Why are Syrian refugees leaving the relative safety of Turkey and choosing instead to undertake the dangerous journey to Europe?
With winter approaching, the journey that refugees face to reach Europe is becoming ever more dangerous. Why are they being denied safe passage and what can be done to help?
As much as many people deeply disliked the way the PP was facing the elections, they feared the prospect of a wide open scenario with no guarantees whatsoever. Español
Porous borders really mean the acceptance that human beings move across borders, and that they should be able to move without being criminalized. The political philosopher in interview with Slawomir Sierakowski.
The impeachment and arrest of President Otto Pérez Molina is a shrewd move by the Guatemalan elites to save the criminal bosses currently running the country. Español. Português.
Even though Slovenia is "no longer under Communism" critical journalism in the country is still under siege and often subjugated to political power.
The film is about Skoros, a Greek anti-consumerist collective, solidarity/ies, and the joys of doing things differently.
Three questions for Andrej Bereta, who is speaking about research within contemporary art at the Transeuropa festival 2015.
openDemocracy is partnering with European Alternatives to explore the Transeuropa festival. Here, two of the organisers explain why they chose Belgrade as the location for this year's festival.
Three questions for Peter Sunde, who is speaking about online privacy and digital freedom at the Transeuropa festival 2015.
The EU's isolation policy towards Hamas has not worked. Instead it may be reinforcing dangerous dynamics in the region. Is it now time for an EU rethink?
In the end, Ayotzinapa "was the State", inasmuch as it was, and continues to be, the result of impunity and systematic abusive practices within the various levels of government in Mexico. Español. Português.
