murder – The Barricade

“The kids in Albania are rebelling against their fate”

The Barricade
Albania
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The crowd marching down the streets of Tirana resembled a massive approaching tsunami. In its wake, it smashed advertising signs, knocked down street lamps, dislocated rubbish bins, roared, and sang. In the collective memory, this...

The murder which shook Romania – a story from Caracal

Maria Cernat
Gender issues
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Romania has been in a state of shock for more than a week, after a 15-year old girl – Alexandra Măceşanu, from the centrally-located southern city of Caracal, was killed on July 25th. Alexandra had...

If one falls, we all fall! What is the price of (in)security?

Adina Marincea
Gender issues
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The protest “If one falls, we all fall!”, which took place before the internal ministry in Bucharest on Sunday, July 28, was a reaction against the suspected killing of two adolescents from the town of...

What is behind the murder in Gdansk?

Boyan Stanislavski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Certainly the mayor of Gdansk is not a random person and his death had to provoke a major disturbance in the public sphere. The collective reaction however is fairly disappointing. Considering how willingly this tragic...