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Since the wars that devastated the Balkans in the 1990s, the international community has continued to associate Southeastern Europe with a powder keg. "Tracks East" has therefore chosen to give a voice to young artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo who strive to portray a different image of this region of the world.

The Millennials of the Balkans

Artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo are striving to present a different image of Southeastern Europe.

Tracks East

Increasing authoritarianism means that Russian citizens have to decide: Do they stay quiet and allow freedom to die? Or do they speak up and risk changing their lives for ever? Tracks East meets Russians that could not accept the Putin dictatorship and now live in exile.

Anti-Putin Russians

Tracks East meets Russians that could not accept the Putin dictatorship and now live in exile.

A new generation has come of age in Turkey that doesn’t want to live like their parents. On social media, on comedy stages and in rap music a counterculture is flourishing. Filmmaker Ufuk Cam goes to Turkey to uncover the local scene.

Turkey: The New Generation

A new counterculture is flourishing in Turkey. Filmmaker Ufuk Cam goes there to uncover the local scene.

For many, the Eurovision Song Contest is the chance for a Pan-European party. But it is also highly political, especially for countries in Eastern Europe. When Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra won in 2022, it was a message of European solidarity against Russian aggression.

Eurovision: Pop and Politics

For many, the Eurovision Song Contest is the chance for a Pan-European party. But it is also highly political, especially for countries in Eastern Europe

Anne Lister was an openly lesbian nineteenth century noblewoman, with up to five lovers at the same time. She filled pages and pages of diaries with accounts of her sexual adventures and conquests, and even married another woman.

Britain's First Openly Gay Woman

Anne Lister was an openly lesbian nineteenth century noblewoman, with up to five lovers at the same time.

Gymnastics

Can Russia be transformed from within? Russian journalist Mascha Borzunova and Russian actor Jean-Michel Scherbak give voice to people Putin wants to silence: dissidents, opponents and artists in Russia and in exile.

Putin's Russia: The Opposition

Tracks East gives voice to people Putin wants to silence: dissidents, opponents and artists in Russia and in exile.

Is pacifism still relevant as war rages in Ukraine? What is the point of peaceful demonstrations when the aggressor will stop at nothing? Tracks East gives a voice to the Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian opposition and peace movements.

Pacifism: What’s the Point?

Is pacifism still relevant as war rages in Ukraine? What is the point of peaceful demonstrations when the aggressor will stop at nothing? 

Berthe Morisot was a friend of Manet. Lee Miller, one of Man Ray's muses. And Dora Maar, one of Pablo Picasso's wives. The woman who devoted her life to her husband's work is now being given back her rightful place in art history. What if we put an end to the idea of a muse and viewed these female artists in their own right?

Dora Maar Presents...

What if we finished with the idea of a muse and viewed female artists in their own right?

How are young people in Moldova responding to the Russian threat to their country?
DJ Borș returned to Moldova when the war in Ukraine began. Like many in her generation, she feels in a state of limbo because no one knows what tomorrow will bring. With her initiative "Make Borș Not War", she is revitalising the party scene in Chisinau.

Moldova Next Generation: Putin's Next Victim?

How are young people in Moldova responding to the Russian threat to their country?

For over 60 years, the Barbie doll has been more than just a toy. She was an influencer before the Internet even existed, but she is now accused of maintaining gender stereotypes. As Greta Gerwing's Barbie comes to the cinema, Gymnastics looks at how relevant she is for modern consumers.

Is Barbie a Feminist?

Barbie was an influencer before the Internet even existed.

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Anti-Putin Russians

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Tracks East

Eurovision: Pop and Politics

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Tracks East

Putin's Russia: The Opposition

Tracks East

Pacifism: What’s the Point?

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Tracks East

Moldova Next Generation: Putin's Next Victim?

Gymnastics

Is Barbie a Feminist?

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Tracks East

The Millennials of the Balkans

Tracks East

Anti-Putin Russians

Tracks East

Turkey: The New Generation

Tracks East

Eurovision: Pop and Politics

Gymnastics

Britain's First Openly Gay Woman

Tracks East

Putin's Russia: The Opposition

Tracks East

Pacifism: What’s the Point?

Gymnastics

Dora Maar Presents...

Tracks East

Moldova Next Generation: Putin's Next Victim?

Gymnastics

Is Barbie a Feminist?

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