RE: European Stories

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.

Every year, demonic creatures known as Krampus invade Austrian towns and villages around St Nicholas Day.

Since the end of the Cold War, Romania has seen its population decline with millions emigrating to work in Western Europe. 

A small community in Brandenburg is torn over how to remember terrible events of World War 2.

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

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

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

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

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

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

With wine consumption decreasing, producers are facing an existential crisis. Can alcohol-free wine save the industry? 

Spain has had mixed gender prisons for a long time, and other countries are considering following their example.

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

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

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

A café in Vienna brings together pensioners and young workers alike as a way to combat loneliness and to supplement the seniors’ pensions

With increasingly sophisticated special effects and the advent of AI, the stuntperson’s profession is undergoing radical change

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

In Poland Elk (or Moose) numbers have been increasing and the animals are now coming into town, spotted at bus stops and supermarkets.