The 2026 World Cup: A Game Beyond Politics or Deeply Within It?
As the world’s biggest sporting event heads to North America, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is already overshadowed by political tensions. From calls for a boycott to criticism of FIFA’s leadership, questions about neutrality in football are growing louder. Can the game truly unite nations while its hosts and institutions remain deeply entangled in global conflicts? Or has football long since become another arena of international power politics?
The Peace Room: Saving Lives with MSF in a Forgotten War
In this episode of The Peace Room, we speak with Christina Psarra of MSF Greece about Sudan’s devastating but underreported humanitarian crisis.We explore what medical action looks like in the middle of war, what neutrality means when healthcare is under attack, and whether humanitarian work can do more than respond to suffering. It is a conversation about care under fire, invisible crises, and the politics of global attention.
From climate change to the tragedy at Praid
For some, climate change doesn't mean much—just some glaciers melting in a hurry or temperatures that can terrify people—but this can lead to natural disasters that become true tragedies, as we witnessed at the Praid Salt Mine.
Crisis of Bosnian Public Media: What Happens if BHRT Goes Dark? — Part II
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s long-running political deadlock is pushing its only state-level public broadcaster, BHRT, closer than ever to total collapse. While the crisis is often framed in terms of debt and dysfunction, the stakes run far deeper. Behind the headlines lies a question that cuts to the core of the country’s fragile system — what happens when one of the last institutions meant to serve ALL citizens simply disappears?
Crisis of Bosnian Public Media: What Happens if BHRT Goes Dark? — Part I
On February 26, viewers across Bosnia and Herzegovina were greeted not by regular programming, but by a stark warning from BHRT, the country’s only state-level public broadcaster may soon shut down. Burdened by mounting debt and political deadlock, BHRT now faces a very real possibility — going off air for good.
GREEN SKG: Rethinking Thessaloniki’s Green Future
A podcast series exploring the future of the International Exhibition Area, the prospect of a Green Metropolitan Park, and what such a transformation could mean for citizens’ everyday lives in an age of climate crisis. It also examines the public campaign for a local referendum as a direct democratic response to the city’s future.
“Revealing Europeans to themselves”: How public priorities have shifted between the latest two EU budget cycles
In 2021, Europeans turned to the EU for economic recovery and a framework of solidarity to coordinate knowledge, resources and collective response during and after the pandemic. Today, they look to it for protection in a much broader sense.
Too tired to care? What regulatory and climate fatigue are doing to the EU
Simplification comes hand-in-hand with the recently approved Omnibus package. But, is this shift merely technical or does it reflect something deeper about the Union? A growing sense of fatigue may be at the heart of this transformation.
