The World from PRX

Portrait of Theo MerzTM

Theo Merz

Theo Merz is a British journalist working in Moscow. He has reported from across the former Soviet Union and written for The Telegraph, Agence France-Presse, The Economist, VICE and others.
Silent movies still draw crowds in Brussels
3:58
Britons reconnect with Jewish roots for EU passports
Ukrainian filmmaker breaks taboo of country’s role in Holocaust
One silent movie cinema thrives in Brussels
Russian ethnic minorities campaign for independence
Russian artists in exile create new identity and work
Energy workers in France threaten power cuts over retirement age
Poland’s cheesemakers basking in newfound fame
How disinformation feeds an anti-LGBTQ climate in Russia
Moscow art exhibit documents a new political awakening 
A couple embrace during a protest in Trafalgar Square, London, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. They are demanding the release of all hostages allegedly taken by the militant group Hamas.
Sacred Nation
‘A link with my ancestors’: Britons reconnect with Jewish roots for EU passports
A video still from "The Lemberg Machine," 2023.
Ukraine
New film tackles Ukraine’s role in the Holocaust
silent movie still
A silent movie cinema thrives in Brussels
man at table
Ukraine
Ethnic minorities in Russia are campaigning for the breakup of the country
paintings on the wall
Russian artists in exile create new identity and work 
protest
Energy workers in France threaten power cuts over retirement age
Bundz cheese from Poland.
Food
Polish cheesemakers bask in newfound fame
A white wall with black ink drawings and a person standing to view it
Arts, Culture & Media
Moscow multimedia exhibition focuses on anti-Kremlin protest culture
Two women dance together wearing red clothing.
LGBTQ
One small step: Moscow’s first queer dance festival challenges homophobia
A woman is shown sitting a large frame with the Barents Sea in the background.
Business, Economics and Jobs
The ‘edge of the earth’: How Chinese tourism is changing one Russian Arctic village
A view of Murmansk with a smoke stack and other buildings as the sun rises.
Polar
The sun sometimes rises: How one Russian city makes it through the polar night