Diminishing Returns on Media Capture
Hungary just ran the most expensive experiment in media capture in EU history. The results were not what the experimenters hoped for. From the Media Finance Monitor.
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
How It All Began
As Hungary heads to the polls, it’s worth looking back at how and why Viktor Orban created an “illiberal” system and how he got away with it at home and abroad.
EU Sanctions on Hungary: Why Messaging Matters
With days to go before a crucial election, will Brussels’ actions against Hungary over rule-of-law concerns sway voters?
I Want to Raise My Children Here
A report from Ukrainian cities near the front lines, where people are starting families even after four years of war. From Respekt.
A New Tone in Hungary?
A Peter Magyar win over Viktor Orban would not eliminate all tensions with the EU and Ukraine. From GMFUS.
A Queer Community On the Wrong Side of the Law
How constitutional change in Slovakia reshaped identity, democracy, and everyday life.
