The 12 Demands of German business on migration
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Globally, there were 304 million migrants in 2024, according to the United Nations. It is self-evident...
Month: October 2025
East-Germany’s youth
Posted by Thomas Klikauer For many young people in East-Germany, democracy has become a dirty word. It is conceivable that...
How to beat Germany’s AfD in 2025
Posted by Thomas Klikauer With the most recent election results in – this time from Germany’s most populous state, Nordrhein-Westfalen...
Death of the Fifth Republic
When Charles de Gaulle inaugurated the Fifth Republic in 1958, his primary objective was to overcome the systemic fragility that...
Ofer Neiman: In the context of stopping the genocide, ceasefire is a reasonable step. But that immediately brings us back to what the privileged Israeli citizens must do to end the apartheid
I think the first phase will happen — it’s in Israel’s best interest since it means getting the surviving hostages...
The Bauhaus in today’s Dessau
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Germany’s Bauhaus – literally, “building house” – was a form of architecture and design that flourished...
A tale of two German cities
Posted by Thomas Klikauer This is a tale of two German cities. One city – Görlitz – is situated in...
Czechia enters the Trump 2.0 era
Vladimir Mitev Cross-border Talks are back! In its newest interview for CbT, Czech journalist and researcher Veronika Sušová-Salminen discussed the...
Young people, media and civic culture: Bulgaria and Romania meet the Gen Z and young millennials
By Vladimir Mitev To be young is not a quality. A “young person” could mean many things. Yet popular culture,...
The parliamentary elections in Moldova on September 28: between “déjà vu,” “now or never,” and “more of the same”…
Vitalie Sprînceană, Platzforma, 26 septembrie 2025 An intro about “saving the country” again One of the witticisms circulating in Moldova...
