by John West | 29 Jul 2024 | Decoders, Europe, History, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, United States
The mutual defence pact started with 12 nations and now has 32 members. But does bigger mean safer? Military officers attend a ceremony in Albania for the inauguration of an international tactical air base, NATO’s first in the Western Balkan region, 4 March 2024. (AP...
by Karolina Krakowiak | 5 Jun 2024 | Europe, Poland, Politics, Wh-Y Vote
Young people in Poland know that European integration is important. But they struggle to connect to political bodies that seem far away. People wave both European and Polish flags at a rally conducted by opposition party ahead of the general election in Warsaw, Poland...
by Helen Womack | 4 Jun 2024 | Europe, Politics, Wh-Y Vote
Hungary’s current government distances itself from the European Union. But young people share a different mindset. A government billboard reading “Let’s not dance to their tune” is seen with portraits of Open Society Foundation Chair Alex Soros...
by Sabine Berzina | 3 Jun 2024 | Europe, Wh-Y Vote
Latvian youth are not accustomed to democratic participation. How can they be encouraged? A woman walks by the European Union House in Riga, Latvia 1 June 2024. In Latvian, the writing on the window says, “We put it here, you write it down in your calendar....
by Helen Womack | 3 Jan 2024 | Decoder Replay, Europe
Millions of people around the world have no rights and live in the shadows, on the margins of society. Migrants are rescued by a Doctors Without Borders rescue team boat in the Mediterranean Sea after leaving Libya trying to reach European soil, 6 October 2023. (AP...