The Rebels and Risk Takers of Ukrainian Literature

Dr Rory Finnin | Posted 31.12.2012 | Home
Dr Rory Finnin

Ukrainian literature is replete with vigorous voices like Kobylians'ka's. It is a literature of rebels and risk-takers, patriots and pioneers, writers whose works injected world culture with new euphonies and expanded the boundaries of human expression.

AIDS Conference: New Voice Needed in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch | Posted 30.09.2012 | UK
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch

The International AIDS Conference, a global gathering in Washington DC of 25,000 people, kicked off last week with a ray of light for those fighting to reduce the spread of HIV.

One Night in Budapest

Robert Simpson | Posted 21.09.2012 | UK
Robert Simpson

The place where you can shoot a PKM Machine Gun in the afternoon and sing Aerosmith at a Karaoke Bar at 4am, oh and there's a bit of culture thrown in...

Sensible Drug Policies: Will Evidence Finally Overtake Prejudice?

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch | Posted 19.09.2012 | UK Politics
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch

One hundred years after the first international drug control treaty was signed the failure of the "war on drugs" is indisputable. In Europe two distinct trends are emerging around how countries are choosing to tackle drug policy; a punitive, criminalization approach--which is failing dramatically and expensively--or one based on scientific evidence and harm reduction--which is bearing fruits.

Children, Borders and the Law: The Growing Toll of International Relationship Breakdown

Louise Halford | Posted 03.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Louise Halford

The increasing ease with which people can move abroad to live and work has led to a rise in relationships between individuals of different nationalities.

Nazi March in Latvia, Killings in Toulouse: Can We Combat Anti-Semitism With Social Media?

Jordan Schachter | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK Politics
Jordan Schachter

Nazis are on the move in Europe. This is not ancient history. Just a few days ago approximately 1,500 Latvians paid tribute to soldiers who fought in Nazi Germany's Waffen SS divisions. The counter-protest held that day was small in comparison.

"The Price of Sex" Is a Work of Art

Karin Wasteson | Posted 22.04.2012 | UK Entertainment
Karin Wasteson

If you haven't seen The Price of Sex - Women Speak by Brooklyn photographer Mimi Chakarova- please do. It's a heart-wrenching, deeply disturbing film about young women forced into the underground sex trade. I've met Mimi at the Frontline Club in London, and this is what she told me about the making of the film.

In the Land of Blood and Honey: The Bosnia Behind Jolie's Film

Jasna Hodzic | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Entertainment
Jasna Hodzic

Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, gets its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival this weekend. Her film gives viewers an insight into what life was like in Bosnia during the 1990s war. But 20 years on, have things changed?

British Kids 'Less Educated Than Eastern Europeans'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The UK has fewer people educated to A-level standards than countries such as Lithuania, Slovakia and Estonia, a union claimed on Wednesday. Figures...

Frozen Britain Shivers As 'Beast From The East' Due To Hit

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.02.2012 | UK

Freezing temperatures as low as -11C have hit the UK as cold weather blasts in from from Eastern Europe, where hundreds of people have died from the b...