Regarded as masterpieces of modern art, Claude Monet’s waterlilies only became famous long after his death.

In the Spanish village of Pescueza, a cooperative is working to ensure that senior citizens can access the help they need.

In August 2025, devastating wildfires reduced the entire northern part of the Greek island of Chios to ashes.

Economic problems abound in a climate of paranoia - Is Mobutu's rule coming to an end?

People flock to terraces of bars and cafés in summer, but residents can be annoyed by noise in the streets. 

After weeks of confinement to protect the Chinese capital from COVID-19, Beijing begins to glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel 

A focus on how cities such as Berlin, Vienna and Munich are introducing measures to tackle feelings of insecurity. 

In April 2026 reporter Edward Kaprov spent two weeks living amongst the last remaining residents of Kherson, a city on the frontline.

The Vatican in Rome is the smallest sovereign state in the world: Focus on the international reach of this religious microstate.

Seen as energy guzzlers and environmental polluters, datacentres are facing growing opposition across Europe.

Since the cable car stopped running in 2018 Monteviasco is cut off from the world.. Can the village survive?

Pyongyang is trying to attract Russian tourists to its beachers with a strange publicity campaign.

Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and the Frankfurt Radio Big Band perform at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie.

London dance underground’s very own Tash LC and Lady Shaka go back to back for this year’s Sonar Festival.

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

Lyon’s Nuit Sonores festival welcomes two living legends of Detroit techno.

Illegals dumping grounds in Bosnia-Herzegovina present a risk to the environment and to human health.

In 1956 a miracle saves the finances of the micro-state: the glamourous American star Grace Kelly.

After the First World War, the Société des Bains de Mer is drowning in debt, while a revolt is brewing in Monaco.

The popular Greek tourist island of Santorini has been shaken by regular earthquakes since late January 2025.