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PULSE is an initiative coordinated by OBCT that has been promoting intensive journalistic cross-border collaborations in Europe since 2024. Its main aim is to help strengthen the European public sphere by reporting on and telling stories from new and diverse perspectives.

At the heart of PULSE are 10 leading national news outlets (Delfi – Lithuania, Deník Referendum – Czechia, Der Standard – Austria, EfSyn – Greece, El Confidencial – Spain, Gazeta Wyborcza – Poland, HotNews – Romania, HVG – Hungary, Il Sole 24 Ore – Italy, Mediapool – Bulgaria) and three transnational organisations, including OBCT , n-ost and Voxeurop .

Additional outlets and journalists are involved as associate partners, including EUobserver , Føljeton (Denmark), H-Alter (Croatia), Levila (Estonia), Rubryka (Ukraine), and The Journal Investigates (Ireland).

PULSE is driven by a sort of virtual transnational newsroom made up of journalists from all the publications involved. It collaboratively produces new journalistic content on European issues on a daily basis, coming in many different languages. The editorial output amounts to over a thousand publications per year, mostly in article form.

PULSE also runs 4 thematic networks open to any European journalist interested in crucial issues such as EU enlargement, relations between the EU and other global powers, the EU’s green transition, or media and the information society. These networks function as online communities and periodically publish calls for pitches.

Xenophobic pogrom in Tunisia with the blessing of the EU

Hospitals that are beneficial for both people and the environment

Patients with two different speeds: The European melanoma of health

Romania is cited as an example for the rapid development of highways - INTERACTIVE MAP

The elusive promise of parking: a maze of limited traffic zones, multi-storey car parks, and parking restrictions

The Epstein files: Central Europe served primarily as a hunting ground for young girls

The privatization of water services in Europe: a growing phenomenon

Ukraine under observation, scandal, confidence, aid, EU membership

General practitioners in rural areas: a choice between depopulation, community, and technology

George Simion paid several million dollars, but he was still unable to meet with Donald Trump

How could a rejection of European integration affect the environment in Georgia?

Hungary and enlargement: No to Ukraine, yes to the Balkans

Military bunker transformed into a tourist attraction: How underground passages from World War II are being used in peacetime

Succession in agriculture is a key issue that is hindering young Italian farmers

Women in military boots? It's not reforms, but rather a security crisis that could bring about change

Bulgaria will not be joining Trump's peace council for now

Climate change is costing Poland billions of euros. Europe is paying an even higher price

First test for Trump's Council for Peace: Who will provide funding for Gaza?

From Rome to Budapest, passing through Paris: vote for Generation Z

Independent journalism: a challenge for European media

Liquefied natural gas: Europe's energy trap after 2022

The challenging quest for economic stability in independent journalism across Europe

The Chernobyl Activists: How the Disaster Influenced Bulgaria and Eastern Europe

The Epstein case: Representatives of EU member states are not currently playing a significant role in the investigation

Thousands of patients in Gaza are waiting to be transferred to hospitals in Europe

Trump is dismantling USAID, but the EU and its member states are also reducing funding for developing countries. Analysts say: "Poverty is being put on the back burner."

Trump is dismantling USAID, but the EU and its member states are also reducing funding for developing countries. Analysts say: "Poverty is being put on the back burner."

When Greece's economic crisis was being discussed in private settings

Epstein's European network: The trail leads to Polish villages

How rejecting further integration with Europe might impact Georgia's environment

Seeing a dermatologist is nearly impossible, not just in Spain: "I've been waiting for 8 months for a diagnosis that I already know."

Three more bodies of people who were shot dead have been discovered in Bulgaria

Writing from behind bars: Europe listens to prisoners

Europe is slowing down, while Greece is accelerating

Georgia: How political crises threaten the environment

From Italy to "Belene": The struggle of a priest to preserve the memory of the victims of communism

There is no place for old dogs. In Sofia, over 1000 animals are in shelters, while in Bucharest, they are being euthanized on a large scale

There is no place for old dogs. In Sofia, over 1000 animals are in shelters, while in Bucharest, they are being euthanized on a large scale

Aleksandar Vučić is explaining himself regarding five tons of marijuana

Bucharest has taken a radical approach to dealing with stray dogs, but there are also more effective solutions to this problem

Eastern Europe, Greenland is not far away

Feta cheese could become a luxury item due to a pandemic

Following the closure of the Hungarian branch, Radio Free Europe will also be shutting down its Romanian operations

Americans responded to the drone attacks in the Black Sea with a show of force

Bulgaria is a champion in slow and expensive highway construction projects

Child poverty persists even in Europe. Children from single-parent households are particularly vulnerable

Greek farmers' tragedy due to locusts: Experts reveal what this could mean for Lithuania

Italy ranks second in Europe for young people classified as NEETs (Not in Education, Employment, or Training): an analysis of the phenomenon and regional disparities in 2024

Italy ranks second in Europe for young people classified as NEETs (Not in Education, Employment, or Training): an analysis of the phenomenon and regional disparities in 2024

Animals in a state of legal uncertainty