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The invented story of the refugees who wanted to pull down the Leonidas statue at Thermopylae
By Kostis Kotsonis - Solomon (Athens)
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Georgian businesses start paying the price for the country’s drift towards Russia
By Tamta Chkhaidze - Publika (Tbilisi)
Violence, hate-speech and conservative politics: living in an inherently transphobic society
By Adrian Burtin
Hidden hurdles, tiny triumphs: the struggle of Bangladeshi women to integrate in Europe
By Marta Abbà, Lucrezia Tiberio
Clean on paper, dirty on the road: Europe’s car-subsidy paradox
By Adrian Burtin, Lorenzo Di Stasi, Adrian Mihălțianu, Stefano Valentino