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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.

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."

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

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

Animals in a state of legal uncertainty

Individuals operating a child exploitation network may have been murdered in Bulgaria

Mobbing knows no boundaries

More and more countries are banning social media platforms for minors

The Austrian lesson and the controversial Danish example. How other countries have solved the problem of producing heat and electricity, while people in Bucharest are freezing in their homes

Europeans no longer trust the pension system

In the Netherlands, one-third of children are born at home. The rest of Europe lags far behind

Triple murder in Bulgaria: According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior, the crime could be linked to either a cult or a mafia vendetta

Artificial intelligence is being used "uncontrollably" by students. How Romania is incorporating AI into the school curriculum / What other European countries have done differently

Cheap military loans: Romania will also build highways, while Bulgaria is focusing solely on the army

Corruption as a threat to security: intelligence agencies in Europe

The number of individuals monitored and whose communications were intercepted by Romanian intelligence services has reached a record high

The vicious cycle of fabrics

"Paradise turned into hell." "Belene" and preserving the memory of the victims of communism

From Beijing to Madrid: A global overview of high-speed rail (and Spain's challenges)

Postcards from Italy: Sales are declining, but there are still people who buy and give them as gifts

Should we move towards a four-day workweek in Europe, either as a standard practice or as an option?

In Europe, children study up to 14 subjects and for 30 hours per week

Overtourism: Europe is increasing the cost of access, from tickets on Greek islands to taxes on..

The Russian Foreign Ministry is threatening retaliatory measures over the seizure of shadow fleet oil tankers