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.
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
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
Prague Rally Highlights Fears of Rising Populism
Czech president’s rare incursion into domestic politics reveals growing social rifts.
How to Get Away With Repressing the Media
As Hungary sinks to the bottom of EU press-freedom rankings, a new international report details how legal and economic tools were used to weaken independent media without resorting to formal censorship. From Telex.
The Ties That Bind
How Belarusian refugee women with cancer support each other in Poland.
Ukraine Changes Tone on Belarus
Kyiv pivots toward Belarus’s democratic opposition as Russia tightens its control on Minsk, signaling a broader push for European leadership. From the Atlantic Council.
A New Bosnia: Chasing Percentages
Inside the brinkmanship, bargains, and last-minute twists that made the Dayton Peace Agreement possible.
