Wine in Moldova is one of the main exports to the EU. With the 2006 Russian embargo and the country’s new direction, Moldova has increasingly oriented itself towards the EU market. We interviewed Margherita Gobbat, a researcher at the Research Center for East European Studies (FSO) at the University of Bremen, Germany, and the Center for Social Sciences (CSS), Georgia

02/07/2026, Luisa Chiodi, Gentiola Madhi 

Academics, journalists, lawyers, trade unionists and representatives of civil society have been arrested on arbitrary grounds in Turkey in the run-up to the forthcoming NATO summit, scheduled to take place in Ankara on 7 and 8 July. According to the opposition, the hundreds of arrests are aimed at preventing any form of protest or dissent

01/07/2026, Burcu Karakaş  Istanbul

In early June, Moldova, together with Ukraine, began accession negotiations with the EU. On that occasion, a conference on European investment in the country was held in Chișinău to try to answer the question: In what areas should the Moldovan economy—one of the poorest on the continent—specialize?

30/06/2026, Gian Marco Moisé, Gian Paolo Accardo 

Silvia Duminuco, a young woman adopted twenty years ago by a Sicilian couple, has returned to North Macedonia in search of her origins. A journey filled with hope and expectations as she sets out to rediscover her roots, which could soon be turned into a documentary

30/06/2026, Aleksandar Samardjiev  Tetovo

In April, Kosovo’s Assembly elected the boards of two key media institutions, the Independent Media Commission (IMC) and the Board of Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK). Hasty procedures and a lack of transparency cast doubt on the legitimacy of both processes

26/06/2026, Sanja Vasić 

On 18 and 19 June, the European Council summit took place in Brussels, bringing together the 27 European leaders to discuss a wide range of topics, including the complex dossier on the multiannual budget for 2028–2034.

25/06/2026, Alice Bandera