Webinar “Partnerships Matter – Implementation of Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation Tools for Sustainable Development”
Salon Europa #1: The [In]visible
Our new hybrid series “Salon Europa” is to discuss migration issues from various European contexts under the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first round starting at the end of October we will take up the topic of [In]visible and vulnerable groups of migrants and explore how their situation, […]
Open online discussion “Civil society organisations in the online world: obstacles to operations or advantages of new formats?”
Expert Group on Civil Society Research of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert- Foundation and the German-Russian Exchange in St. Petersburg cordially invite to the open online discussion “Civil society organisations in the online world: obstacles to operations or advantages of new formats?” The discussion will […]
Statement by members and supporters of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum in relation to the tragic death of Irina Slavina
We are shocked and saddened by the tragic death of our colleague, journalist Irina Slavina from Nizhny Novgorod. On October 2, 2020, Irina Slavina, editor-in-chief of Koza Press, an independent online media outlet, died after setting herself on fire in front of an interior ministry office in the city of […]
Call for solidarity in the face of the humanitarian crisis in Lesbos
In the end of August 2020, Subjective Values, the Forum member organisation from Hungary, organised a study tour to the island of Lesvos (Greece) to learn the situation on the island and especially around the Moria refugee camp, one of the largest refugee camps in Europe. Like many experts and […]
Salon Europa: New Public Event Programme of the Forum
The idea of our new event series “Salon Europa” is to discuss migration issues from various European contexts under the lens of the situation under the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Arts as a tool of civic education“: Working Group on Gender Equality Organises a Study Tour
From 27 September to 2 October the working group on Gender Equality organises its second Study Tour on the topic „Arts as a tool of civic education“. The project host is the Berlin-based organisation of Russian speaking LGBTQ* people Quarteera e.V. The study tour aims at improving group members’ skills […]
Two Voices: 30th Anniversary of the Reunification of Germany and a Hope for the Future
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the reunification of Germany being marked on 3 October 2020, the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum asked two Board members of Memorial Deutschland, our member organisation, to reflect on how they experienced this unique day and what they think about current challenges in Eastern Europe. […]
Webinar “Organisational Resiliency in Times of Uncertainty – A Balcony View”
Single Voting Day 2020 in Russia: Legal Arbitrariness, Electoral Fraud and Bans on Broadcasting
The Board of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum is dismayed at numerous cases of violations of the rights of voters, observers and members of election committees, aggression, as well as electoral fraud, bribing of voters and forced voting during the so-called Single Voting Day in Russia, which was held on […]
After Moria: Need for an Urgent Reform of the Common European Asylum System
Download the statement The Board of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum is shocked about the news coming from the site of the former Moria refugee camp on Lesvos, Greece, which burnt down on 9 September 2020 leaving some 13,000 people without shelter. As a consequence, they had to camp in […]
The challenge of commemoration. Cases from Poland and Germany
The EU-Russia Civil Society Forum publishes an article by Forum Deputy Director Kristina Smolijaninovaitė for the “New Eastern Europe” Journal. In this article, she reflects on the narratives of remembering WWII in European countries on the example of Poland and Germany. Both cases illustrate how challenging it can be to […]
75 Years Since: How We Remember World War II in Europe
On 2 September 2020, the globe celebrated the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II (WWII). This war remains one of the most painful and conflicting episodes in common European history. To mark this date, the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum and its history programme “Different Wars: Remembering the […]
Belarus on Its Way from Dictatorship to Democracy
In August 2020, during the presidential campaign, a peaceful electoral revolution unfolded in Belarus. At the final stage, it was headed by female leaders with the slogan: ‘We love! We can! We will win!’ («Любім! Можам! Пераможам!»). A Belarusian civil nation began to rapidly form. The Belarusian people refused to […]
Joint Statement ahead of the Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers, 27-28 August 2020
Download the statement Alexander Schallenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Austria Philippe Goffin, Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Defence, Kingdom of Belgium Ekaterina Zaharieva, Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Bulgaria Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic Gordan […]
