On 8 July, the European Parliament adopted what several MEPs called a historic resolution: the first official EU recognition of the sexual violence committed against women and girls during Turkey’s 1974 invasion of Cyprus. What this development could set in motion is only beginning to unfold

26/08/2026, Mary Drosopoulos  Strasbourg

Following the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the EU established a civilian monitoring mission in Georgia. Since then, the EUMM has been making an impartial contribution to stability and security, even though relations between the EU and Georgia have become increasingly strained

26/08/2026, Tornike Kakalashvili  Gori

The Romanian investment fund Nucleo Ventures, recently created thanks to EU funding through cohesion policy, will provide venture capital support for tech startups ranging from 150,000 to 1.4 million euros. An interview with Valentin Filip, president of the new fund

26/08/2026, Claudiu Zamfir 

While the flamingos have given the Albanian protest its visual identity, drums and chants have given it a voice. In this report, we have collected some of the most well-known voices from the protests which have been going on uninterruptedly for almost three months now

24/08/2026, Erisa Kryeziu  Tirana

In recent years, the Romanian school system has changed, some say for the worse, others for the better. We spoke with Ivona Munteanu, a Romanian language and literature teacher and alumna of the Teach for Romania program, which trains teachers to work in challenging school environments

21/08/2026, Oana Dumbrava 

Kosovo is struggling to emerge from its long political crisis: even after last June’s early elections, the parties in the Pristina parliament are unable to form a new parliament and a new majority. As tensions rise, the country could lose vital EU funding

19/08/2026, Mehmet Krasniqi  Pristina