Society

Technological development reaches into every area of life. Too often we view it only through the lens of information technology or AI; yet, the greatest revolution of modern times was the technological advancement of medicine and agriculture, which extended human life and enabled a spectacular growth of the global population.

Values will not defend themselves. Rights will not defend themselves. Freedom will not defend itself. And each of these elements of the order of liberal democracy is worth taking care of every day, but it is also worth—and necessary—to fight for them.

Is the Visegrad Group still relevant? Is it expereiencing its renaissance after Péter Magyar\'s win in Hungary? What is the relationship between the Visegrad countries and Ukraine? What types of projects does the International Visegrad Fund foster and what is their relevance in terms of cultural cooperation? And can civil society funding be considered as part of democratic infrastructure?

How dangerous is the far-right in Germany? What should we know about the rise of neonazi terrorism? And what is the role of the secret services in Germany? Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) talks with Jacob Kushner, an international journalist who reports on migration, terrorism and violent extremism.

Ukrainian Renaissance is an international conference hosted in Ukraine in collaboration by Ukrainian Students for Freedom, European Students For Liberty, and Operace Kyseláč by Institut liberálních studií.

“I want more!” – the refrain of Lion Ceccah’s song, chosen to represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest, seems to have touched something deeper than pop taste alone. Eurovision is Europe’s great annual song contest: a glittering spectacle, a national showcase and a shared cultural ritual watched by millions. For a few minutes on that stage, a country’s song becomes its voice to the world. And Lithuania’s voice this year says: I want more.

Art as a tool for understanding the world. Collaboration and community as a response to the tensions that affect us all. I am looking forward to the 25th anniversary edition of the Fotofestiwal in Lodz, Poland.

Over the past 100 years, the region of Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) has always faced distinct kinds of uncertainty; political instability, armed conflicts, geopolitical problems and corruption. The constant fluctuation of the value of money, the frequent changes in constitutional law, economic instability, and inflation have also been leading factors in this continuous uncertainty.

To understand why European identity runs deeper in the post-communist East, one must understand what “Europe” meant to societies that lived under the Iron Curtain. It was not merely a geographic area, but rather the name of liberation.

Budapest remains one of the most transit-oriented large cities in Europe, meaning that much of its urban structure and mobility patterns are organized around public transport, with dense development and daily activities concentrated along major transit corridors.