Fake Njuz: as Serbian media struggles, one satire site is speaking truth to power
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Hilarious and heartfelt, Cosy Dens is a warm Christmas film from Czech Republic | Film of the Week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        12:08 East of Bucharest conjures the Ghosts of Christmas and Revolution Past | Film of the week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Favourites of the Moon is a vertiginous comedy on love and crime in 1980s Paris | Film of the Week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        ‘We laughed until our laughter stopped’: the story of the sketch comedy group that predicted the end of Yugoslavia
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Watch Soviet rom-com Slave of Love online for free 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        As Uzbekistan undergoes a cultural thaw, the country’s top comedians are grabbing their chance
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        The Soviet Union produced countless hilarious comedies — so why have they barely made an impact in the West?
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        It’s only a joke, comrade! Why even Stalin couldn’t kill the political quip
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        An American in Moldova: a Peace Corps volunteer is the subject of a new comedy series
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Britain’s first eastern European comedy festival is coming to London
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Comrade Detective: catch the 1980s Romanian detective show that never was
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        NATO says Russian comedy show is propaganda tool
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Perestroika puns: CIA declassifies collection of Soviet jokes
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Laughter in the dark: five Eastern Bloc sci-fi comedies you need to see
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Opinion: Can Slav and gopnik memes do real damage?
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Save us from killer clowns: eight Russian jesters that will restore your faith in humanity
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Beloved Russian clown Oleg Popov passes away