What Happens When a Dam Disappears
Zaporizhzhia has become a living ecological experiment since the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. From Incentre / Rubryka.
War in Ukraine
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Solutions Journalism
Ukraine Breaks Crucial ‘Link’ to Healing Foreign Soldiers
Red tape has dealt a serious blow to a grassroots Belarusian-Ukrainian project that has successfully rehabilitated hundreds of volunteers who fought for Ukraine.
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.
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Commentary
The Quiet Revolution on Europe’s Eastern Edge
As Russia’s war drags on, Romania has quietly become one of Ukraine’s most vital partners reshaping trade routes, energy systems, infrastructure, and even patterns of migration.
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.
Latest News
Those Who Don’t Scream, or the Anatomy of Neutrality
In an increasingly polarized Serbia, silence is often a conscious response to exhaustion, risk, and the limits of constant political engagement. From Storyteller.rs.
A New Bosnia: The Separation Imperative
Like much else in the Bosnian conflict, the question of Sarajevo’s status revolved around numbers, typically viewed through a zero-sum lens.
Is It Useful to Talk to a Dictator?
A recently freed Belarusian opposition leader has drawn criticism after calling for direct talks with Lukashenka to win further concessions. From Global Voices.
Recovering Moldovan Identity Through Literature
Written in tones that range from tragic to ironic, contemporary Moldovan novels recapture the atmosphere of Soviet Moldova, exposing the depth of the identity crisis it produced. From New Eastern Europe.
Ukraine’s Small Businesses Struggle as Russian Strikes Turn Off Power
As one of the harshest winters of the war drags on, small businesses from Irpin to Kyiv face soaring energy costs, freezing workplaces, and the threat of closure in an already battered wartime economy. From Reuters.
