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European Journalistic Network | Focus on Eastern Europe | Cross-Border Reporting

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What do we really know about life under occupation? Join the discussion with:
• Raji Abdul Salam, Chief Legal Data Archivist at @trpforjustice.bsky.social
• Lenie Umerova, Crimean Tatar activist and former prisoner of war
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Within the project “Life Under Occupation”, sixteen journalists from UA, GE FR and PL formed cross-border teams, researched for months, and produced investigations. Join us for the presentation of their work:
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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We are happy to share publications from “The Climate Content Pool”: stories showing how Ukraine's environmental future is being written today, even as war reshapes the present.

All articles available on the project website: n-ost.org/projects/the...
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Strengthening reporting from Eastern Europe - this is the idea behind the Research Prize for
Eastern Europe. The grant offers up to 7.000 Euro for in-depth reporting across 24 countries.

Details: n-ost.org/projects/res...

#opencall
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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kitchen talks meet Exile Talks for a conversation about migration narratives in German media. Join us on 12 November, 6-8pm near Jannowitzbrücke, exact address after registration. Discussion with Shammi Haque and Rebecca Roth.

Info: n-ost.org/event/kitche...
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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1/3 Cross-border journalism that gives voice to underreported stories. Congratulations to the winners of the Recherchepreis Osteuropa 2025:
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Resilience instead of resignation. The Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin is a space of conscious presence rather than surrender to despair. We are happy to partner with Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin, presenting contemporary Ukrainian cinema under the motto “The Time We Have Left”.

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October 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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1/2 When AI can generate faces that never existed and scenes that never happened, what becomes of visual truth? kitchen talks are back with a conversation that cuts to the heart of what we see and trust.
#VisualJournalism #Photography #AIandMedia #Berlin
October 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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A new space for collaboration, events, and cross-border conversations. Same mission, new address: n-ost moved to Erkelenzdamm 59/61, Portal 1b, 4th floor, 10999 Berlin.
October 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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1/2 Introducing "Digging More Deeply": a new climate investigations project by n-ost.

Reporting on climate change in Eastern Partnership countries poses unique challenges on journalists, as access to data and resources for investigative reporting is often limited.
Landscape banner for new investigative journalism project on climate change in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries. Title ‘Digging more deeply – Climate investigations in EaP countries’ displayed over green panel. Scenic rural environment with open fields, wild vegetation, power lines, and brown horse grazing in foreground. Project by n-ost highlighting climate journalism, cross-border investigations, and environmental storytelling in EaP region.
September 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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“The classification affects a network of journalists. The aim is to manipulate reporting within Europe.”

n-ost board member Tamina Kutscher spoke with Deutschlandfunk about Russia declaring us an "undesirable organisation."

www.deutschlandfunk.de/russlands-re...
August 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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1/3 n-ost wrapped up "Life under occupation" reporting training: journalists from 4 countries, one week in Kyiv.
July 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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1/2 Can cross-border journalism bring together the stories in a shared European public sphere? On 23 July 2025, we're trading our kitchen table for a picnic blanket to discuss whether journalists can help create a European conversation.
#journalism #Europe #media #Berlin #crossborder #press
July 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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1/2 Introducing "The Climate Content Pool": a new environmental reporting project by n-ost

While Russian attacks target Ukraine's energy infrastructure, the country advances green recovery initiatives. Climate journalism can document the challenge.
July 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Disinformation and big tech power challenge democracy. Journalism investigates and reveals. Since 2006, n-ost has linked 500+ journalists across Europe, strengthening media resilience. Our managing director Hanno Gundert shared this mission with European Journalism Fellowship fellows in Berlin.
n-ost managing director Hanno Gundert speaking to European Journalism Fellowship Program fellows at Freie Universität Berlin. Media executive discussing cross-border journalism collaboration and network building with laptop and digital devices during journalism fellowship session. European media resilience conference addressing economic and political pressures on press freedom.
June 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Some stories are painful to tell, yet too important to forget.
Nearly 30 years after Srebrenica, media across conflict lines tell vastly different stories about the same events.

Join our Kitchen Talk on contested memory & journalism's role in shaping how societies remember their past.
June 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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1/ New project: "Life Under Occupation"
Media professionals need specialised skills, knowledge, and resources to report deeply, safely, and responsibly on life in Ukraine’s territories temporarily occupied by Russia.
Life Under Occupation new journalism project announcement by n-ost featuring geometric logo with orange accent, promoting cross-border reporting on Ukrainian occupied territories for international media professionals, journalists and investigative reporters
May 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Can peace be negotiated while bombs still fall? Join us as we unpack what “peace” might actually mean in Russia's war against Ukraine.

Discussion with @mgzapf.bsky.social, @cindywittke.bsky.social & @anastasiarodi.bsky.social

To register: bit.ly/frieden-verh...
Berlin book event poster 'Frieden verhandeln im Krieg' (Negotiating Peace in War) - German language discussion with journalists and experts on Russia-Ukraine conflict, n-ost media hub, May 21st, featuring Mandy Ganske-Zapf, Cindy Wittke, Anastasia Rodi, moderated by Tamina Kutscher
May 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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1/2 Excited to be at @journalismfestival.com in Perugia! It's great to connect with our partners from @balcanicaucaso.org, with whom we're collaborating on PULSE. Europe beyond the beat. Our days are filled with insightful sessions and opportunities to exchange ideas and best practices.
April 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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2/2 Beyond the immediate dangers, the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding has placed numerous media outlets, from our closest partners to other independent voices, at existential risk.

Read more about our work in Georgia: bit.ly/linkedin-geo...
April 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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1/2 Pictures from last night in #Tbilisi. 9 April is a day of remembrance and resistance in Georgia. As protests continue, we at n-ost are closely monitoring the situation: independent journalists have been targeted, equipment confiscated, and reporters injured while covering pro-EU demonstrations.
April 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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What stories power our future? Join us as we unpack nuclear narratives in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Discussion with Aliya Vedelikh (Kazakhstan)

When & Where?
• Wednesday, 9 April 2025
• 6-8 pm
• n-ost media hub, Berlin

Register: bit.ly/nuclear-again

#NuclearEnergy #EECCA
A dark gray event announcement graphic with white text. The event title, "Nuclear, again?", is prominently displayed, followed by a subtitle about political narratives on the future of energy supply in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. The top left corner features the "n-ost kitchen talks" logo, which includes an abstract orange and beige design resembling a kitchen pot. The bottom of the image displays the "n-ost" logo.
April 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Imagine failing a history exam and suddenly you're national news? Join us to screen "Explanation for Everything" - a raw portrait of divided Hungary under populism.
Upcoming event announcement for n-ost Kitchen Talks featuring details of a film and discussion about social divisions in Hungary. The event is on March 12th from 6:45-10 pm at Kino Krokodil in Berlin, with Kornélia Kiss and moderated by Marc Bräutigam, presented on a dark gray background with the n-ost logo.
March 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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1/ As we mark three years since Russia's full-scale invasion, media in Ukraine continue to demonstrate remarkable resilience despite devastating losses: 96 media professionals killed, and initially 329 media outlets forced to close.
three people looking at a damaged building in Ukraine, marked by the Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner. Two people are viewed from behind, and a third person is photographing a small sign with Cyrillic text that reads "кафе" (cafe) with an arrow. The building appears to be in a war-damaged area with concrete debris, broken columns, and deteriorating tile facade. The concrete entrance shows structural damage with a large tilted concrete beam. The n-ost media logo appears in the bottom left corner.
February 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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1/2 Campaign Update: Thanks to your support, we've funded essential equipment and editorial positions at our partners Jam News and @publikage.bsky.social. Photo: David Pipia/JAMnews
A person stands elevated above a crowd at night, holding up a Georgian flag against a dark sky with autumn trees in the background. The scene appears to be from a protest or demonstration. Text overlay reads "Campaign Update" in orange, with "n-ost" watermark in the bottom left corner.
February 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM