Eurozine

1 week ago | eurozine.com | Oana Filip |Misha Glenny

Groundwater supplies 65 % of the drinking water used in the EU. Europe has a great average performance when it comes to water infrastructures, and much of the continent is geographically lucky to have access to this resource. But it’s not universal, and things have been breaking down in recent years as climate change shows its effects and the South, the East and even Central Europe are gradually drying up.

2 weeks ago | eurozine.com | Kaya Genç

On 29 March, hundreds of thousands gathered at Istanbul’s Maltepe beach area – some even say it was 2.2 million. Waving flags and chanting slogans, the protestors demanded the release of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul who had been detained the week before. On 23 March, İmamoğlu and 47 others were arrested on corruption charges; that same day, the People’s Republican Party (CHP) announced İmamoğlu as its candidate for Turkey’s 2028 presidential elections, after holding a symbolic ballot.

4 weeks ago | eurozine.com | Réka Kinga Papp

I am stepping down as editor-in-chief of Eurozine a title I have worn proudly since 2018 as we weathered many storms together – and I know very well that many a maelstrom are yet ahead for independent and quality publishing. My tenure is over now, and this is conventionally the occasion when I get to thank people and tastefully boast my achievements of six and a half years. I shall refrain from this convention.

1 month ago | eurozine.com | Albrecht von Lucke

Germany has voted, the CDU has returned as the strongest force, and Friedrich Merz will most likely be the next chancellor. But the massive gains for the AfD, which doubled its vote to over 20%, mean that for the first time since the Federal Republic’s inception, there is a conservative–far right majority in the Bundestag. The AfD will exploit this new power to the utmost.

1 month ago | eurozine.com | Julie Klinger |Svitlana Matviyenko |Kate Brown |Aro Velmet

Why is a diehard climate-crisis sceptic like Trump forcing Zelensky’s hand on a peace agreement seemingly focused on green-transition raw materials? If we temporarily set aside the highly problematic issue of bartering security with a third-party business transaction, what might be the motivation behind the Republican’s proposed ‘mineral deal’? And why the drive for Ukrainian resources such as rare earth elements, which, despite their name, aren’t even particularly rare?