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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.

Romania after the election shock: "It was a revolution at the ballot box."

Bulgarian food will once again be making its way into space

In Western countries, support for helping Ukraine is low. However, it has declined most significantly in Poland

The economic cost of gender-based violence: nearly €300 billion per year in the EU

The political rebellion of the "blue collars": how the Romanian diaspora could change the country's future

Europe and the war in Ukraine: Hungary is not performing well in providing support to refugees

Why does 99 percent of our gas officially have an "unknown origin"?

With over 5.7 million Romanians living abroad, how will the diaspora influence the outcome of the election? What does [someone/a certain person] think?

1000 Days of War: Solidarity, Propaganda, and Human Stories

Baku Climate Summit: Uncertainty Looms Over Climate Policy Due to Trump

How can Europe overcome the housing crisis?

Pasta: Production growth and the risks of climate change

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Why are more Romanians living abroad choosing right-wing parties?

Petr Jedlička: Ukraine, a thousand days after the invasion: The future will be determined by the answers to three key questions

Surveys indicate that even Ukrainians are increasingly favouring a swift peace agreement

The EU and the first thousand days of the war in Ukraine

1000 days of war, with no end in sight: How Ukrainian refugees are coping today

Russian gas under a foreign flag: It has become Turkmen gas and is once again finding its way to Europe

"External interference": Another internet cable between Sweden and Lithuania has been damaged

1,000 days of war in Ukraine: How much has each European country contributed?

A new commissioner for EU enlargement

Matěj Moravanský: While nuclear power plants are also considered in the north and south of our country, their construction is not currently a realistic prospect

What can be expected from the new EU Commissioner for Enlargement – and what not

World Toilet Day: Hungary, a land of outhouses

The development of Bucharest has led to one of its satellite towns becoming the city in Europe with the highest..

Bulgaria is preparing to become a regional leader in nuclear energy, but faces strong competition

Why would a father talk to the person who murdered his son?

A new bridge over the Danube River is planned between Bulgaria and Romania

The response from Sánchez to the floods in Spain

"Will a Pakistani person ask me for money?": "Cheap" Asian workers are arriving in Bulgaria and the EU

EU: One in five citizens at risk of poverty. Southern Italy among the regions facing critical challenges

INVESTIGATION. Romania is a country of homeowners, with 95% of people owning their own homes. What...?

Prisons: Overcrowding is a crisis in Italy and across Europe

Bulgarian teacher: A woman over 50 years old with an annual salary of 26,000 leva

Climate change-related losses in the EU have skyrocketed by 162% over a decade

Should energy drinks be banned for young people?

Romania plans to invest over €12 billion in nuclear energy in the coming years. What are the details?

Compulsory military service remains a sensitive issue in Europe

Following the floods, looters arrived in Spain

The "social bomb" of housing, viewed from three imperfect perspectives in Europe

The major rearmament efforts in Europe

Within the European Union, support for Donald Trump is strongest in Hungary, but the Czech Republic is not far behind

Anti-Sanchez protests take place, with investigations underway regarding the presence of far-right groups

European leaders are silent, but Orbán cannot be louder when it comes to the American presidential election

This is how the "climate lockdown" saved dozens of lives during the floods in Austria and the Czech Republic

Flash floods in Valencia, Spain have claimed at least ninety-five lives

Investigation: Russians are not interested in expensive Bulgarian "golden visas."

Petra Dvořáková: Ukrainian refugees after September 1st: Some are living in rooms with four people to a room

Weapons in Europe: The main producers and importers