Catch up on our latest newsletters Growing pains Hungarian homecoming | Number of the week: 54.6% | EU: please give us a coffee break | A democratic enlargement | “From our experience, we know this will not be easy” February 28, 2024 A crack in the regime’s wall Orbán weakened by hypocrisy | Number of the week: 4 | Serbia slips back into the strongman’s lap | The Polish dilemma | Why doesn’t Erdoğan fall? February 21, 2024 The demographic battleground “I’m not the one who’s going to rearm France” | Number of the week: 11 million | Wrong population figures mean wrong policies | “No forced solidarity” says Polish government | Ukraine’s pre-war population of 44 million: a broken dream? February 14, 2024 Europe roots out Russian spies On Vladimir Putin’s secret service | Number of the week: 70 | Misfits enlisted to run Ukraine ops | Moscow boosts its Belgrade mission February 7, 2024 Bring in the tractors German far-right targets farmers | Number of the week: 55 | EU fears over Ukraine agri-power | Farmers, can you hear me, SOS? | Far right dilemma: how to protect and liberalise January 31, 2024 Is Europe ready for Trump 2.0? Campaign slogans impact Ukraine’s fate | Trump “can overdeliver” Biden in Ukraine | Number of the week: 8 billion | The Eternal Sunshine of the Trump Connection | Conservative brothers in arms January 24, 2024 Raw deal for teens in Europe Home offers more than safety | For war children, trauma remains | Loneliness-washing, no thank you | Talk gets real for AfD targets | Youth fears: ‘Climate change is a big problem, but nothing is done’ January 17, 2024 Remember: War is not over Reflections from the real frontline | Number of the week: 0.1% | Germany pledges to “give Ukraine what it needs” | Hungary stubborn about Ukraine accession | Can resolve replace despair? December 13, 2023 When dying is no longer a private matter “To die like the trees: standing” | “Ethical challenges” must be tackled | Number of the week: 3/4 | The Dutch never-ending question of the right to die | Meloni’s propaganda is a matter of life December 6, 2023 Europe’s empty war on sovereignty “France has been naive in its dealings with Moscow” | Number of the week: 2.4% | China hugs Serbia close | Hungary plays the sovereignty game | Poles choose Brussels over Moscow November 29, 2023 Workers of Europe, unionize! Unions show cross-border solidarity | Number of the week: 6% | No more bogus self-employment | A time of fear | UK unions are back November 22, 2023 The long road into the EU Enlargement: not a done deal | “Too little, too slowly” – Ukraine’s path to the EU | Hungary’s enlargement double bind | Losing Western Balkan hearts and minds | Could Poland be an example for the EU? November 15, 2023 Rail in Europe: Moving at different speeds Greek railways: from bad to worse | Number of the week: 70 | European mindset key for interconnected rail | War-torn Ukraine finds new love for trains | Cuts to cross-border lines derail spirit of adventure November 8, 2023 Energy security risks remain ahead of winter Hungary plays Russian roulette with energy | Number of the week: 10 | Waiting for the strike | A “polar bear’s” hat trick of undersea trouble | “France’s nuclear system has once again become an asset” November 1, 2023 Will Poland turn the tide in Europe? The beauty of the Polish twist | Hungary shakes on isolation | “A powerful return to the European stage” | Ukraine hopes for forward-looking approach | Europe “pulled back from the brink” October 25, 2023 Europe’s window on Israel conflict Holocaust survivor’s new nightmare | Antisemitism hits Berlin’s streets | EU reaction to Israel war: it’s complicated | Divisions in Europe “will deepen” due to war | War trauma unites nations October 18, 2023 Slogans no defence against far right surge Far right drinks its way into Parliament | Number of the week: 4 | Tin foil hats prepare to lead Slovakia | Making eyes to the right | “France has no real public policy against right-wing radicalism” October 11, 2023 The price of peace: weak justice? Balkans haunted by warlord folklore | An unresolved Russian occupation | Time kills justice for communist crimes | Spain’s ‘model’ transition battles with truth | Number of the week: 19 October 4, 2023 Misusing migration narratives Meloni’s bluff | Germany’s green party slides to right on migration | Migration in focus for Slovakia vote | Number of the week: 29 | Staffing crisis hits Ukraine September 27, 2023 Family first, scandals next Estonian PM’s moral collapse | Number of the week: 3 million | Meloni puts family first | Orbán in deep water over holiday | Amnesty for North Macedonia’s “Family” September 20, 2023 The Grain Path Poland defiant on grain ahead of crunch vote | French farmers roasted by Ukrainian chicken imports | Hungary gambles on grain ban | Nine waves of troubles for Ukraine’s agro-giant | Number of the week: 60% September 13, 2023 Tough test for European education Uncertain future for Hungarian teachers | Number of the week: 876 | “Ukrainian kids need to go back to a real school” | Polish teacher shortage starts to bite | Time to have faith in Spanish education September 6, 2023 Tourism in the age of inflation Greeks priced out of Greece | Boom for budget Balkan beauty-zone | Lake hotspot too luxury for many | Barcelona reaches the limit | A break from war August 2, 2023 Left in the dark? Spain will not yet give far right the edge | Number of the week: 9 | Take a walk on the left side | Iberia stands alone – for now | New captain could free Germany’s left from stormy waters July 26, 2023 Europe’s scale of insecurity Wake up! The Russians are coming | One handshake, but zero promises | French Army heads east | Number of the week: 4 | A silver lining to NATO’s indecision July 19, 2023 Police brutality haunts Europe What’s wrong with the French police? | What’s behind the police violence? | Populists capitalise on “War and Peace” comparisons | Number of the week: 8 | How police murder helped topple strongman July 12, 2023 A long and thorny road from war Bosnian war leaves rifts and trauma | Spain’s battle with memory | It’s not enough | Number of the week: 82% | Another war scar in the making July 5, 2023 Heating the debate Did I miss the memo on dropping the 1.5 °C target? | Spain’s water dilemma | Adapting to the worst scenario | Number of the week: 426 | Climate comms: “Trust is a key factor” June 28, 2023 Take our bikes back! Nudging drivers to share the road | How politics save cyclists from drivers | Dutch bike revolution rolls onward | Cycling is politics in Budapest | Bikes are crucial in wartime June 21, 2023 How should work shape our lives? Fewer hours: Lifesaver for our relationships? | Number of the week: 62% vs 54% | Four-day week: a boost for gender equality | Teachers strike over breadline salaries | Resist the privatisation of time! June 14, 2023 Justice on trial Poland’s ‘barely sufficient’ judges | Number of the week: 1,643 | EU ultimatum: cash for reforms | Glue protests lead to Ministry over-reach | A wolf in judge’s clothing June 7, 2023 Racism needs to go, so it’s time to choose Don’t keep calm with racism | Number of the week: 30,000 | Spain forced to reflect on racism | Estonia must bech old slurs | Game, set and mismatch May 31, 2023 AI revolution: out of control? Squaring the circle – regulating AI | Number of the week: 350,000,000 | AI and our right to privacy | Disinformation buster | Dear readers, we are also afraid May 24, 2023 Holiday homes and the housing horror Spanish housing: a tale of two cities | Number of the week: 53,000 | Tents for rents | Airbnb: the good fairy? | A love grown cold May 17, 2023 The war over memory May 9: a tale of two celebrations | Number of the week: 4 | How Ukraine turned on Victory Day | Revisionists in power | Living memory against symbolic politics in Hungary May 10, 2023 Fear and trading with China EU firm on China policy, European states conflicted | Number of the week: 750 million | China deal triggered uni to censor me | And what about the costs? | Lithuanian litmus test April 26, 2023 Nuclear future divides Europe Wind of change | Number of the week: 17 | Leaving Russia behind? | Romania looks Stateside for nuclear future | Chornobyl: today’s shelter is tomorrow’s curse April 19, 2023 Rainbow rising over Europe Can homophobia still win elections? | Number of the week: 4 | War builds case for LGBT rights | No rainbows shine in Orbanised Italy | Normalising LGBT hate in Hungary April 5, 2023 Tensions over pensions Waste workers trash pension hike | My pension plan: work, then die | Old tell young: work harder | Polish pensions in a housing trap | Stop raising my pension March 29, 2023 Road to Unfreedom Number of the week: 711 | Capturing the press live | How private is grief in wartime? | Sunday mass media | Inside the Vatican State Media March 22, 2023 Making and breaking the European dream Guardians of the EU aspiration | People power backed by Ukraine | EU alarm on Georgia | Number of the week: 4 | Montenegro needs EU action March 15, 2023 Strong, proud, feminist and angry War widows unite to help out | Number of the Week: 30 | Women lead pension protest | More than a buzzword | From machismo to feminism March 8, 2023 Energy apocalypse postponed Far-right losing energy bet | Germans turn heat on activists | Moscow’s will on Warsaw | Number of the week: 15% | Air defence brings a ray of light March 1, 2023 What we lose and gain in Ukraine No mercy for pro-Russia priests | Number of the week: 18 % | Sunset of the oligarchs | Pinning hopes on the west | Russia’s war inflames derussification February 22, 2023 Disaster and solidarity Solidarity among the ruins | Number of the week: 1,652 | The missing warning | Quake doubles crisis in Syria | Roaring alarm, hollow response February 15, 2023 The corruption issue Germany: nest of corruption? | Number of the week: 9 out of 25 | EU penalises anti-graft buster | King-size sleaze | Graft: a casualty of war February 8, 2023 Europe takes to the streets The winter of dissent | UK unions stand their ground | “I quit France due to the unions” | Number of the week: 132 | The forgotten people power February 1, 2023 Forests in the firing line Where forests can kill | Number of the week: 10m3 | Spain’s brown gold rush | “You have to burn with everything” | “The forests are collapsing” January 25, 2023 Let it snow! Estonia’s identity thaw | High society feels the heat | Snow lack signals climate crisis | How beautiful it must have been | Winter sports without the snow January 18, 2023 Where will we live? Poles stuck in tight rooms | Number of the week | The Spanish rent trap | How to halve housing costs | Our house is on fire January 11, 2023 Xmas: common ground or a battleground? Whatever happened to Baby Jesus? | Meloni’s Christmas Crusade | War on Xmas: an alt-right diversion | Number of the week: 66 and 80 | UK holidays boost for all Faiths December 21, 2022 Unfairness inflates across Europe Inflation rocketing in Moldova | Prepare for the worst, and fast | Welfare under pressure | Number of the week: 22.5% | Belgium: wages and inflation perform a pas de deux December 14, 2022 Migrant workers (not) Welcome? A chain of abuses between East and West | Number of the week: 2.2 million | Workforce exodus hits the Balkans | “It is absolutely necessary to regularise workers” | Racism and the race for labour December 7, 2022 The beautiful game turns ugly When disillusion kicks in | Estonia’s tragic football dinosaur | Corruption and silence in Poland | Number of the week: 10,000 | European double standards in Qatar November 30, 2022 “Bring more babies!” Where babies overthrew a government | Number of the week: 24,500 | Blame game always on women | Helping hand arrives late | Cradle-filling champions seize Italy November 23, 2022 No fear of the dark in Ukraine A complicated fairy tale | Number of the week: 500,000 | “I will stay home until the victory” | Blackouts won’t stop dining out | Unity in distance November 16, 2022 Has Russia messed with your life today? The face we wear on our chest | Number of the week: 19% | Messing with the Polish border – again? | Why Russian disinfo speaks Spanish | Rubbing salt into Balkan wounds November 9, 2022 Climate activism in the soup? How shallow phrases cause future storms | “We’re probably Europe’s most vulnerable victim of climate change” | Number of the Week: 1,3% | Building a green bridge between east and west | How the far right is hacking the green cause November 2, 2022 The sound of weapons “Everything sounds like danger now” | Peace in Ukraine requires more European weapons | Weaponising the Hungarian revolution | Number of the Week: 0 | Helping Ukraine… and France’s defence industry October 26, 2022 How the energy crisis fuels the far right Taking their country back. This time. Maybe. | Europe’s next far-right prime minister? | Coalition of the Unwilling | No ideological fuel needed | Number of the week: 10.4 billion October 19, 2022 The bitter taste of rising food prices The Croissant contradiction | Number of the Week: 6,600,000,000 | Prices crisis hits boiling point | Kherson’s liberated watermelons | Hungary’s frozen chicken breasts October 12, 2022 Prepping for a wartime winter A journey to the right to exist | France’s “electricity weather forecast” | Number of the Week: 1,000 | Poles stuck in coal age | Southern winds of change October 5, 2022 Because we’re all in it together. No European debate, no European democracy | Number of the Week: 3,6% | How to Insult the Balts – Media 101 | Orbán’s monopoly on storytelling | No room for blame games! September 28, 2022
