Southern Europe Drying: How Real Is the Water Crisis?
Warnings about a drying Southern Europe appear regularly, yet the scale becomes clear only when agriculture and cities begin feeling the strain....
The Pope’s Turkey Visit: Eastern Mediterranean as Christianity’s Foundation
Pope Leo XIV's first papal journey to Turkey from 27-30 November 2025 placed the eastern Mediterranean once again at the centre of Catholic imagination, inviting...
Finland’s Unemployment Paradox: Rising Joblessness, Surprising Calm
Finland recorded 10.3% unemployment in October 2025, the highest figure since 2009, yet public discourse suggests that economic pessimism does not always translate...
Scientology’s Public Relations Push: Community Service as Strategy in Europe
Scientology-backed volunteers boost drug-prevention across France, using community outreach to reshape the group’s public image....
Trafficked Antiquities: Where Southern Europe’s Treasures Actually Go
Global police dismantle a long-running antiquities trafficking network, seizing 3,000 looted artefacts worth over €100 million....
EU Perception Shift: Albania Gains Ground While Croatia Appears Unsettled
No headline about European enlargement ever mentions temperament, yet it often shapes perceptions behind closed doors....
Documenting Bach: The Quiet Science Behind Musical Authorship
New research revealing two unknown Bach compositions shows how fragile authorship becomes when centuries separate a composer from the page....
Spain Removes Francoist Symbols: History’s Place in Public Space
Spain's plan to catalogue and remove remaining Francoist symbols has reopened a deeper debate about what a society should preserve and what it must release....
Hungary’s Tourism Peak and the Hidden Cost of Rising Rents
Hungary is enjoying a tourism boom, yet its rental market tells a less celebrated version: one of pressure rather than shared prosperity....
Spain’s Street Paradox: Clean Reputation, Dirty Reality
New data from Spanish cities shows rising complaints about dog waste in public spaces despite record sanitation spending, creating a gap between the country's self-image...
