‘We Never Expected Dayton to Still Exist 30 Years Later’
Thirty years ago, U.S. diplomat Christopher Hill helped negotiate the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War. He explains why Dayton has outlived its intended lifespan – and what Bosnia teaches us about ending wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
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Solutions Journalism
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.
The Country Making Orphanages Obsolete
Moldova has seen the number of children living in institutional care drop from 17,000 to 700. By 2027, the goal is to have none. From Reasons to be Cheerful.
The Farmer Who Lets Nature Take the Lead
In Bohemia’s rolling fields, Wenzel Lobkowicz swapped plows for pastures and discovered that giving animals freedom might also give the soil new life. From Ekonews.
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Commentary
The War That the World Watched
How the media shaped the course of the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia.
Why Journalism Must Shrink to Grow
At Transitions’ 2025 Media Innovation Summit, Peter Erdelyi argued that journalism’s future won’t be powered by scale or institutions, but by precision, empathy, and deeply useful information that serves real people.
Why Ukraine’s Communities Keep Wasting Recovery Opportunities
The annual Ukrainian reconstruction fair exposed how many cities and towns remain unprepared to access investment and drive their own recovery.
How the Ukraine War Turned Moldova’s One-Way Exodus Into a Two-Way Migration Corridor
Russia’s invasion accelerated Moldovan emigration while channeling hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians through and sometimes into the country, reshaping its demography, economy, and geopolitical stakes. From LSE.
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Bosnia, 30 Years After
The landscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina still bears the marks of its violent dissolution. This photo essay traces how the legacy of conflict continues to shape everyday life.
Whose Homeland?
As far-right ideology gains acceptance in Croatia, rising verbal and physical assaults on the Serbian minority go unpunished.
Serbia’s Rivers Are Drowning in Sewage as Promised Fixes Stall
Despite years of promises and billion-euro deals, Serbia treats less than 15% of its wastewater, leaving the Sava and Danube heavily polluted and major infrastructure projects years behind schedule. From N1.
New Czech Government to Follow CEE Trend of Targeting NGOs
The difficult operating environment for NGOs in the region is about to get worse as Czechia under Andrej Babis’s populist coalition looks set to join Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia in hounding civil society organizations. From Balkan Insight (BIRN).
After the Mourning, Where Next for Serbia?
A year of protests hits a symbolic high with marches and peaceful demonstrations on the tragedy’s anniversary, but with the despised government more entrenched in power than ever.
