Re: Sanctuary in Church

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 seduction and declarations of love, young men emotionally manipulate their ‘girlfriends’ to use them as prostitutes.

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

Every year, around 5,000 French students go abroad to study medicine. More than half of them choose Romania.  

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

Spain has had mixed gender prisons for a long time, and other countries are considering following their example.

Panagiotis Souroukli was born in Georgia and sold for adoption in Cyprus as a newborn baby.

Aicha and Ceyda both come from poorer backgrounds which has made things harder for them in life.

The Ambedkar high school, run by headmaster Tibor Derdak, helps Roma children who would otherwise drop out of school

Campaigners are calling for an end to the statute of limitations on sexual abuse of minors.

In the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of women in Peru, often poor, indigenous and illiterate, were sterilised against their will.

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.

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

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

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

Our reporters filmed an exclusive report from the border area occupied by the Israeli army.

 In the democratic-leaning city of Philadelphia, the birthplace of the nation, local people are firmly against Donald Trump’s whitewashing of American history.

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

Many Chinese parents send their offspring to military holiday camps to learn what it means to defend their homeland.

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.

A journey of discovery through Japan’s northernmost main island passing fields of flowers and smoking volcanoes.

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

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

Brussels has confirmed its desire to explore an “associate membership” status for Ottawa.

A leading figure in the British alternative music scene performs in Paris as part of her “Body High’ tour.

Two virtuoso piano concertos from Franz Liszt on period instruments with Bertrand Chamayou as soloist.

A series of sabotage attacks in the EU all point back to Russia. Now the EU has to decide how to respond.

Jazz musician and Coltrane expert Raphaël Imbert, leads a concert celebrating 100 years of the legendary saxophonist and band leader.

Billie visits her parents’ country for the first time. Can she uncover her family’s secrets before she has to flee?