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Mzia Amaghlobeli receives the Sakharov Prize

We warmly congratulate Mzia Amaghlobeli on receiving the Sakharov Prize. The online newspapers Batumelebi and Netgazeti, which she co-founded and runs, are among Georgia's most important independent media outlets.

Portrait Prof. Dr. Seyla Benhabib - mit Brille blickt nach rechts aus einem Fenster, Spiegelungen verdecken Teile des Gesichts.

Hannah Arendt Prize 2025 for Political Thought Awarded to Seyla Benhabib

Press Release

The Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought 2025 will be awarded to Seyla Benhabib. The internationally renowned political philosopher and theorist will accept the prize on December 9, 2025, at Bremen City Hall.

Press Invitations

Background webinar on IPCC: Equity in climate modelling

Press briefing

European Mobility Atlas 2021: Facts and Figures about Transport and Mobility in Europe

Press invitation

Invite Press-only pre-launch briefing on our European Mobility Atlas 2021: Facts and Figures about Transport and Mobility in Europe. On Wednesday 3 February 2021, 9:00 a.m. CET. (in English).

Statements from the Heinrich Böll Foundation

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We cannot lose sight of the two-state solution

Statement

We empathize with the pain and suffering of all Israelis – as well as with the pain and suffering of the Palestinians. A peace perspective requires a political solution that guarantees the right to self-determination and security for both Israel and Palestine.

Israelische Flagge vor dem Brandenburger Tor bei einer pro-israelischen Solidaritätskundgebung am 8. Oktober 2023 in Berlin

Statement by the Heinrich Böll Foundation on the Hamas attack on Israel

Statement

We condemn the brutal terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel in the strongest possible terms.Our full solidarity now goes to Israel, which has every right to defend itself against terror.

Pictures and Videos

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Experts

International Offices: Contact and information

Fighting against the destruction of our ecosystem, enforcing democracy and human rights, promoting equal rights for women, preventively securing peace in crisis zones - these are the goals that determine our work abroad, among others.

New Publications

“By the time we respond to conflict, it’s too late”

Policy Paper

In this conversation with Barbara Mittelhammer, Sussan Tahmasebi traces the Middle East crisis to its structural roots. She critiques the EU’s inconsistencies on human rights and calls on Europe to rethink its relationship with the region and its people.

Barbara Mittelhammer, Sussan Tahmasebi

Refugee Women*, GBV and the Crisis of Global Responsibility

Fact Sheet

Gender-based violence is rooted in longstanding inequalities, intensified by conflict, displacement, and poverty. As global humanitarian funding declines, refugee and displaced women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ communities are losing access to critical services.

Anila Noor , Nurhidayah Hassan

Green report cover showing a market scene with two people handling bundles of spring onions. Title: Socio-Economic Cost of War and Repression in the Middle East: Why Europe’s Approach Falls Short by Barbara Mittelhammer. Logos: böllpaper and ThinkPeace.

Socio-Economic Cost of War and Repression in the Middle East

Policy Paper

War doesn't just destroy infrastructures; it dismantles the social and economic foundations that hold societies together. The US-Israeli war with Iran has exposed how Europe's response remains dangerously blind to the human dimension of conflict.

Barbara Mittelhammer

Study cover titled “Complementary, Cooperative, or Competitive?” above aerial view of forest and solar panel installation.

Complementary, Cooperative or Competitive? The EU’s and China’s Engagement in Global Net-Zero Emissions Development

Policy Paper

Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the geopolitical landscape of climate action has fundamentally shifted. This policy paper examines how the EU and China interact across the Global South in support of net-zero development.

Martin Voss, Maya Kielhorn

Surface Albedo Modification and Arctic Ice Management

Factsheet

Changing the surface albedo is a proposed solar geoengineering method that aims to reflect more sunlight back into space by increasing the Earth’s albedo—the reflectivity of the Earth’s surface.

Press Releases

Mzia Amaghlobeli receives the Sakharov Prize

Hannah Arendt Prize 2025 for Political Thought Awarded to Seyla Benhabib

Press Invitations

Background webinar on IPCC: Equity in climate modelling

European Mobility Atlas 2021: Facts and Figures about Transport and Mobility in Europe

Statements from the Heinrich Böll Foundation

We cannot lose sight of the two-state solution

Statement by the Heinrich Böll Foundation on the Hamas attack on Israel

Pictures and Videos

Experts

International Offices: Contact and information

New Publications

“By the time we respond to conflict, it’s too late”

Refugee Women*, GBV and the Crisis of Global Responsibility

Socio-Economic Cost of War and Repression in the Middle East

Complementary, Cooperative or Competitive? The EU’s and China’s Engagement in Global Net-Zero Emissions Development

Surface Albedo Modification and Arctic Ice Management

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