Re: Period Poverty in Europe

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.

In the Netherlands, donating a kidney to a stranger means receiving a vital healthy kidney quicker for families in need.

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

Ciprian Hord is a psychologist and photographer who wants to change the stigma of mental illness in Romania.

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

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

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

Pornographic deepfakes are among the most unsavoury aspects of AI. Data Sources investigates a worrying trend.

A new wave of erotic magazines is breaking the traditional heterosexist mould and encouraging a new engagement with desire, body image and sexuality.

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

Climate change, drought and forest fires are putting pressure on Europe’s national parks.

As Israeli bombs Lebanon, Wissam Charaf gives a moving account of a childhood shattered by successive conflicts.

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

The Haitian capital has become a warzone as gangs control larges swathes of the city.

A meticulously researched investigation showing how sexual predators operate on the Meta social network. 

Ina Liga covers the lowest divisions of Slovakian football which has found a huge audience.

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.

Legendary Berlin duo Modeselektor return to Sónar Festival with a new live set of eclectic rave sounds.

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

Despite its shift toward authoritarianism, Turkey is a strategic partner for the EU.

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian phenomenon Carpetman brings his swaying electro to the ESNS festival.

The calming voice of Amie Blu in an intimate session.