First, they came for the Venezuelans
Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute, 25 March 2025 President Donald Trump promised to unleash mass deportations on immigrants during his presidential...
Migrants and refugees
Trillion-dollar baby in times of profligacy
Konrad Watrin So far unheard of words. Such are the headlines of leading German media and politicians these days: "Dictators...
Take back control? On the new Polish migration strategy
At the Civic Coalition convention in Warsaw on Saturday 12 October 2024, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the a Polish...
The gospel of growth has fallen into the hands of the devil
Dimitar Sabev, Economic Life (Bulgaria), 12 September 2024 Europe has done many things over the years in the name of...
Konrad Watrin: Amid the gloom of polycrisis, there are also reasons for optimism
Vladimir Mitev Konrad Watrin is a historian, political scientist and specialist on the Middle East (PhD), who has been working...
How did the far right conquer the British mainstream?
The British establishment has been using the far-right as a sort of scapegoat for the mainstream’s own racism for decades....
Menta space: fighting for Bulgaria without everyday violence and abuse [audio interview]
Natalie Atanasova of a Bulgarian feminist, queer, anticapitalist and anti-violence Menta Space joins Cross-Border Talks to talk about the initiative...
So far, Romania experienced mainly migration to the West. Now foreign workers are coming to the country
- In theory, the migrant workers should have the rights that a Romanian worker has. But over the last 10-20...
Sebastian Schäffer: The EU reform is a collective necessity
Sebastian Schäffer is Director of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) in Vienna and Secretary General...
Poland-Belarus: Another forgotten border
Much has been written about the Polish-Belarussian border. And not only written — an award-winning film has been made, reports...
