Since November 2023, around thirty journalists have been arrested in Azerbaijan. From behind bars, these journalists have revealed the appalling conditions of the prison system, something previously impossible to do due to limited access to information
EU pre-accession support to the Western Balkans includes a component of transnational and cross-border cooperation, which helps create long-lasting professional networks among EU candidate countries and member states. An interview
With the final phase, thanks to the European CROSS II project, Croatia will be completely mine-free by the end of the year. We visited the Otočac woods in Lika-Senj County, one of the front lines of the 1990s war where demining is still underway. Our report
Croatia will be mine-free by the end of the year, thirty years after the end of the war. What will happen to the deminers who will not be able to retire after years of strenuous and dangerous work? We spoke to Mario Iveković, president of Novi Sindikat, a union that has been working to protect deminers since 2008
By materially supporting European regions on different sides of the border to solve a common problem, Interreg projects demonstrate how the impact of transition is often fostered by cross-border cooperation
Until recently, it was under strict protection, but since 2024, partly at the request of the European Commission, the wolf’s protection status has been downgraded, so today this species is potentially huntable. According to some experts, “when society shifts to the right, the wolf pays the price”
In this double interview between Serbia and Croatia, we talk to two experts about the state of the wolf population, until recently a strictly protected species in the EU, now degraded and potentially huntable. However, in Serbia, where wolves have always been hunted, the situation does not seem to be getting worse
In the aftermath of World War II and the creation of socialist Yugoslavia, Brijuni became a kind of second Yugoslav capital. Tito used to spend a good part of the year on the islands, welcoming numerous international guests. And this is where the Non-Aligned Movement was born
The Brijuni Islands, a small national park in the northern Adriatic, have a very unique history. Once a malaria-ridden area with inhospitable terrain, they became an important tourist destination in the 19th century thanks to Austrian entrepreneur Paul Kupelwieser. In this two-part report, we explore their history and present-day reality.
Constance, Gdańsk, Klaipėda, Ejsberg. These are some of the European coastal cities that are undergoing major expansion of their port facilities, in the face of serious environmental damage
Thessaloniki has long skirted the uncomfortable truths of the Greek Civil War, leaving much of its violence unrecorded and its victims unhonored. The recent discovery of mass graves near Genti Koulé challenges both the city’s institutions and its citizens to confront a history that was deliberately buried
After meetings between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Türkiye, optimism is growing for a peace treaty by 2026. Yerevan hopes to reopen its border with Ankara. Pashinyan is aiming for concrete results to strengthen his fragile political position
To protect the marine ecosystems of the Adriatic, concrete policies are needed, shared by all the countries bordering this sea. Often, these results are achieved thanks to bottom-up transnational cooperation initiatives. An interview
In a quest for truth, renowned author Lea Ypi, with her new book Indignity, embarks on a journey that carries her from the multiethnic setting of the last days of the Ottoman Empire to the rise of fascism across Europe, and the subsequent establishment of proletarian dictatorships in the East
In addition to the destruction and deaths on the front lines, Russia's war in Ukraine creates invisible victims, many of whom are women. Women's solidarity networks are trying to help victims of kidnapping, exploitation and human trafficking
Previously marginal revanchist intellectuals have been producing grandiose ideological theorisations, that are now at the core of state-sanctioned narratives legitimising Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There is however little evidence that the “hawks” can effectively constrain the Kremlin’s policy choices
Behind the charred landscapes of Greece’s fiery summers lie untold human stories: of loss, resilience, and deep psychological and social scars for individuals and communities alike. Each year’s wildfires in Greece expose systemic failures
Doctors at the Skopje Oncology Clinic allegedly subjected their patients to palliative care in order to resell their medications illegally: these are the horrific allegations in two controversial trials underway in North Macedonia
While President Putin’s conditions for achieving peace with Ukraine stay unshakable amid further peace talks, civilians in occupied territories are fighting against Russification. Although rarely talked about in Western media, Ukrainians are engaging in various forms of resistance, both peaceful and violent.
As the political situation in Serbia remains explosive, the publication of a controversial private conversation highlights an attempt to muzzle the few media outlets in the country that continue to take a critical line towards the government
