This spring, the Israeli authorities intercepted part of the humanitarian "Sumud" flotilla carrying pro-Palestinian activists in the Mediterranean Sea. Among those detained was Ukrainian sociologist Nina Potarska

Using the examples of Moldova and Armenia, we examine why European integration is becoming the main political project for Moscow’s former allies

When information appeared about Vincent Garenq’s upcoming film, one immediately thought it would be about freedom of speech, about radical Islamism, about society’s fear of it. But the director chose a different angle — this is a film about how the state does not protect its citizen, who is simply doing his job

The opening of the main contemporary art exhibition this year was accompanied by noisy protest actions. But the Biennale will run through the end of November, and there is certainly plenty to see here besides the closed doors of the notoriously scandalous Russian pavilion.