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Post-Merkel Germany confronts climate challenges (part 1) from 2022-01-28T12:24:59
Our Europe Editor Catherine Nicholson and her team take you to Germany as they visit the region in the west of the country which flooded in July 2021. They explore the new government's climate...
Post-Merkel Germany confronts climate challenges (part 2) from 2022-01-28T12:21:31
Our Europe Editor Catherine Nicholson and her team take you to Germany as they visit the region in the west of the country which flooded in July 2021. They explore the new government's climate...
Exploring Slovenia, 30 years after independence (Part 1) from 2021-10-22T14:43:09
In this edition of Europe Now we take you to Slovenia, a country that has been at the crossroads of European empires and power struggles for centuries.
This small, mountainous and hea...
Exploring Slovenia, 30 years after independence (Part 2) from 2021-10-22T14:41:42
In this edition of Europe Now, we take you to Slovenia, a country that’s been at the crossroads of European empires and power struggles for centuries.
This small, mountainous and heav...
Summer 2021: Greece's Covid-19 odyssey (part 2) from 2021-06-21T14:56:07
Summer has begun in Europe: restrictions on travel are ending, beaches and bars are beckoning, and Greece is particularly keen to fill them all with holidaymakers. Greece is the European count...
Summer 2021: Greece's Covid-19 odyssey (part 1) from 2021-06-21T14:44:31
Summer has begun in Europe: restrictions on travel are ending, beaches and bars are beckoning, and Greece is particularly keen to fill them all with holidaymakers. Greece is the European count...
France, Europe and the pandemic: One year of Covid-19 (part 2) from 2021-04-23T17:24:30
It's spring 2021 and to date France has recorded the most cases of Covid-19 in all of Europe – including non-EU countries – and the third-highest death toll after Italy and the UK. It's now mo...
France, Europe and the pandemic: One year of Covid-19 (part 1) from 2021-04-23T17:12:38
It's spring 2021 and to date France has recorded the most cases of Covid-19 in all of Europe – including non-EU countries – and the third-highest death toll after Italy and the UK. It's now mo...
Sun, sea... and Covid-19: Spain's ongoing pandemic pain (part 2) from 2021-02-19T17:35:55
Sun, sea and sand – but no holidaymakers to enjoy them. In our latest edition of Europe Now, Catherine Nicholson travels to what's normally a holiday hotspot – Mallorca, in the Balearic Island...
Sun, sea... and Covid-19: Spain's ongoing pandemic pain (part 1) from 2021-02-19T17:32:27
Sun, sea and sand – but no holidaymakers to enjoy them. In our latest edition of Europe Now, Catherine Nicholson travels to what's normally a holiday hotspot – Mallorca, in the Balearic Island...
Romania: Centre-stage in Europe, 30 years after Communism (part 1) from 2019-07-29T12:33:29
Romania has been through so much since the fall of Ceausescu and Communism in 1989. It has now been an EU member for 12 years and has just held the EU presidency for the first time, but its pe...
Romania: Centre-stage in Europe, 30 years after Communism (part 2) from 2019-07-29T12:32:32
Romania has been through so much since the fall of Ceausescu and Communism in 1989. It has now been an EU member for 12 years and has just held the EU presidency for the first time, but its pe...
Belgium: Election season at the heart of Europe (part 2) from 2019-04-01T13:20:47
It's a patchwork country at the heart of the patchwork continent that is Europe: a country of 11 million people, with three official languages, and the de facto capital of the EU. In this edit...
Belgium: Election season at the heart of Europe (part 1) from 2019-04-01T13:19:58
It's a patchwork country at the heart of the patchwork continent that is Europe: a country of 11 million people, with three official languages, and the de facto capital of the EU. In this edit...
Beyond 'la dolce vita': Italy's uneasy populist coalition (part 2) from 2019-02-04T15:51:03
As new political winds blow in Italy, FRANCE 24’s Europe team looks beyond the stereotypes in the country of "la dolce vita". It's been almost a year since Italy's populist Five-Star Movement ...
Beyond 'la dolce vita': Italy's uneasy populist coalition (part 1) from 2019-02-04T15:49:06
As new political winds blow in Italy, FRANCE 24’s Europe team looks beyond the stereotypes in the country of "la dolce vita". It's been almost a year since Italy's populist Five-Star Movement ...
Estonia: Europe's frontier with Russia in the digital era, new party aims to imitate France's Macron (part 2) from 2018-10-29T11:39:18
Europe Now travels to Estonia this month, 27 years since the country emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union. Our European Affairs Editor, Catherine Nicholson meets former foreign minist...
Estonia: Soviet history, Russian relations, defence frontlines & the cutting edge of digital (part 1) from 2018-10-29T11:32:12
It’s been 100 years since the Baltic states declared their independence – and 27 since they emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union. In Europe Now, FRANCE 24’s European Affairs Editor Ca...
Slovakia rocked by murder of investigative journalist from 2018-05-28T14:19:39
In 2018, Hungary and Slovakia have both been under scrutiny over their behaviour as European member states. Both countries are facing European sanctions for refusing to participate in an EU qu...
Hungary under Viktor Orban from 2018-05-28T14:17:14
The River Danube isn’t the only thing that links Hungary and Slovakia. Both countries share a common history – as part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, as members of the Cold-War era Eastern bl...
Reunifying Cyprus: Hopes and fears, 44 years on (part 2) from 2018-03-05T14:02:37
Barbed wire, checkpoints, abandoned buildings and military bases: all of these are common sights in Cyprus - a country that remains split in two, 44 years after the Turkish military invaded an...
Reunifying Cyprus: Hopes and fears, 44 years on (part 1) from 2018-03-05T13:54:40
Barbed wire, checkpoints, abandoned buildings and military bases: all of these are common sights in Cyprus - a country that remains split in two, 44 years after the Turkish military invaded an...
To split or not to split? Where next for Spain and Catalonia? (Part 1) from 2017-12-23T14:16:41
It's the land of Dali, Gaudi, Pep Guardiola, tourism, industries, mountains, sea ports - and most recently, also very vocal and emotional separatist sentiment. Catalonia's regional election on...
To split or not to split? Where next for Spain and Catalonia? (Part 2) from 2017-12-23T13:55
It's the land of Dali, Gaudi, Pep Guardiola, tourism, industries, mountains, sea ports - and most recently, also very vocal and emotional separatist sentiment. Catalonia's regional election on...
Austria: Far right knocks on the doors of power (part 2) from 2017-10-02T13:07:15
For this episode of Europe Now, our Europe editor Catherine Nicholson digs deeper into the hot topics of the moment in the EU's two German-speaking member states.
Germany: Far-right knocks on the doors of power (part 1) from 2017-10-02T13:05:04
For this episode of Europe Now, our Europe Editor Catherine Nicholson digs deeper into the hot topics of the moment in Europe's two German-speaking member states.
A year of crucial elections in Europe from 2017-07-24T16:39:09
We take a look back at elections in some of the EU's biggest countries. Back in March, the Netherlands got the ball rolling with its parliamentary polls. The party of Dutch Prime Minister Mark...
One year after Brexit, where is the EU headed? from 2017-07-24T15:17:54
This week we're taking a look back at some of the more defining moments of the year so far. It's now been 12 months since the UK voted to leave the EU. Brexit negotiations have only just begun...
UK holds crucial election, one year after Brexit (part 2) from 2017-06-08T11:53:10
In this second part of Europe Now, we leave the pro-Remain capital and head to the north of the country, to Yorkshire, where the Leave vote was victorious. Our guest is Richard Corbett, a Labo...
UK holds crucial election, one year after Brexit (part 1) from 2017-06-08T11:42:37
One year on from the EU referendum, this month’s Europe Now show heads to London to look at the impact Brexit is having on the June 8 general election. Prime Minister Theresa May called the sn...
How is Belgium coping, one year after the Brussels attacks? from 2017-05-10T20:00:11
More than a year after the Brussels terror attacks, Belgian Socialist MEP Maria Arena takes us to a theatre in Charleroi, Wallonia, to talk about terrorism through the play "Djihad". Also, wit...
Belgium, at ease at the heart of the EU? from 2017-05-10T19:25:44
Belgium, with its 11 million inhabitants, is a founding member of the EU. During these times of insularity, the country has become a focal point for the European project. Brussels hosts the Eu...