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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.

How is the truck driver shortage crisis affecting countries in Europe? An investigation by El Confidencial and HotNews

How Romania surpassed Spain as the country with the fastest internet speed in Europe

In Hungary, another opposition force is emerging, this time centered around a defector from Fidesz

Petra Dvořáková: You are nothing more than a number. Why is there a shortage of truck drivers in the Czech Republic?

What is happening in other EU countries where elections are combined? The cases of Hungary and Bulgaria

Viktor Orbán has a serious opponent. Péter Magyar is discrediting the Hungarian leader's party

From Spain's densely populated apartments to Ireland's detached houses, this illustrates the housing disparity across Europe

Is a real competitor emerging for the "Bulgarian" hero, Viktor Orbán?

Trapped on the road. Truck drivers in Europe earn good salaries, but they live a difficult life

In light of the impending logistics crisis in Europe: where are the 745,000 truck drivers that will be needed?