Smolensk NGOs met with well-known political scientist Alexander Sungurov
On May 5, Alexander Sungurov, a well-known political scientist, Head of the Department of Applied Political Science of the National Research University Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg, President of the Interregional Humanitarian and Political Science Center “STRATEGIA” (St. Petersburg) paid a supreme humanitarian visit to Smolensk . In […]
International Summer School “Gender and precariat”
11th International Summer School “Gender and precariat” will take place in Moldova on 10-24 July 2022. Organisers of the summer school are Ivanovo Center for Gender Studies (Russia), Moldova State University, Moldova National Coalition “Life Without Violence” and the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum. During the summer school we will focus […]
Solidarity prevails: the reception of Ukrainian refugees in Hungary
The concept of ‘welcoming refugees’ was not part of official Hungarian policies during the past decade, rather the opposite. But when people started fleeing the war in Ukraine after 24 February, Hungary showed a different face.
Announcement of the discussion “Women in war“
On 24 February, Russian troops invaded Ukraine and the invasion divided life into “before” and “after” not only for the people in Ukraine, but also for people in Russia and in general for the world as a whole, as the war in Ukraine has a global impact and threatens common […]
“Talking History, Talking Future”
In 2022, the Forum’s historical memory and education programme “Confronting Memories” begins its third year. This year its project “Talking History, Talking Future” brings together a small group of experts from Germany, Moldova, Poland and Russia to create a methodological guide with exemplar learning activities on the use of WWII memorial sites in history education. Additionally, a short documentary film will be created and several public events will be organised
What has happened to independent media in Russia since the war with Ukraine started
12 March 2022 was the first Saturday since the war began that I decided to get enough sleep. I didn’t manage it, however: the website of “Bumaga”, the media outlet that my friends and I founded ten years ago, was blocked by the Russian authorities on early Saturday morning, and as early as 6 a.m. we started getting messages from readers who had discovered that the site would not open without a VPN.
Let’s prove that Russian government is wrong!
Europe can and must reduce its oil consumption now to force Russia to end its aggression against Ukraine. And in no case should governments take measures which increase oil use. Opinion piece by by András Lukács, Clean Air Action Group, Hungary
Reconfirmation procedure 2022 completed
In March we have completed the second reconfirmation round of membership status in the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum. Members that have been with us for more than two years were offered to complete a questionnaire with self-evaluation questions to reflect on their activity in the Forum. Overall, 160 organisations took […]
Internship Announcement at the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum (CSF) is looking an intern. Deadline for applying is 10 April 2022.
