Re: Croatia's Last Lighthouse Keepers

A new generation of men are doing their share of the chores and looking after the children.

Every year, around 5,000 French students go abroad to study medicine. More than half of them choose Romania.  

In Europe’s driest country, water consumption is rising while water levels are decreasing. What can be done?

Europe is facing a tsunami of cocaine with the illegal drug being smuggled in via the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal. 

Ordinary civilians are now preparing for war by volunteering for the Latvian National Guard in large numbers.

A highly charged debate is ongoing in Latvia on the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, aimed at preventing violence against women.

Volunteer doctors from the Greek mainland visit remote Aegean islands to provide vital healthcare.

Since 1967 the German NGO Friedensdorf International has been bringing sick or injured children from around the world for treatment in Germany.

A new generation of young people from urban areas is taking on the difficult job of producing food for the nation.

A huge amount of lithium lies underneath the Jadar valley in Serbia. A multinational wants to mine it but locals are against the  idea.

Belgian microbreweries are facing a crisis with rising prices and changing consumer habits. Can they survive?

The Ambedkar high school, run by headmaster Tibor Derdak, helps Roma children who would otherwise drop out of school

Many French people cross the border to Belgium to end their lives in dignity, where assisted dying is possible.

Once a month the European Parliament moves from Brussels to Strasbourg for four days, a practice which many are against.

Half of the population menstruates, but it comes at a cost, and many people find it difficult to afford period products.

15 hours of physics a day: How a Bulgarian teacher shapes great minds without the internet or distractions.

Panagiotis Souroukli was born in Georgia and sold for adoption in Cyprus as a newborn baby.

Photographer Alex Iacob explores Romania’s lost derelict breweries, abandoned cinemas and closed up spa towns.

 As in many European countries, Belgium's boar population has risen dramatically in recent decades causing havoc for commuters and for farmers.

A church on wheels, moved several kilometres: this was the spectacular highlight of the relocation of the Swedish city of Kiruna.

A new generation of young people from urban areas is taking on the difficult job of producing food for the nation.

Today, the few remaining Greeks of Turkey try to keep their cultural traditions alive.

Armed with his camera, Victor Organ visits Moldova’s isolated villages to meet local people and find out their stories.

Two Polish investigators explore an old tunnel in Wroclaw. Will they find hidden Nazi treasure?

Belgian microbreweries are facing a crisis with rising prices and changing consumer habits. Can they survive?

A church on wheels, moved several kilometres: this was the spectacular highlight of the relocation of the Swedish city of Kiruna.

On Croatia’s remotest island, the country’s last lighthouse keepers man the lighthouse since 1875.

Venice’s resident population is sinking as 30 million tourists visit every year. Can the last Venetians be saved?

Photographer Alex Iacob explores Romania’s lost derelict breweries, abandoned cinemas and closed up spa towns.

Many Senegalese fishermen are making the dangerous journey to Europe via the Canary Islands due to their difficult situation in Senegal. 

White sand, white citrus blossom, white houses – Spain’s Costa Blanca is aptly named.

A journey north from Cape Town through one of South Africa’s most unspoilt and beautiful regions.

Who really were our ancestors? And what can our DNA tell us about them and us?

A new trainline linking the major Maya archaeological sites is a boon for the tourism industry.

Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the streets of Turkey’s largest city, looked after by local people who adore them.

The Sado river, south of Lisbon, has been transformed from a polluted area to a regenerated biodiverse habitat.

With geopolitical tensions and the war in Ukraine, European countries are looking to bolster their military forces. But are young people willing to take up arms?

Spain has seen a surge in visa applications from Americans who want to leave Trump's America.

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all?

Major disasters throughout history have helped to lower inequality. Is this still the case today?

Why do massive inequalities exist despite a global economy that has produced the most wealth in human history?

With Keir Starmer ‘s resignation, British politics is still unstable after six prime ministers in the ten years since the Brexit vote.

The Sado river, south of Lisbon, has been transformed from a polluted area to a regenerated biodiverse habitat.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

When Pope Leo XIV spoke out against war, President Trump criticised the leader of the catholic church, which caused a backlash.