RE: European Stories

Nikolai Stopnevich had a high-powered career in Moscow before he quit it all to be a teacher in a small village.

We take a look at how researchers, exterminators and hoteliers are fighting the scourge of these blood-sucking insects.

Can three long covid sufferers find relief in new treatments in Cyprus?  

Volodymyr Yugalenko and six of his fellow Ukrainians are bargemen on an Austrian ship that carries thousands of tonnes of goods down the Danube

Since a romantic piano scene on Netflix became world-famous, a picturesque village has been overrun by visitors.

With the price of olive oil skyrocketing, Spain’s olive producers have to defend their olive groves from organised gangs.

Since the financial crisis, Ireland has had a severe housing crisis with many families left homeless.

Mallorca is a dream destination for many holidaymakers in Europe, but rising rents are making life hell for locals.

In Italy it can be very difficult to access an abortion, despite it being legal since 1978. Since Giorgio Melone came to power, the anti-abortion lobby has grown stronger.

The village of Pyla is the only inhabited village in the United Nations buffer zone in partitioned Cyprus.

 As in many European countries, Belgium's boar population has risen dramatically in recent decades causing havoc for commuters and for farmers.

Thousands of hectares of southern Spain are covered with solar panels, which does not please everybody.

On board the FS Meteor a team of German researchers spend five weeks at sea studying the unknown depths of the Atllantic Ocean.

Norway is the perfect environment for Atlantic salmon but intensively farmed fish is threatening wild salmon populations.

A new generation of tea growers are revitalising Georgia's plantations, abandoned after the fall of the USSR.

Over the last ten years, the number of young farmers has risen by 13% in Italy, more than anywhere else in Europe.

In eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus, the Bialowieza Forest is at the heart of an intense migratory and geopolitical crisis. 

How are stricter alcohol laws affecting the legendary party scene in Mallorca in summer 2024?

In the Spanish village of Pescueza, a cooperative is working to ensure that senior citizens can access the help they need.

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