Re: A Sustainable Village in Portugal

With geopolitical tensions and the war in Ukraine, European countries are looking to bolster their military forces. But are young people willing to take up arms?

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

Whilst other European rail companies are gradually phasing out this mode of transport, ČD Night, a small Czech company, is trying to expand its network of sleeper carriages.

A typical Hungarian family makes sense of the change of government in Budapest. Will things improve?

Originating in Japanese manga culture from the 1980s, Cosplay has gone global in the decades since

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.

In the hills above Madrid, Europe’s largest wildlife hospital takes in more than 10,000 animals every year.

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.

With their adopted daughter and foster twins, Jana and Hartmut want to leave Germany for a new life in Greece.

Originating in Japanese manga culture from the 1980s, Cosplay has gone global in the decades since

In Saxony, farmer Schönleber wants to grow hemp, a natural fibre that is extremely useful, and not only for the textile industry.

A new generation of men are doing their share of the chores and looking after the children.

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

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

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

Whilst other European rail companies are gradually phasing out this mode of transport, ČD Night, a small Czech company, is trying to expand its network of sleeper carriages.

Despite social pressure, many couples in France are opting not to have children.

Whilst other European rail companies are gradually phasing out this mode of transport, ČD Night, a small Czech company, is trying to expand its network of sleeper carriages.

One in five chickens eaten in the EU comes from Poland, where huge factory farms supply a growing demand.

Spanish parents want their children to have an adolescence without devices, judged better for their mental health and online safety.

Our reporters filmed inside Libya’s detention centres where migrants intercepted while trying to reach Europe are held.

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

Minimalists want to cut down on worldly possessions. But does living with less things make them happier?

A typical Hungarian family makes sense of the change of government in Budapest. Will things improve?

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

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.

From Antiquity to today’s social media, this documentary looks at the history male domination. Why are we still in a machocracy?

More than 40 years since its creation, Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus’s defining work is still just as radical.

Discover the German Alpine Road for nearly 500 kilometres of spectacular scenery and cultural discoveries.

Despite social pressure, many couples in France are opting not to have children.

Japanese artist avant-garde Yayoi Kusama has died at 97. We look at how her work approaches the concept of infinity.

Can we step out of the hectic modern world and live a slower and stress-free life? Twists meets artists who have chosen to live to their own rhythm and take things slowly.

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.

Alice doesn't know if she wants lockdown to end and she's lost her appetite for making love.