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© Veronika Tůmová

Anti-government protests have been shaking Serbia for almost eight months now, and so far, they show no signs of losing momentum. After a demonstration in the capital, there were violent clashes with the police and arrests. Participants barricaded major transport routes in Belgrade and other cities and are demanding early elections. It all started with students who went on strike and have been blocking Serbian universities since autumn. How did protesting become the main focus of their lives?
 

© Denis Vėjas / NARA

Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, is separated from the Russian border by an artillery shell. It is a peripheral city that has been subjected to some of the most intense attacks since the invasion began. Kharkiv architect Maxim Rosenfeld is working on plans to rebuild it, with the help of renowned British architect Norman Foster.
 

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Conspiracy stories are nothing new. However, in today's climate of political crisis, they seem to have become a battleground between those who believe in them and those who see them as a sign of the decline of liberal democracy. But alarmism and stigmatisation won't solve the problem, says Dominik Želinský, head of the ‘Pantruth’ (Pandemic Truths) project on conspiracy theories in the Visegrad Group countries.
 

© Petr Zewlakk Vrabec

Grass is green and football is a way out of the periphery. A report from a place characterised by major and minor historical events, by oppression and a lack of understanding, where life forces its way through the cracks in the concrete and pushes beyond the city limits, extending its feelers into the district and throughout the Czech Republic.