Andrea Pipino

is Europe editor of international news magazine and Eurozine associate Internazionale.

Articles

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‘Mystification is a brutal process’

On the paradoxes of Romanian identity

In an interview with Andrea Pipino, Romanian historian Lucian Boia talks about Romanian identity from its Roman-Dacian beginnings through Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian rule, modernization, fascism, communism, and the paradoxical present, in which this extremely nationalistic country has no openly nationalist political party.

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Separate paths

Why Lithuania hasn’t followed the example of some of its central European neighbours

Central Europe is filled with cities and countries with multiple historical identities. Vilnius in Lithuania is one of the prime examples. Andrea Pipino revisits the city after a 25-year break, and asks why Lithuania has not succumbed to the siren song of central European nationalism.