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Ambitious European projects support the protection of the sturgeon. However, without the support of the local community and compensation for fishermen, the goal of saving the the Danube’s iconic fish remains elusive
29/08/2025, Marco Ranocchiari -
Down the bunches slide, gravity doing its work, onto a conveyor belt where they would be sorted by hand. The soft landing maintains the integrity of each grape, ensuring their insides aren’t exposed to the elements. It is a therapeutic process for the winemaker and the onlooker, a patient but necessary first step
20/06/2025, Ian Bancroft -
Chiatura was carved by the mines and built on manganese. A century of digging has left Chiatura scarred, sick, and silenced. Now, with operations halted and voices rising, the town demands more than justice: it demands a future
13/06/2025, Riccardo Eger -
Bogdan Crețu’s novel "Less Than Love" (Mai puțin decât dragostea), published in 2023, has been shortlisted for this year’s European Prize for Literature (EUP). A review of the novel, still unpublished in Italy
06/06/2025, Oana Dumbrava -
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also seriously endangered the natural heritage of the attacked country: among the areas most at risk is the Danube Delta on the border with Romania, today subjected to unprecedented ecological pressure. A report
26/05/2025, Anna Romandash, Marine Leduc, Andreea Câmpeanu -
In southern Albania, the Greek minority coexists peacefully with the Albanian population, despite periodic tensions fuelled by the respective governments and nationalist forces. With the tourist boom, the real problem in the region is ruthless capitalism
03/04/2025, Petra Dvořáková -
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ReportageErdoğan’s recent public promise to consider reopening the legendary Halki Seminary has revived the historic concerns and aspirations of Istanbul’s Rum community and, in some cases, its support forTurkey’s longest-serving president
05/11/2025, Mary Drosopoulos - Istanbul
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”
29/09/2025, Giovanni Vale -
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
29/09/2025, Giovanni Vale -
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.
26/09/2025, Giovanni Vale -
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
23/09/2025, Gresa Hasa -
Ambitious European projects support the protection of the sturgeon. However, without the support of the local community and compensation for fishermen, the goal of saving the the Danube’s iconic fish remains elusive
29/08/2025, Marco Ranocchiari -
