Peace and the Franco-German Partnership

The European Union has broken down barriers between member states with the free movement of people, goods, services and capital. Border posts were taken down across the continent after the signing of the Schengen agreement.

Launched between 1985 and 1987, the Erasmus programme has allowed around 4 million students to study in another European country, an EU success story.

The European Union Media Programme was created in the late 1980s to support the film and audio-visual sector across Europe. It has proved very successful: For every euro invested by the EU six euros is invested by the private sector.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

Discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community is on the rise across Europe, despite stronger equal rights laws.

Behind the glitzy facade of the World Cup... there's a darker side to the world of football.

To speed up deportations, the EU is set to authorise detention centres beyond its borders.

Political pressure and dwindling public funding mean that Europe’s museums are struggling to stay afloat.

As youth crime rises, some EU nations want to lower the age of criminal responsibility and jail minors.

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

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

Art Spiegelman’s Maus is an important literary work dealing with the holocaust. A deeply personal story, the graphic novel tells the tale of Spiegelman’s father’s experiences as a Polish Jew during World War 2. In a highly original way the work brings together past and present, memory and trauma.

Lulu's young, and carefree. And pregnant. She's not ready. What now?