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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.

The market for AI in Italy is estimated at €1.8 billion, and there's a rapidly growing demand for skilled professionals in this field. What about the situation in Europe?

The era of painless tattoos is here to stay, and Spain is leading the way in Europe with sedation techniques

Zelensky in Bucharest and Trump in Beijing: "Poland is ready to host troops."

Protests and "Bangaranga." Bulgaria is returning to a politicized "Eurovision."

A streets of Europe are being overrun by a new type of waste, while no country has effective regulations in place to address it

Degrees and politicians: The transparency of elites is under pressure across Europe

Europeans want it, but Europe is afraid to do it

Participants in the Gaza-bound flotilla: If the flotilla had been a peaceful demonstration, Israel would not have attacked

Tehran's decision: The US and Iran exchange fire in the Strait of Hormuz, but "the war is not being restarted."

The streets are becoming filled with this waste, and no country in the EU has a solution

How is a warship built? Romania will learn from Bulgaria

"Project Freedom" – or a "dead end"? Thousands of seafarers are waiting in the shadow of the Middle East escalation

Socialists and the far-right have joined forces to overthrow the short-lived government of Romania

The Romanian government has fallen; parliament has passed a motion of no confidence

Between Russia and Trump: Europe's call for independence in Armenia

Overheating and price wars: The risks of excessively cheap mortgages

In EU countries, tourism involving camper vans or camping is on the rise

Tattoos: A growing phenomenon, with 7 million Italians and 60 million Europeans sporting them

What awaits us this summer on the road to Greece. Good news from Bulgaria regarding the bridge at Giurgiu / What's happening in Romania with the online payment of bridge tolls

From the Canary Islands to the Caribbean, via Paris: What are so many Spanish physiotherapists doing in France?

Schools: The number of reported incidents of violence is decreasing, but concerns remain regarding bullying and violence against teachers

The number of female engineers and scientists is increasing in European countries

A Hungarian citizen is among the activists who have been detained by the Israeli military

As fuel prices rise, EU countries are taking action: most have attempted to implement measures

Sweden is experimenting with programs for 13-year-old offenders

At the Cyprus summit, the EU is placing all its bets on Ukraine

Is Israel losing support in Europe?

Not just Collegium Humanum. How European politicians are building their careers on dubious degrees

Israel is advancing in Lebanon with even greater destructive force than before. The silence of Europe is also to blame

From the Lazaridis fiasco to Mitsotakis's childish dissertation

Denmark, where the party that came in sixth place after the elections is now setting the agenda

Return to southern Lebanon as an "act of resistance."

What remains of Hungarian Orbánism: Could it reappear elsewhere in Europe?

Greenlander in Denmark: Trump's aggression "also had its benefits."

The Romanian government coalition is collapsing, and the UDMR (Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania) is preparing to form a minority government

After Hungary, Europe is now looking at Bulgaria. Following the elections, everything there is quite the opposite

It's not just them anymore: young women are also shifting to the right in Europe

The Price of Orbán's Downfall: Why Hungary's Opposition is in Ruins

A vote for stability and a nod to Putin: Bulgaria goes to the polls for the eighth time in five years

Bulgaria Election: Former President Radev Secures a Landslide Victory

Rumen Radev, considered a frontrunner in the Bulgarian elections, is vying to succeed Orbán

Bulgaria could elect the "new Viktor Orbán of Europe" this Sunday. How did the former president, Rumen Radev, become the frontrunner, and why was the "Romanian scenario" invoked?

European leaders are pleased: Hungary is choosing democracy

The small nation of Djibouti, situated at the centre of geopolitical power struggles

Orbán is ending his reign after sixteen years. What will Magyar bring?

Spain declares war on unhealthy food in schools (and wants to ban its advertising)

"Hungary's return to the EU does not depend on a single, grand gesture." What are the most sensitive issues for the future government led by Peter Magyar?

"It's over, damn it!" – How Budapest's youth celebrated the historic election

Europe after Orbán: Relief, great expectations, and very specific demands for the government led by Tiborcz

Orbán's resounding defeat has been declared