A New Era for Justice in Kosovo Published: 12 January 2017 Kosovo Special Court became operational on January 1. If it indicts all persons mentioned as suspects in the Marty Report, it would represent a tsunami of sorts, one that could cause tectonic shifts. By Ismet Hajdari
Benedek Jávor: the Commission should not have approved the Paks II project Published: 30 December 2016 During his visit to Prague in November 2016, Hungarian Green MEP Benedek Jávor gave an interview to EurActiv.cz on the latest development around the controversial project of Hungarian nuclear power plant Paks II.
Hungarian Uprising: Blind Spot 1956 Published: 22 December 2016 During the 1956 uprising, the coat of arms named after the Stalinist dictator Mátyás Rákosi was cut out of the national flag by revolutionaries - the ground for a workshop arranged by the artists Katharina Roters and József Szolnoki. By Kristóf Szombati and József Szolnoki
Avoiding America's Flaws: Lessons for Rising Asian Nations Published: 20 December 2016 For those who have held the U.S. as the bastion of all things good and right, this may be a wake-up call. By Chandran Nair
Macedonia: a captured society Published: 14 December 2016 The hostile environment created by the government makes the work of civil society actors practically impossible. To be a human rights activist in Macedonia is to be a person that is constantly threatened, attacked, and demonized. By Xhabir Deralla
“Live as you wish, but make sure other people do not know” Published: 8 December 2016 Discrimination in the healthcare system, exclusion from society, limited job opportunities - in South Caucasus LGBTI persons are still victim of discrimination and violation. An owerview of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. By Edita Badasyan
The Italian constitutional referendum: a victory for democracy and civil society Published: 6 December 2016 Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi decided to stake everything on the referendum: his personal credibility and his political legitimacy. His failure leads us to the question what kind of change Renzi was actually representing. By Armanda Cetrulo
Ágnes Heller: “Shamefulness is part of the European tradition as well” Published: 5 December 2016 Ágnes Heller is one of the most prominent philosophers of our time. We talked with her about her experiences during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, about the crisis in Europe and its future, and about coping with the past. By Eva van de Rakt and Silja Schultheis
A Slippery Slope: The USA after the Presidential elections Published: 13 December 2016 Ralf Fücks visited the United States in the week after the elections for talks and events in New York and Washington DC. Reflections and highlights from a nation in shock. By Ralf Fücks
Massive deforestation to secure EU funds – Fidesz is not sparing the environment Published: 25 November 2016 An underreported aspect of Viktor Orbán’s rule is the harm Fidesz is doing to the environment. Due to urban development projects all over Budapest, thousands of healthy trees are in danger of being cut down. By Nóra Diószegi-Horváth