Journey 2022 - Articles

Csongor Körömi: Orbán got Hungarian press under his grip Viktor Orbán's fourth consecutive election victory and the unfolding economic crisis could further undermine the independent press in Hungary. Reporters Without Borders ranked the country 85th in the 2022 Press Freedom Index – a massive downfall from the 23rd position in 2010. It may be linked

Barbora Novotná: Better care at any cost Barbora Novotná, Prague, 09/14/2022 Although health care in the Czech Republic is free of charge and has a high level of quality, pregnant women are willing to pay additional hundreds of euros to obtain a better approach from the hospital staff and extra care which is in the eyes of Czech

Itzia Crespo: A perpetual fight to protect dark skies Ten years after the Czech Republic became the first country to enact a nation-wide law to decrease light pollution, activists are still fighting for change

Andjela Davic: Real estate in Belgrade Journey Journalism Bootcamp 2022 - story about real estate market in Belgrade, Serbia

Viktória Šiketová: Challenges of the Hungarian minority living in Slovakia Challenges of the Hungarian minority living in Slovakia

Roxana Elena Stan: The Romanian Government encourages young people to take loans Roxana Elena Stan

Tamás Rozsonits: The Role of Music in Politics Most people love music – this is a generally accepted fact. Politicians have been using music as a campaigning tool throughout the world for decades. In recent years, this trend found its way to Hungary as well; while at initially, mainly the governing party utilized it, the opposition also tried

Yuliia Bondar: Journalists in exile Journalists in exile: how Russia kills and imprisons Ukrainian journalists in the temporarily occupied territories LEAD: 37 journalists died in Ukraine as a result of war. Some are missing, and others are in Russian captivity or imprisoned in temporarily occupied territories. The reason is their

Kateryna Denisova: All war-torn on the Cultural Front On February 24, employees of the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv came to work without hesitation and rushed to remove watercolors going down and up the marble stairs. As the sound of air raid sirens echoed off the bare walls, the feeling of “disassembling your house brick by brick”

Kyra-Kay Rensburg: South Africans lose faith in government South Africans’ faith in government is being tested as unpredictable, frequent rolling blackouts inhibit citizens from fulfilling everyday tasks necessary for their survival. The rolling black outs, called loadshedding, affect the whole of South Africa, and is implemented when there is

Elizabeth Shevchenko: How Ukrainians recover from losses How Ukrainians recover from losses: rebuilding homes and lifes

Nevena Ivanović: Serbia's dual role creates quandary in making important decisions Serbia's dual role creates quandary in making important decisions

Niamh Russell: Reproductive Health Crisis Continues in Northern Ireland As women in America watched their legal right to abortion disappear in June with the US Supreme Court’s overturning of the landmark Roe v Wade, women in Northern Ireland felt their own hearts sting with the reminder that they too have been in that same position. In fact, many still are. Once

Sofia Korol: Six Months in Chernivtsi On February 24, 2022, the city of Chernivtsi, in southwest Ukraine, stood still. There were no people on the streets and a sense of fear hung in the air, as if war would soon arrive. Within a week, the war did come, in form of refugees and a steady stream of the displaced. But six months later,

Alexa Wandersee: Rights campaigners pressure Czech government to redefine rape By Alexa Wandersee September 15, 2022

Hanga Aradi: Theaters are suffocating in Hungary They are starting the season, but it’s still unsure wether they will be able to finish it - theaters are suffocating in Hungary by Hanga Aradi

Wiktor Knowski: Polish rapper charged in a politically motivated trial The most prominent artist on the contemporary polish rap scene has been charged for marihuana possession in what some call a politically motivated trial. Since 2011 Polish criminal law lets prosecutors surrender proceedings where there are small amounts of drugs for personal use. Although it's

Teodora Alexandrova: Bulgaria-Russia relations Bulgaria is heading to another snap election during the compicating diplomatic ties with Russia since the war in Ukraine leading to a tough winter season for people to heat their homes because of the expensive Russian gas. These are the fourth elections in Bulgaria since 2021 which leads the

Renàta Veres: the power of community against news deserts Expanding news deserts threaten the proper functioning of democratic states. Although the saying goes that modern problems require modern solutions, in Hungary, offline methods are being used to combat the problem.

Jiri Labanc: "Hostels" on the outskirts of the city Where years ago there was a vast field, now a patchwork of houses stretches into the distance. But there is no sign of public spaces, shops, schools or other services in sight. In the settlement mush, as the uncontrolled expansion of cities is called, residents are therefore dependent on their

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