In Italy, a psychologist with a camper fights against the stigma surrounding mental health
Maurizio Cinquini, 55, became a psychologist after working as a train driver and a coach. One day, while having a beer with a friend, he thought of taking a camper van and driving around the country, encouraging people to talk to a therapist. That’s how, in 2022 “Psychologist on the Road” was born. Since, Maurizio […]
The hidden struggle of endometriosis: Myriam’s story
Myriam is a 29-year-old very dynamic hairdresser who suffers from endometriosis: a condition, which has been long ignored by the public and doctors. Between 6% and 10% of women worldwide are affected by this condition that causes severe, debilitating pain – and takes a toll on your mental health. Myriam was diagnosed very late, around […]
Transistence: Can Spain show Greece the way to defending trans rights?
A new law in Spain allows people to freely change gender from age 16, without undergoing a two-year hormonal treatment or obtaining a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria, as required by previous legislation. Popaganda went to Spain, meeting politicians, trans rights activists and organisations, in an attempt to find out how the new law changed […]
Sea Shepherd: on a mission to save the Greek seas
Human activity has an enormous impact marine ecosystems. From overfishing to plastic pollution, the consequences of tourism and commerce affect animals who live in the seas and oceans around the world. In Greece, The National Marine park of Alonissos is home to an endangered seal species. One of those seals, Kostis, was killed with a […]
Global warming and the changing forest
The Pilis Park Forest is the only park forest farm in Hungary, managing 65 000 hectares of state-owned forest land near Budapest. The changing climate and increasing rates of wildfires and deforestation around the world call for innovative solutions. Csepányi Albert Péter, a forest engineer and a nature conservation engineer at the Pilis Parkerdő Art, […]
Faenza, Emilia-Romagna: how the Italian city is recovering after devastating floods
In May 2023, unprecedented rains and severe floods hit the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, leaving thousands of people without homes and the government with billions of euros’ worth of damage to fix. Faenza was one of the cities that took the hardest hit. Water reached as high as the second floors of residential buildings, leaving […]
Belarus revolution: The Protest Bride
Summer 2020. On the streets of Minsk, the capital of Belarus, thousands and thousands are protesting against the rigged elections which ‘re-elected’ Alexander Lukashenko, “Europe’s last dictator”. Ina Zaitsava, was one of them, though with a twist: she was wearing a white wedding dress with red paint, the colours of Belarus. She lives now in […]
An escape to rural France: from the Sziget to a renovate a castle. The life of András Derdák
András Derdák is a European traveller. Before the pandemic, we was spending his time between Paris and Budapest, between being a culture official in the city of lights and one of the brain of the Sziget festival. But in March 2020, his story took a drastic turn. As lockdowns were implemented and borders closed to […]
Vallekas, a water Utopia
Summer 1981, several young Spaniards from a poor neighbourhood in Madrid were suffering from a heatwave. That’s why they started to throw buckets of water in the streets and at each other. Little did they know, the following year, the streets of their district Vallecas, self-proclaimed they were now a seaport and a Naval Battle […]
The fight for Polish Waters
As many other European countries, there is a ongoing fight over water use in Poland. From industrial projects to agricultural use, Polish citizens know very little on how water is used in their countries. From draining wetlands, to changing landscapes and ongoing construction to allow enormous boats to travel on the Vistule river there is […]
