New East Digital Archive

National Identity

Letter from Olsztyn: the curious, complex history of a German-Polish border town

Letter from Olsztyn: the curious, complex history of a German-Polish border town

Will the real macho man please stand up? Talking masculinity and fashion in Romania with designer Lucian Varvaroi

Will the real macho man please stand up? Talking masculinity and fashion in Romania with designer Lucian Varvaroi

‘Why didn’t I admit to being Polish?’ Brexit has divided Poles in Britain — and we need to talk about it

‘Why didn’t I admit to being Polish?’ Brexit has divided Poles in Britain — and we need to talk about it

Jasmina Cibic: the provocative Slovenian artist on staging her own propaganda spectacle

Jasmina Cibic: the provocative Slovenian artist on staging her own propaganda spectacle

Waning crescent: meet the Polish-Muslim community settled in the heart of Europe

Waning crescent: meet the Polish-Muslim community settled in the heart of Europe

Kosovo today: mapping the invisible borders of Europe’s youngest nation

Kosovo today: mapping the invisible borders of Europe’s youngest nation

Circassia forever: tracing a displaced Caucasian population to northern Israel

Circassia forever: tracing a displaced Caucasian population to northern Israel

Fashion without borders: these Russian brands are representing the true diversity of their culture

Fashion without borders: these Russian brands are representing the true diversity of their culture

Brexit Britain: what is it like to be eastern European in the UK’s most Eurosceptic town?

Brexit Britain: what is it like to be eastern European in the UK’s most Eurosceptic town?

Tbilisi: Georgia’s new fashion pack are the trend-setters you need to follow

Tbilisi: Georgia’s new fashion pack are the trend-setters you need to follow

Ekaterina: does Romain Mader’s satire on sex tourism in Ukraine do more harm than good?

Ekaterina: does Romain Mader’s satire on sex tourism in Ukraine do more harm than good?

Generation Z: Russia's youth reach for the future to reinvent east European style

Generation Z: Russia’s youth reach for the future to reinvent east European style

Photo of the week: a Romanian artist asks, how do you represent the erasure of history?

Photo of the week: a Romanian artist asks, how do you represent the erasure of history?

Georgia is trending: everything you need to know about the fashion world's latest obsession

Georgia is trending: everything you need to know about the fashion world’s latest obsession

Sasha Rudensky

Sasha Rudensky

Letter from Transylvania: I visited Dracula's castle and found the ghost of Romania's communist past

Letter from Transylvania: I visited Dracula’s castle and found the ghost of Romania’s communist past

Katrina Kepule

Katrina Kepule

Fashion week moments: backstage before Slava Zaitsev’s outrageously opulent show

Fashion week moments: backstage before Slava Zaitsev’s outrageously opulent show