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On a summer evening in the late 1980s, Kyiv’s central boulevard looked like any other. Couples strolled Khreshchatyk Avenue, children licked ice cream, the air smelled faintly of petrol and dust. But to those who knew, a narrow hundred-meter stretch near the city hall was something else entirely: a meeting point for men who desired men. A look, a gesture, a sentence carefully dropped could lead to companionship. Or to prison.

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Aufgabenfelder Leitung Außenkommunikation (50-75%) Erhöhung unserer Sichtbarkeit in deutschen und internationalen Medien Aufbau effizienter Kommunikationsprozesse in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Management Inhaltliche Koordination und Harmonisierung unseres Außenauftritts, u.a. mit Blick auf Newsletter für die breitere Öffentlichkeit und Spender (3 x jährlich) unsere Website www.n-ost.org Social Media Kanäle (gemeinsam mit unserer Social Media Managerin) Inhaltliche Zusammenarbeit mit unserem...

Call for submissions The call for pitches closes 7th January 2025. Submit your pitch here. Spheres of Influence Uncovered is a cross-border media project that is seeking to stimulate and broaden public discussion on economic and geopolitical issues in our project countries of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. To do this, we are financially and editorially supporting the work of journalists who are interested in writing on related topics.

Henk Wildshut's research for this series focuses especially on farmers and entrepreneurs who are interested in innovations in the livestock industry. This group interested him because they are trying to resolve food-related issues that are both relevant and urgent. The photographer felt that, from a visual perspective, this presented the greatest contrast between a consumer-driven romanticised ideal and the reality of food production.

Dear Readers, We all need food. But eating does not merely entail a primitive action of devouring or consuming, of providing fuel for a body that would otherwise become evermore fatigued. Eating is not just physiological. It is social, personal, emotional, cultural and political.

a project by n-ost, in collaboration with Athens Live (GR), Kajet (RO) and Pismo (PL) to strengthen documentary photography and photographers

Home ➔ Media NGO ➔ Call for fellowship applications We invite journalists from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Spain to join the programme consisting of a study visit to Kyiv, production stipends, and a network of media professionals interested in Ukraine.

Call for applications for journalists from Ukraine We invite journalists from Ukraine to join the program consisting of study tours, grants, and a network of media professionals eager to improve the Ukraine-coverage in European media.

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