Politics and society

Investigation and reports

This is a secretly filmed report from a country which is closed to foreign journalist and devastated by an earthquake and years of civil war.

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

For one month before their final exams, Norwegian high-school students take part in hedonistic partying.

12-year-old Nihat fled the war in Suria via the Balkan route into Europe. What has happened to him since?

An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new social class of financially insecure citizens who, although they are employed, find it very difficult to make ends meet.

El Salvador’s crackdown on gang violence has made the streets safe but is criticised on human rights grounds.

Ever more people are travelling abroad for medical procedures with Hungary a major destination for dental health tourism.

All over Europe, prices are rising with rampant inflation. At the border bazaar in Łęknica, Poland  this is not the case: Local stalls and shops have to keep prices low so as not to scare off German customers - the main buyers who cross the border looking for bargains. 

A team of archaeologists live as hunter-gatherers for a month to understand what life was really like thousands of years ago.

In twelve EU countries, women with disabilities can still be sterilised without their consent.