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A Hungarian festival where 20,000 people go back to 1998

This summer, many people were amazed by the DJ Oti phenomenon. He is Balázs Sebestyén’s alter ego from Eastern Germany,…
Front and Backstage: A Survival Guide to Summer Festivals

A festival is a kind of suspended space where time seems to freeze and everyday life is left outside. It’s…
Rural Women’s Clubs in Poland are more than just a tradition

European Dives

Rural Women’s Clubs are village women’s associations that first emerged in Poland in the late 19th century. For over a…
In Guadeloupe, Toxic Algae Is Making Life a Living Hell for Residents

European Dives

Since 2011, the island of La Désirade — a dependency of Guadeloupe — has been increasingly overwhelmed by large quantities…

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What Europe Must Not Forget: Lessons from a Veteran Activist

Stories Breaking Borders

A veteran French activist revisits the struggles that shaped her political life—from the energy of May 1968 and the rise…
Can simple compost help us cool cities down? This Budapest initiatives demonstrates, how

Stories Breaking Borders

What’s the point of green spaces in cities? In Budapest, Mark Richards, compost master in the Aurora Climate Garden, has…
Rethinking Flowers: Sustainable Floristry in Seville

Stories Breaking Borders

A group of young enthusiastic florists is on a mission to transform Seville’s flower scene by prioritising local growers, seasonal…
Border Limits: life on the Lithuania-Belarus border

Stories Breaking Borders

In southern Lithuania, on the border with Belarus, there is a village called Katra. There used to live 130 people…

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Rural Women’s Clubs in Poland are more than just a tradition

European Dives

Rural Women’s Clubs are village women’s associations that first emerged in Poland in the late 19th century. For over a…
In Guadeloupe, Toxic Algae Is Making Life a Living Hell for Residents

European Dives

Since 2011, the island of La Désirade — a dependency of Guadeloupe — has been increasingly overwhelmed by large quantities…
Fired for Speaking Out: Hungarian Teachers in the wake of civil disobedience

European Dives

In recent years, many teachers in Hungary lost their jobs for protesting against the decline of the education system and…
The friends that want to rebuild society in one of Marseille’s neighbourhood

European Dives

Adda, Djamali, Nahif, and Mohamed have known each other since they were very young. Now in their early twenties, the…

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In Vivo n°83 – A troll in my home

In Vivo n°83 – A troll in my home N°83 — A troll in my home © Anna Rabko —…
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In Vivo n°82 – Why I like trains

In Vivo n°82 – Why I like trains N°82 — Why I like trains © Anna Rabko — Sphera Network…
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© Victoria Stampfer — Sphera Network Sphera’s on holiday. So there’s no interview this week, but instead we’ve prepared plenty…
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N°80 — Weighing in the balance

Article 50 of Law 4/2023, recognizes the right of trans foreign nationals—who can prove that it’s legally or practically impossible…

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The mental health toll of Europe’s migration policies

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Racism, violence, institutional abandonment and unbearable living conditions. These are all factors that damage the mental health of migrants and exiled people. That’s exactly what migrants in Ceuta are experiencing since July.

Does the EU really care about migrants mental health?

ByEuropod in co-production with theSphera Network.

This episode is based on an article written by Sarah Babiker forEl Salto and is co-written with Agathe Kupfer fromMédianes.

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Orban subjugated the media of an entire country for 16 years – and still lost

EUreka!

Over 16 years in power, Viktor Orbán didn’t just win elections — he absorbed Hungary’s entire media landscape, turning it…
Museums, too, struggle with political control in Europe

EUreka!

While Europe frequently champions freedom of speech, press, and expression, cultural and artistic freedoms receive far less public attention. Yet…
How Gen Z has led mass protests in over 10 countries

EUreka!

Young people setting fire to parliaments, hoisting One Piece flags and bringing down governments — all organised on Discord. It’s…
From COVID to today: what’s been happening to our workplaces?

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In this new series “Sphera Hotline” we dive into the topics and questions that bother us, young Europeans. From climate…

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