![Sofia Andrukhovych was born in 1982 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. She has written six prose books.](https://img-en.europeanvoices.eu/public/incoming/dogdnl-IMGL8820.jpg/alternates/LANDSCAPE_600/IMGL8820.jpg)
War Diary
Transformations: Monsters and Other People
On a journey through a war-torn country, one can find that Ukrainians are simultaneously flexible and stubborn. A bitter lesson of war: Often, the way forward is a return to a certain point in the past.
![Christoph Grabenwarter is president of the Austrian Court of Justice.](https://img-en.europeanvoices.eu/public/incoming/ob7jmy-Grabenwarter-8920.jpg/alternates/LANDSCAPE_600/Grabenwarter-8920.jpg)
Europe and the Law
Constitutional Courts and the Future of Judicial Co-operation in Europe
There is a need for more judicial cooperation between the Court of Justice of the European Union and the constitutional courts of member states. But primarily, the EU Court must be careful not to impinge on the sovereignty of state courts.
Start-up Nation
Look No Further than Ukraine for the New Silicon Valley of Defence Tech
It’s not only about winning the war. Ukrainian deep tech startups emerge as the backbone of the country’s postwar economy.
![Dorota Masłowska is a Polish writer, playwright, columnist, and singer.](https://img-en.europeanvoices.eu/public/incoming/6xqhah-_DSC9476.jpg/alternates/LANDSCAPE_600/_DSC9476.jpg)
Warsaw Diary
A Polish Metamorphosis
Twenty years ago, Praga, the district on the right bank of the Vistula River was the stuff of bleak legend and folklore. Like Poland with its EU accession, this part of Warsaw, too, has changed dramatically.
![Ilija Trojanow, Bulgarian-German writer, translator, and publisher](https://img-en.europeanvoices.eu/public/incoming/7ax82t-TD_2023_01_28_256983_Sn.jpg/alternates/LANDSCAPE_600/TD_2023_01_28_256983_Sn.jpg)
Café Kosovo
The Balkans: History Debunked
A small café in Prizren: The microcosm of the Balkans in all its complexities and contradictions. Vignettes from the south of Kosovo.
![Paul Lendvai, author and journalist.](https://img-en.europeanvoices.eu/public/incoming/ydpci7-Lendvai-Paul-2021.jpg/alternates/LANDSCAPE_600/Lendvai-Paul-2021.jpg)
At the Crossroads
The Tug of War for Central Europe’s Future
History is no Autobahn. The region’s fate will be decided by who will prevail: liberals or autocrats.
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Defining Central Europe
The Third Dimension
![Barbi Marković, Serbian writer who lives in Vienna.](https://img-en.europeanvoices.eu/public/incoming/lsu0yh-Markovic-Barbi-3378.jpg/alternates/PORTRAIT_600/Markovic-Barbi-3378.jpg)
Skopje Impressions
Back Back to Positive Things
![Petra Hůlová, Czech author.](https://img-en.europeanvoices.eu/public/incoming/eughgw-DSCF5008.jpg/alternates/LANDSCAPE_600/DSCF5008.jpg)
Czech Republic
It’s Too Early to Say It’s Over
My dad and my country: My complicated relationship with my father and my fatherland. Two stories, some parallels.
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The Populist Déjà-vu
How Populism Is Conquering The Continent
A missed lesson of history? A century after Mussolini, liberal elite inclusion of the far right is again strengthening its appeal.
![Martin Vechev at the INSAIT in Sofia.](https://img-en.europeanvoices.eu/public/incoming/mirlps-P1004533.png/alternates/LANDSCAPE_600/P1004533.png)
Tech-Scene Sofia
How Bulgaria Got Its MIT
Can Eastern Europe’s first-of-its-kind AI Institute bring its brightest minds home?
![Karel Schwarzenberg in Prague, 1989.](https://img-en.europeanvoices.eu/public/incoming/xnjcp9-19890101_PD6059.HR.jpg/alternates/PORTRAIT_300/19890101_PD6059.HR.jpg)
Obituary
The Legacy of Karel Schwarzenberg
Column
More Vistula and Danube Less Rhine
EU’s leadership needs to pivot to the East if it wants to be truly geopolitical. Why not Sikorski and Kallas as High Representatives and Johannis as President of the European Council?
![Ivan Krastev, chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia.](https://img-en.europeanvoices.eu/public/incoming/9mukcg-Krastev-Ivan-1909.jpg/alternates/LANDSCAPE_600/Krastev-Ivan-1909.jpg)
Pan-european Polycrisis
Europe‘s Vertigo Moment
Climate change, migration, war. Europe is reeling. Pushed to the brink by more than a decade of crises, the continent is at a tipping point.