The Catastrophe That Failed to Happen
Maybe the euro-haters had overestimated one Bulgarian character trait – and underestimated another.
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
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.
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.
Latest News
Forbidden Movies
Russia bans films that reject so-called ‘traditional values.’ From Global Voices.
Vojvodina’s Fractured Hungarian and Slovak Minorities
As protests continue to shake Serbia, minority Hungarian and Slovak communities in the country’s northern Vojvodina region describe growing political pressure, shrinking autonomy, and a quiet exodus of youth. From Balkan Insight.
The Bosnian River That Divides and Heals
Activists and artists working to reclaim the Drina know that reconciliation in postwar Bosnia is not only a matter of institutions or tribunals, but also of landscapes, and of how people choose to live with them.
The Magic in Mushrooms
Czech law allows a revolutionary new treatment for severe depression. From Based in Bohemia.
Infowar Threat to Upcoming European Elections
2025 saw coordinated attempts to undermine democratic processes across Central and Eastern Europe. Will Hungary and Bulgaria be the next battlefields?
