The Magic in Mushrooms
Czech law allows a revolutionary new treatment for severe depression. From Based in Bohemia.
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 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
What Happens When a Dam Disappears
Zaporizhzhia has become a living ecological experiment since the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. From Incentre / Rubryka.
A New Bosnia: New Sarajevo
The Serb exodus from Sarajevo that followed the signing of the Dayton accords exposed the fragile, contested peace taking shape on the ground.
‘You Never Really Leave’: How Three Exiles Gave a Kosovo Village New Life
A group of former journalists from Kosovo explain how they organized a literature festival to bring people back to a small village. From Balkan Insight.
Czechia at the Center of Europe’s Wildlife Trafficking Networks
From tiger farms to eel smuggling, Czechia’s legal wildlife market is enabling a thriving underground trade.
As War in Ukraine Enters a 5th Year, Will The ‘Putin Consensus’ Among Russians Hold?
Public opinion in Russia is notoriously difficult to gauge, but despite apparent ongoing support for the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this is not necessarily as real as the Kremlin might hope. From The Conversation.
