EU responds to Chinese sanctions with a new plan: a battle for rare Earth metals
The EU is accelerating plans for joint purchasing and storage of rare earth metals following China’s export restrictions. The Union wants to avoid a repeat of the energy crisis and is stepping into a new era of resource geopolitics.
Inside RSF’s Battle for Press Freedom with Pavol Szalai
Truth has become a battlefield — and journalism, its last line of defense. From Brussels to the Balkans, RSF fights to keep that line standing. Pavol Szalai takes us inside Europe’s struggle for press freedom.
Inštitút 2050 and an interview about how we perceive environmental issues and how to raise a public awareness
How do Slovaks perceive the climate crisis? Are we better off than the Czech Republic and are we even willing to address environmental issues, even though we have a lot of our own problems? And how do environmental issues affect politics?
Archaeopolitics: Parthenon, Greece’s national arena
In 2025, a sneaker-shaped Adidas drone and a banned Lanthimos shoot sparked debate over the Parthenon’s meaning. This essay explores how heritage becomes “archaeopolitics”: a struggle over identity, power, and belonging.
PulseZ podcast: Compass for Life 02 // Click and Work: How Job Searching is Changing in the Digital Age
Life is full of opportunities and challenges. How can we navigate it and make the right decisions about finances, housing, or work? Find it out in the Compass for Life mini-series of the PulseZ podcast. Three episodes, three topics – listen and get inspired.
Moral panic & democratic repression: A conversation with Donatella Della Porta
Europe stands at a crossroads where defending democracy increasingly means restricting it. In this episode, Professor Donatella della Porta unpacks how moral panics, memory politics, and the weaponization of antisemitism are reshaping the boundaries of dissent — and asks what remains of democratic debate when criticism itself becomes a crime.
Jakub Kobela and the Academy of Critical Thinking – an interview about better communication
Critical thinking is becoming an absolutely critical article in our society. Asking the right questions, arguing the right way and most importantly: how. That's what Jakub Kobela teaches.
The 2025 TES Award Journey: interview of Andrej Sloboda with Adriana Jurášková
In this exclusive interview, Adriana Jurášková, the Deputy Principal of Business Academy Nevädzová III in Bratislava, shares the story behind her school’s remarkable success as one of the Entrepreneurial School Awards 2025 (TES by JA Europe) winners.🏆 The interview is led by the PulseZ aspiring journalist Andrej Sloboda.