Representative survey: Germans want their government to assume an active and cooperative role in Europe Press release German citizens believe their government's promise to shape EU policy has not yet been fulfilled. The majority support a joint EU investment fund to promote climate-neutral industries. European defense capabilities and energy independence are their top policy priorities.
Anne Klein Women's Award 2023 to Joumana Seif Press release The Anne Klein Women's Award 2023 goes to the Syrian lawyer and women's and human rights activist Joumana Seif.
Civil society briefing on the Working Group II Report of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment: Beyond the Limits. How Gambling on Overshoot is Pushing the Planet Beyond a Point of No Return Press release The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is releasing the second part of the Sixth Assessment Report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability on 28 February 2022.
A World without Plastic Pollution Is Possible - A Book for Teens Informs and Guides on Plastic Press release Today, the Heinrich Böll Foundation is publishing the digital non-fiction book Unpacked! Plastic, Waste, and Me.
Societal transformation scenario for limiting global warming to 1.5°C: A low-risk and socially just climate mitigation scenario Press release The scenario models for the first time a global 1.5°C mitigation pathway by embarking on a socio-ecological transformation and without deployment of high-risk technologies such as CCS, geoengineering or new investments in nuclear power.
Born out of crisis: New online newspapers are shaking up Spain’s media landscape Background Spain’s political topography and consequently its media landscape have undergone radical change as a consequence of the economic and political crisis of 2008. By Thilo Schäfer
The Hungarian state is refusing to carry out certain court orders regarding freedom of information requests Analysis The state cannot expect regular people to respect the decisions made in courtrooms if state agencies themselves ignore them. By Dániel G. Szabó
How the Hungarian “Zuckerberg” is keeping Orbán’s system alive It is becoming increasingly difficult to access public interest data in Hungary. Not only does Mayor Lőrinc Mészáros fund Hungary’s propaganda machinery, he is also believed to manage the secret wealth of the Orbán family. By Ákos Keller-Alánt, Tibor Rácz and Krisztián Simon
The shutdown of Népszabadság: Orbán comes one step closer to complete media dominance Hungary’s largest left-wing political daily, Népszabadság, has shut down unexpectedly, and it is more than likely that this development is linked to the governing Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Independent journalists are not giving up, however, despite the ruling party’s tightening grip on the media. By Krisztián Simon and Tibor Rácz
Democraturas are flourishing in EU's yard At the panel discussion "Media (un) freedom in South Eastern Europe" on July 9, 2015 journalists from Bulgaria, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia reported on the highly critical situation of the media system in their countries. By Adelina Marini
