Interview: Serbian Independent Media Stand Firm Despite Intimidation
As the ruling party systematically sabotages press freedom, Serbia’s independent journalists remain resilient, while civic movements continue to challenge the country’s authoritarian trend.
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
Opinion: Rekindling the ‘Collective’ in European Security
The challenges facing European security are great. A new Prague-based initiative seeks to tackle them by listening to everyone who has a stake.
Only the Lonely
Following Orban’s defeat in Hungary, his far-right counterpart in neighboring Slovakia finds he has led his country into regional isolation. From Respekt.
The Catastrophe That Failed to Happen
Maybe the euro-haters had overestimated one Bulgarian character trait – and underestimated another.
Transnistria: Pain-Free Reintegration?
What the breakaway territory’s economy means for Moldova’s European trajectory.
Latest News
Exploited for Profit: Call-Center Fraud Schemes ‘Criminalize Albanian Youth’
Call centers specializing in online financial fraud have become a growth industry in Albania, attracting young people to criminal activity with the lure of quick money. From Balkan Insight.
Long-Isolated Turkmenistan Takes First Steps Towards Openness
Away from politics, Turkmen society is changing, nowhere faster than online.
Riding All the Winds
A big election win hands president-turned-premier Rumen Radev a mandate for change – but not too fast.
Bosnian Band Dubioza Kolektiv Critiques Unquestioning Reliance on AI
The group enjoys wide popularity across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and beyond, owing to its humorous takes on political and social issues. From Global Voices.
Nature Blooms Around Chernobyl
Forty years on from the disaster, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become one of Europe’s largest nature reserves owing to an absence of human activity. From The Conversation.
