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With Donald Trump in the White House, Europe's largest trading partner is becoming an unreliable ally. The EU is therefore looking to make new friends.

‘Green colonialism’ in Rwanda and Kenya means local people lose access to their land in the name of environmental protection.

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

A city divided between Belgium and the Netherlands, and scene of a murder? Welcome to Baarle.

Why do so many world maps place Europe at the centre? Why not Australia? And why is the north always at the top? 

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

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

Mexicans are receiving much less money in remittances from family living in the United States, affecting the economy.

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.

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

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

The US has pulled almost all its funding just as Ukraine is entering its fifth year of war. Can the EU plug the gap?

Skiing began as a means of survival in prehistory, only becoming synonymous with glamour and leisure in modern times.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is ramping up its budget. Does this mean Europe is to take the lead in the space race?

150 years after his birth, social media has brought Austro-Hungarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to a new generation of readers.

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

We have released so many toxic chemicals that we have caused existential damage to our ecosystem.