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.
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 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.
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.
Latest News
Orban’s Loss a Win For Democracy, Not the Left
The recent elections in Hungary were watched closely across the pond in Washington, but some are advising caution to those who celebrate Orban’s loss as a victory for the “left.”
Kosovo’s Serb Students Caught in Limbo
Parallel education for the Serbian minority has evolved into a durable political instrument, leaving students to navigate a future shaped less by choice and more by unresolved political divisions.
The EU: A Bias Against Central and East Europe
The expansion of the European Union to include former Soviet bloc countries was supposed to herald a new dawn of opportunity and unity, but Eastern and Central Europe have been kept from the top table. From CEPA.
Can ‘Folkbildning’ Rebuild Ukrainian Communities?
Ukraine faces an urgent need to rebuild social cohesion by supporting displaced people, helping veterans reintegrate, and reducing isolation among older adults. Sweden’s model of “folkbildning,’ or popular education, offers valuable lessons. From Rubryka
The Story Decides Where It’s Going to Take You
No cheap solutions: Food, books, and history in the Balkans. An Interview with Darko Tusevljakovic.
