A Country Between Being and Nothing
In search of traces of the Belarusian diaspora in the West after 1945, the poet Volha Hapeyeva considers how language and literature provide a sense of belonging away from home. From dekoder / Eurozine.
War in Ukraine
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Solutions Journalism
Schools for All
Long consigned to lower-quality schools, Roma in two Czech communities are doing well in mainstream schools thanks to innovative reforms and local political support. From Okraj.
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.
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Commentary
Serbia’s Great Reversal
Ratko Mladic’s glorification exposes Serbia’s failure to confront its wartime past — and raises the stakes for a student movement challenging Aleksandar Vucic’s rule.
The EU’s Unfinished Business in the Western Balkans
Montenegro and Albania are moving closer to EU membership. But Brussels should not forget its responsibility towards the Western Balkans as a whole. From ECFR.
The AfD’s Success Is a Threat to the Czech Republic
The German far right may find allies in Prague, but its nationalism, pro-Russian sympathies, and hostility toward the EU are fundamentally at odds with Czech interests. From Respekt.
The Return of the Algorithm Men
A scientist who could work anywhere chose Bulgaria.
Latest News
After Nagorno-Karabakh, Where Next for Azerbaijani Young Men?
With the long conflict with Armenia over, many are questioning the traditional role of military service as a rite of manhood. From OC Media.
New U.S. Sanctions Law Can Squeeze Russia – With Help
The Graham Act protects U.S. sanctions from White House meddling, but Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil may still be the stronger bargaining chip.
The Edge Between Two Cultures
The first generation of Vietnamese immigrants survived; the second generation is figuring out who they are now that survival isn’t the end goal.
Freedom Was Just the Beginning for Eastern Europe’s Media
After the fall of communism, journalists gained freedoms but faced a harder task: building a profession able to withstand political pressure, economic insecurity, and divisions within its own ranks.
One Person’s Crime, An Entire Community’s Burden: Poland After Jaroslaw
The Polish far right and Russian propaganda are already inciting hatred against the accused killer of a priest. Other voices urge not convicting him because of his nationality. From Sestry.
