Many cross-border programmes have involved territories in South-Eastern Europe, often scarred by history. EU cohesion policy has been and still is an opportunity to strengthen dialogue. We went to see how things are going on the ground
REPORTAGE Rivers of the Balkans: the Kupa and barbed wire
Giovanni Vale | 21/12/2022Second episode of our reportage along the Kupa. The shock of the border in 1991, the shock of barbed wire in 2015. Yet, some are not giving up
HEALTHCARE Serbia and Bulgaria: across the border, against postural disorders
Alice Facchini | 15/6/2022Back muscle dysfunctions and imbalances are on the rise in our society. Serbia and Bulgaria have decided to address the issue, starting with children and young people, thanks to a cross-border project
MOBILITY Trains in Romania: the last hopes lie in the PNRR
Mihaela Iordache | 14/6/2022Poor infrastructure, little maintenance. The Romanian railways are in bad shape even though the network is among the longest in Europe. Will the local PNRR reverse course?
TRAVELLING Cycling in the Amazon of Europe
Marco Ranocchiari | 24/5/2022The Amazon of Europe bike trail makes it possible to cycle over 1000 km along a cycle path that winds between rivers and forests, from Austria to Serbia
ECONOMY Wood for heating: REGEA's challenge, between ecological transition and regional development
Nicola Zordan | 24/5/2022The Croatian Regional Energy Agency (REGEA) has been working for several years along the cross-border area between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the dual objective of decarbonising the region and creating a competitive local market. “Environmental issues know no border”, says REGEA's Tamara Lisnjic Lang
ENVIRONMENT United against plastic in the protected areas of the Mediterranean
Marco Ranocchiari | 10/5/2022Scientific research and good practices. These are the two main elements that for some years have brought together researchers and volunteers from Italy, Spain, Greece, Albania, Croatia, and Slovenia in the fight to safeguard the protected natural areas of the Mediterranean from plastics
EUROPEAN UNION Croatia and Serbia, the advantages of a good neighbourhood policy
Belgrade | Nicola Dotto | 24/2/2022Dozens of projects, hundreds of partners involved, nine cross-border regions thinking together about their future. A review of the Cross-border Cooperation Programme between Croatia and Serbia
ENVIRONMENT Italy-Slovenia: the ecological link
Serena Epis | 1/3/2022Between Italy and Slovenia there are two natural parks that have been in dialogue for years. We interviewed Antonio Andrich, director of the Julian Pre-Alps Natural Park
AGRICULTURE Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia together, to save the chestnut trees
Nicola Zordan | 22/2/2022A few years ago, a pest disease of chestnut trees began to spread along the border region between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. The response given through the "Chestnut" project has shown that a cross-border approach to solving common problems is needed
Dinalpconnect: environmental protection beyond borders
2/2/2022The Julian Prealps Regional Natural Park and the nearby Triglav National Park have collaborated for years. Among the recent joint projects, Dinalpconnect aims to create ecological continuity between the Dinaric mountains and the Alps
ECONOMY Greek investments in Bulgaria: what will happen after Covid-19?
Nicola Zordan | 20/1/2022A seminar discussed regional relations in Europe during the pandemic, with Greece-Bulgaria relations among the case studies. But local-scale data would be needed to fully understand the situation, said Nicolas Rossignol of the ESPON programme, and there are few available
BORDER REGIONS Italy-Slovenia: the cross-border train and buses
Editors | 23/12/2021Hundreds of kilometres of border, and for years no public transport lines crossing it. Some cross-border Interreg projects dedicated to sustainable mobility have reversed the course
