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Voices

Voices, the first European festival of journalism and media freedom, is a pioneering event to reshape our relationship with information.

For the upcoming third edition, Voices will return to Florence at Teatro del Maggio Musicale on 10–12 March 2026.

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Law without limits: 50 years of legal scholarship at the EUI

As part of the #uniquelyEUI anniversary series, the EUI Department of Law explores 50 years of influential legal scholarship, tracing how ideas, interdisciplinarity, and experimentation have shaped research at the Institute. 

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Beyond migration: capturing the richness of global human mobility

Human mobility has surged dramatically in recent decades. Now, there are more than 10 billion estimated international trips per year, twice as many as in 1995. Yet despite this growth, reliable data capturing the full scale and patterns of cross-border movement has been scarce.

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Sports justice: the courts you will never see, with Pedro José Mercado Jaén

In this #MyEUIResearch story, Pedro José Mercado Jaén explores how international sports federations resolve disputes through their own internal justice systems, offering insight into a little-seen legal world where judicial power is exercised beyond domestic courts.

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EUIdeas draws from the Institute’s academic community of faculty, fellows, researchers, and research associates for analyses and commentary on social, political, legal, and economic issues.

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War behind the talks: Europe in Russia’s coercive strategy

Olena Snigyr

In this EUIdeas commentary, Olena Snigyr dissects Russia’s strategy in negotiations aimed at ending the Russian-Ukrainian war. She argues that US participation in recent talks has exposed asymmetries in Europe’s approach to diplomacy with Russia. ...

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Latin American failures: the case of Venezuela

Salvador Lescano, Emilio Rodriguez-Triocci

In this EUIdeas piece, Salvador Lescano and Emilio Rodriguez-Triocci argue that the US’s recent intervention in Venezuela has shown the failure of Latin American countries to address crises within the sub-continent, despite enduring efforts to unite and institutionalise over the years. ...

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Should the European Media Freedom Act block a risky takeover in the Italian media sector?

Roberta Carlini

Italy's media landscape is on the brink of a historic shift as one of its major newspaper publishers faces acquisition by a foreign media mogul. In this piece, Roberta Carlini discusses whether this high-stakes deal could trigger the first application of Europe's new legal shield for press freedom, ...

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EUI Widening Europe Programme 2026: New call for short-term mobility

The EUI Widening Europe Programme’s short-term mobility initiative enters its second year, once again inviting researchers from the targeted Widening countries to apply for a one-week stay at the European University Institute in Florence.

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