Khromova: Serving Coffee Under Fire
Kharkiv café-cum-bar Protagoniste kept its doors open throughout the war, offering an island of normality amid shelling and air raids.
22 Feb 23
Life
Kondratova: Saving Kharkhiv’s Babies
The doctor never left her clinic, providing critical support to mothers and newborns.
22 Feb 23
Kamyshin: Leading Ukraine’s Iron Diplomacy
How a manager tasked with reforming a train network became a wartime director of operations.
22 Feb 23
Armenia Offers Free IVF to Tackle Population Decline
Authorities are taking measures to address high infertility rate and address demographic challenges.
3 Feb 23
Doctors on Wheels: Ukraine’s Mobile Medical Teams
Project delivers medical aid to people in remote areas and those displaced by the war.
2 Feb 23
Ukraine: Scars of Occupation Run Deep
Locals say that the physical and emotional damage will take a long time to heal.
31 Jan 23
Georgia: Fate of Ailing Saakashvili Remains Unclear
Tbilisi has refused to acknowledge medical needs as genuine or to release jailed former leader for treatment.
17 Jan 23
Kazakstan: Fined for a Book of Bible Stories
Citizens can be punished for dissemination of religious materials, even if of a non-extremist nature.
13 Jan 23
A Year on From Kazakstan’s Bloody January
Murky investigation and lack of accountability followed violence that scarred a nation.
11 Jan 23
Ukraine: “No One Can Steal Our Christmas Spirit”
Ukrainians remain defiant as they brace for what will be a tough holiday season.
23 Dec 22
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