Respekt presents a slew of interesting summer reading from Jáchym Topol, Jaroslav Rudiš, Martin Reiner, Petr Borkovec, Petr Placák,
Jiří Kratochvíl and Laurent Binet. In WprostMagdalena Środa welcomes visitors to
Poland – the new Middle Ages.In EurozineAlexei Venediktov laments the depressing state of the free press in Russia. And in Magyar Narancs Ákos Szilágyi
warns the Hungarians not to model themselves on Russian democracy.