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PERSPECTIVES Topic of the Month

Every month, the members of the PERSPECTIVES Newsroom select a TOPIC OF THE MONTH. In October, we are zooming in on the war against Ukraine and provide you multi-language and multi-perspective stories on that topic.

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The War against Ukraine

Illustration: Key visual 'Conflict over Ukrainian grain embargo' © Kultura Liberalna Kultura Liberalna

Conflict over Ukrainian grain embargo

Journalist and former diplomat in Belarus, Witold Jurasz discusses the tensions caused by the Ukrainian grain embargo in the Polish and European context. He analyses Ukraine's relations with Poland, Germany and Lithuania, as well as Ukraine's potential future in European structures.

Original Podcast in Polish language: Konflikt Ukraina – Polska. Zboże i embargo – kto ma racje?
by Jakub Bodziony for Kultura Liberalna
Listen to the Podcast on Spotify

Illustration is showing two men, one military, one civilian, against a background showing two tanks and the Ukrainian flag.

Illustration: Key visual 'Colonel Piotr Lewandowski: report from the front - what problems is Ukraine facing?' © Kultura Liberalna Kultura Liberalna

Report from the front - what problems is Ukraine facing?

Colonel Piotr Lewandowski provides a report from the frontline and discusses Ukraine's biggest problems. In the latest episode, our guest analyses the progress of Ukrainian army's counter-offensive. He talks through the current state of the supply of weapons from the West to Ukraine and provides predictions on possible outcomes of the current phase of the war.

Original Video in Polish language: Płk Piotr Lewandowski: raport z frontu – problemy Ukrainy?
by Jakub Bodziony for Kultura Liberalna
Watch the video on YouTube

Photo is showing a person in empty swimming pool wearing a white helmet with an inflatable object resembling a flower around her neck.

Filmstill from video of Michaela Kacsiová: Roľníci a roľníčky s dlhmi, 2023 © Michaela Kacsiová for Kapitál Kapitál

How many languages do you know, so many times you are from Ukraine

After fleeing from the Russian aggressor, many Ukrainian children had to get used to a new apartment, a new school class, new friendships, and a new language. Reporter Zuzana Límová describes how children from Ukraine get used to Slovak schools and why emotional support is essential in this case.

Original Article in Slovakian language: Koľko rečí vieš, toľkokrát si z Ukrajiny
by Gražina Bielousova for Kapitál
Read the Article at Kapitál

Photo is showing Lithuanian scholar Grazina Bielousova sits on a bench in a park in Vilnius.

Photo: Key Visual 'Why the Pope Is Wrong About Ukraine' © Berta-Tilmantaite for NARA NARA

Why the Pope Is Wrong About Ukraine

When meeting with young Catholics in St. Petersburg, Pope Francis praised Russia’s imperial history – the same history that the Kremlin uses to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Gražina Bielousova, a Lithuanian scholar and a former priest, analyses how the pope's upbringing in Argentina might have shaped his worldview toward Russia and Ukraine.

Original Article in Lithuanian language: Kodėl popiežius nusišneka apie Ukrainą
by Gražina Bielousova for NARA
Read the Article at NARA

Drawing of a young woman in camouflage clothing in a pink toy doll box.

Illustration: Key Visual 'Nuclear explosion in pink' © Tetiana Kostyk for JÁDU JÁDU

Nuclear explosion in pink

In Ukraine, the collective cinematic experience will not be missed in the summer of 2023. "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" have already attracted more than half a million people to the cinemas. The Ukrainian reception of the pink and black "Barbenheimer" is a very special one in the context of war.

Article in German language: Atombombenexplosion in Rosa
Daryna Melashenko for JÁDU
(also available in Slovakian & Ukrainian)
Read the Article at Jádu

Illustration with two sad faces in grey and blue

Illustration: Key Visual 'We make jokes so we don't have to cry' © Tetiana Kostyk for JÁDUJÁDU

We make jokes so we don't have to cry

More than 100.000 volunteers reportedly joined the Ukrainian armed forces during the first year of the war. How many of them died in battle remains unknown. Andrej was one of them. For his widow Anna, Andrej is a hero.

Article in German language: Wir machen Witze, damit wir nicht weinen müssen
by Lieselotte Hasselhoff for JÁDU
(also available in Czech & Ukrainian)
Read the Article at Jádu

Illustration with various animals in front of a war-damaged building

Monkeys bite off their tails in fear

Dozens of Ukrainian zoos, animal shelters and nature reserves have come under attack. In just one year, Russia turned the Feldman Ecopark in Kharkiv into an ecocidal wasteland.

Article in German language: Vor Angst beißen Affen sich die Schwänze ab
by Anna Lakyza for JÁDU
(also available in Czech & Ukrainian)
Read the Article at Jádu

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My mother's home is not my home

Where is my home? And who am I? In Lê Thị Hoài's text on the Vietnamese immigrant experience, two voices are intertwined - one explains, the other speaks to itself. Both address the pressures imposed by majority and minority societies, both in the Czech Republic and in Southeast Asia. And above that, they discuss the impossibility of breaking out of the Western vision of the world.

Article in Czech language: Domov mojí matky není můj domov
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Article in Czech language: Milenka Fauna Cykase
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