Multimedia

CPDP Conference: Data protection and democracy

22/02/2019

Disinformation online and how it can be addressed is an issue that governments around the world are presently grappling with. The panel: "Disinformation and online advertising: do we need to rethink the Internet’s business model?"

The EU expat vote in the European elections

28/02/2019

EU citizens living in a member state other than their country of origin represent more than 3% of the European electorate. In previous European elections, the majority of these citizens did not vote. Will they vote this time round?

Greece: protests in Athens against the Prespa Agreement

21/01/2019

The Prespa agreement, that should put an end to the twenty-years name dispute between Greece and the future (North) Macedonia was signed on 17 June 2018. It now needs to be ratified by the Greek parliament, and it is expected to be brought for voting later this week. A demonstration, which gathered thousands of people from all over Greece, was organized on Sunday to protest against the agreement. According to the demonstrators, (North) Macedonia shouldn’t have the right to use a name that is considered to be historically and culturally related to Greece. They demanded a national referendum on the agreement.

Tom Law on Media Literacy for newsrooms

14/01/2019

Last December Tom Law from the "Ethical Journalism Network" (EJN) held a training at the Centre for International Cooperation in Trento on "Media Literacy": what does that mean exactly? How can newsrooms foster critical thinking? An interview.

The role of external actors in the South Caucasus

12/12/2018

The presentation by Giorgio Comai, researcher at OBC Transeuropa, at the 3rd Oxford Conference on contemporary South Caucasus issues, jointly organised by LINKS (DAR) and the University of Oxford

Bulgaria, in the streets against violence against women

28/11/2018

Last Monday, under the motto #YouAreNotAlone (# НеСиСама), hundreds of people demonstrated in the centre of Sofia against violence against women, demanding effective action from the institutions

Rivers of the Balkans: the siege

05/11/2018

Thousands of dams are planned for the rivers and streams of south-eastern Europe, and their environmental and social impact could prove devastating

Eastern Europe: Poverty and the countryside

16/10/2018

In contrast with other parts of the continent, life in rural areas in Eastern Europe is synonymous with poverty. The problem should be tackled during the current debate on the reform of the common agricultural policy, with particular emphasis on young people

Marshal Tito and Vallarsa

10/10/2018

The Vallarsa Valley extends for about 20 kilometers in northwest-southeast direction between the town of Rovereto and Pian delle Fugazze, in Trentino. Is it the origin of Tito's family?

Bulgaria: truth and justice for Viktoria Marinova

09/10/2018

Yelling "Corruption kills!" hundreds of people took to the streets in Bulgaria asking for truth and justice for Viktoria Marinova, TV host brutally killed on October 6, 2018