A New Bosnia: Chasing Percentages
Inside the brinkmanship, bargains, and last-minute twists that made the Dayton Peace Agreement possible.
War in Ukraine
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Solutions Journalism
Rewilding Amid War in the Danube Delta
Even as Russia’s war scars the landscape, conservationists in southern Ukraine are reintroducing lost species to restore Europe’s largest wetland, showing how nature recovery can persist amid conflict.
Ten Saturdays That Might Save a Profession
“The task was insane: prepare someone in a very short time so they can sit at a news desk and not drown.”
How Ukrainian Women are Turning Mourning Into Meaning
“That I was helping others saved me from falling into the abyss of grief,” says the co-founder of a support group.
Giving Waste a Second Life in Serbia
A grassroots recycling initiative is converting discarded cigarette butts into meaningful employment for Serbians with intellectual disabilities. From Storyteller.
How Lithuania More Than Halved Its Suicide Rate
At the heart of this success story is a determined shift from a medicalized approach to one centered on community-based support. From Reasons to be Cheerful.
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Commentary
Czechia and Ukraine: Unlocking the Potential and Minimizing the Risks
Prague cuts development support for Ukraine, raising questions about whether economic pragmatism can sustain a partnership once defined by political solidarity.
Musk Wannabies Dismantling Havel’s Legacy
Time may be up for the Czech Republic’s long-held aim of using its own post-1989 transition experience to help other societies strengthen democracy.
Ordinary Fascism
The documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin provides unique insights into how Russian society is responding to the Ukraine war.
What Communist Schools Got Right About Public Health
New research shows that Soviet-style education systems produced lasting public health benefits despite the failures of communist healthcare systems – offering lessons that remain relevant today. From LSE.
Latest News
A New Bosnia: Drafting Peace
Inside the fraught diplomacy, internal rivalries, and last-minute brinkmanship that paved the way to Dayton.
Russia’s ‘Disposable’ Foreign Fighters
As enlistment among Russian citizens declines, the Kremlin is increasingly recruiting men from low-income countries with promises of pay and fast-track citizenship. From Meduza.
Wind Power in Serbia: Private Capital and Local Costs
Plans for a giant wind farm have environmentalists alarmed that the authorities could fast-track the process with little public participation.
Meet Filip Ondrusek, the Austrian-Slavic Chef Who Sees History on the Plate
From Michelin-star kitchens to Central and Eastern Europe’s food traditions, Ondrusek explains why local dishes tell national histories. From Global Voices.
A New Bosnia: Enter Banja Luka
How Bosnia’s second city became the focal point of the war’s dramatic finale.
