Chris Hedges: Edward Said Lecture, ‘Requiem for Gaza’

Journalist Chris Hedges delivers the 2025 Edward Said Memorial Lecture, “Requiem for Gaza” in Adelaide, Australia. Chris Hedges gives the second talk of his 2025 Australian tour, the Edward SaidMemorial Lecture, at the University of South...

#IFJBlog: Sexual harassment still perceived as “normal and socially acceptable” behaviour

Women journalists in the Balkans talk about violence, but rarely about their own personal experience, a survey finds. A recent study conducted by the Mediacentar Sarajevo - in collaboration with the Krog Institute, the Croatian Union of...

Food, Conflict, and the Weaponization of Food

This piece is part of the weekly series “Growing Forward: Insights for Building Better Food and Agriculture Systems,” presented by the Global Food Institute at the George Washington University and the nonprofit organization Food Tank. Each...

World : Baku Conference Highlights Global Cooperation On Missing Persons

BAKU, Oct 14 (Bernama-Azertac) -- The international conference on "Uniting efforts and enhancing cooperation to address the issue of missing persons" took place at the Gulustan Palace as part of the Baku Dialogue on Missing Persons, Azertac, the...

La Danza Apocalypsa Balkanica: Musician-Philosopher Boris Kovac on Spiritual Resistance

In this interview, musician-philosopher Boris Kovac speaks about Tito's Yugoslavia, Serbia today, the enduring Partizan Movement and also about Resistance today and the struggle for a multipolar, sovereign world. Boris Kovač, an honoured...

Home secretary: Britain has lost control of its borders

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

A ride across generations: Pune teen rides 3,000 km across Europe with his father and peers

Back home in Pune, 19-year-old Archit Zoting’s mother still believes her son was a pillion rider on a European road trip. What she doesn’t know is that Archit rode his own 500-cc motorcycle through snow, rain, and steep mountain passes across...

Pope Sails for Peace

On Friday, Pope Leo XIV boarded the Bel Espoir while it was docked in Ostia, near Rome. Greeted with singing and smiles, the pontiff explored the cabins, shared pastries with the crew, and delivered an unscripted message on deck Laughter, music,...

PREMIUM TIMES’ Business Editor selected for US govt’s programme on Trade, Development Finance

PREMIUM TIMES’ Business Editor, Oladeinde Olawoyin, has been selected for the 2025 International Visitors’ Leadership Program (IVLP) for professional leaders in Trade, Finance and Development. Mr Olawoyin was named alongside 21 other participants...

Pope Leo visits ship sailing the Mediterranean to promote peace

On Friday afternoon, during a visit to the "school of peace", Pope Leo XIV sought to encourage the young people on the ship to listen in "a world that is increasingly prone to violence, hatred and separation". Arm in arm, young people of different...

Smog Alert: Lahore is Once Again the Worst Place to Breathe on Earth Today

Lahore is ranked as the most polluted city in the world today, according to the latest data by IQ Air. With an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 270, the air is classified as “very unhealthy,” posing serious health risks to everyone. Delhi follows with...

Unprepared for Transition to Smart Agriculture

Albania remains the most agricultural country in the Western Balkans, but at the same time, the least prepared for the transition to smart agriculture. According to the recently published report "Skilling up the Western Balkans Agri-Food Sector"...

One Year after the Floods: Working together to prevent future Tragedies

Op-ed by the Head of the EU Delegation/EU Special Representative in BiH Luigi Soreca One year ago, on 4 October 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina was struck by devastating floods and landslides. They swept through several municipalities, taking 27...

As a Trans Person in Federal Prison, I’m Being Punished for Existing

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! This essay is a winner of Truthout’s 2025 Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize. Whenever a natural disaster is headed towards the prison where I am...

Trapped in the algorithm: Rethinking media’s role in a 'rigged' digital world

Panelists at the Our Media conference, organized by the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) and Mediacentar Sarajevo, confronted the ethical and strategic dilemmas civil society faces when operating on corporate...

Happy 20th Birthday, Energy Community – From Vision to Transformation

It began in Athens, two decades ago, with a signature at the Zappeion Megaron — a city built on ideas giving birth to another one: that energy could unite where politics once divided. The Energy Community was born in 2005 to extend the EU’s energy...

The Flood of Noise

How media freedom is eroded – and defended. From SEENPM. Media freedom and freedom of expression remain deeply contested, fragile, and under pressure – not only in so-called “fragile democracies” but increasingly everywhere. Those are insights I...

Desislava Tsvetkova and her poetic comparisons between Bulgaria and United Europe

I come to Bulgaria to recharge myself with new feelings - this is what Desislava Tsvetkova shares with us. She spent 14 years in the capitals of the United Europe, working in the administration of the European Commission. Desislava has recently...

A Trail of Salt On Nenad Nešić’s Assets

Nenad Nešić, president of the Democratic People’s Alliance (DNS) and former Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, spent July 2025 at his 346 m² luxury penthouse near the beach in Tivat, Montenegro. Nešić paid over 625,000 BAM in cash for...

Klas Opens New Production Plant In Srebrenica: 150 New Jobs Secured

The well-known Sarajevo company Klas d.d. plans to expand its production and open a new plant in Srebrenica, which is expected to bring up to 150 new jobs. This investment represents an important step toward strengthening the local economy and...