Anya Kowalski

Editor, Northern & Eastern Europe

How law and culture shape the regulated adult sectors of Northern and Eastern Europe.

Anya is a Warsaw-born journalist now based in Berlin. She has reported on the regulated adult-entertainment sectors of Germany, Czechia, Poland, Hungary and the Nordics for seven years, covering everything from the Prostitutionsschutzgesetz reform to Prague's long history as a European nightlife capital. Her writing is grounded in venue visits, operator interviews and direct conversations with workers in the field. She is fluent in Polish, German, Russian and English.

“In this region the rules change fast. Good reporting means going back and checking again.”

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