A Reading Journalist’s Thoughts
Eastern Europe – “More Substance than Appearance”
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
What is this? A magazine that is published on letterpress paper. To call its issues “booklets” is a sheer understatement. Cover art that mysteriously shows Saturn’s moon Minas and alludes to Russia’s orbit, topics that can rob even the most relaxed reader of his relaxed mood, a strict, Protestant, layout, no edutainment, no zeitgeist, just lucid articles, empirical facts, intelligibility. The makers of this journal are concerned with the essentials: they want to enlighten and provide orientation for the vast expanse of Eastern Europe. That’s why it has to be: Osteuropa.
(Osteuropa 1-3/2025, pp. 59–64)