Ukraine’s In Absentia Trials Challenge International Standards
As Ukraine prosecutes hundreds of war crimes cases, experts warn that trials in absentia risk violating the defendants’ rights and could prompt future legal challenges. From IWPR.
War in Ukraine
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
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.
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Commentary
How Poland Could Make a Diplomatic Comeback
Once Europe’s Ukraine champion, Poland now grapples with diplomatic sidelining, stemming from domestic infighting and war fatigue. However, the premier’s recovering popularity hints at a comeback. From ECFR.
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.
Latest News
War and the Weight of the Passport
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has forced its citizens to reconsider the power – and limits – of their country’s passport.
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).
