The Boy Who Learned Greek From Eurovision: On Boycotts, Belonging, and Borrowed Anthems
Five countries are boycotting a song contest. In a Thessaloniki kitchen, a Syrian teenager wonders which Europe he was taught to love.
Elias Papadopoulos
Europe
European policy, business, and culture — from Brussels to Berlin.
The Cargo Ship That Became a Country: Life in the Mediterranean's Floating Limbo
As geopolitical crises multiply and borders harden, I spent three weeks documenting what happens when people fall through every legal crack.
Elias Papadopoulos
The Translator Who Stayed: One Woman's Journey Through Europe's Shifting Welcome
As Germany considers emergency borrowing amid economic strain, the migrants who rebuilt their lives there watch the political winds with familiar wariness.
Elias Papadopoulos
The Wound That Never Scars: A Stabbing in London and the Geography of Fear
After two Jewish men are stabbed in north London, I trace the invisible borders that now divide European cities — and the communities learning to live with dread.
Elias Papadopoulos