The unscrupulous political attack at the Central European University (CEU), located in Budapest, can gain Viktor Orbán part of the votes of the extreme right party Jobbik. It is equally likely that this case is not solely about elimination of the nest of critical thinking but also about lucrative …

Israeli public opinion on sexual violence has changed radically during the past five years has. Who and how managed to convince the public that sexual violence is not rare and individual experience, but a huge problem that concerns all?

The military pushes for a legislation that would allow for monitoring of the entire Czech internet – without court approval or other legal restrictions.

The pigsty in Lety near Písek has become the icon of the Romani holocaust memory.  A host of clashes, conflicts, and questions remain in the shadows of the plant for the “meat production,” even though there are talks that it will now be finally, finally torn down. Even …

The pirate community is creative. Not only does it gain information, it also modifies, catalogues, manages, and selects them. In recent years scientists and others who need access to specialized texts have found a common language with pirates.

Although the priority in the combat of drought should be a reform of the agriculture, river tract, and landscape, the politics has stubbornly focused on dam constructions. The trouble is that in addition to safety risks and drastic environmental impacts, dams also cause unfair access to water …

Hungary continues to witness attacks on the freedom of the press. For now, the attacks culminated by the unexpected shut down of the largest leftist newspaper in the country. The majority of independent journalists has expressed solidarity with their colleagues from Népszabadság newspaper. …

These days, when you meet someone dressed in black, you think it’s a fashion statement. Several decades ago, you would emphatically ask about the family member who has passed...

“Given Hungary's difficult and tense social and political situation, contemporary literature has been blossoming” says Hungarian scholar Evžen Gál. We talked to him about the transformation of the Hungarian literary canon; the preferences of the contemporary cultural …

We asked the French philosopher and politologist Jean­-Pierre Dupuy how religion shapes rationality; how the economy became sacred; why is it useful to have prophets, and whether religion in today’s world incites violence or helps to tame it instead.