Europes

The young Europeans set on making Latin a pillar of European identity

The EU currently has 24 official languages. Lithuania's national broadcaster LRT reports on a group of young Europeans who want to add a dead one.

Glottopolitics, with Sophia Smith Galer [Oct ’26]

Curating stories about language politics from around the world. Keep reading for stories from Portugal, France, Uzbekistan, Latvia, and Taiwan

No room to wait

How the disappearance of waiting rooms in Italy’s train stations is the latest symptom of the country’s neoliberal turn

Why is no one listening to French students?

A small French media outlet is – and it turns out they have a lot to say

Postcard from a ghost village

Five years since a volcanic eruption erased the town of Todoque, is there a chance to build a different future?

An unholy eviction

Abbas Asaria unpacks Spanish reporting on Madrid’s worsening housing crisis – and the unlikely culprit driving evictions in the name of charity

In Russia, phone scams can kill

A spate of deaths connected to phone scams have been reported in Russia. The law is struggling to keep up.

Palermo: An undercover polentona

A conversation overheard on Italy's 'Meridian Question' sparks a deeper internal debate on identity and what it means to be Italian

Holes in the socks of our enemies

In the midst of Russia’s war on Ukraine, a reporter follows Ukrainian volunteers on a dangerous mission to retrieve the bodies of fallen soldiers – and their enemies

The families that own all the fish

A mind-boggling investigation into the fishery-financial complex at the heart of Iceland’s leading industry

Over our dead bodies

How a mine has become a rallying cry for a rural Serbian community – and wider national protests

Castle in the clouds

Finland’s strict drug laws have put a cannabis farmer behind bars – but he feels he’s done nothing wrong

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