Europe
Europe – a place of diverse cultures, differing needs and varying climates.
Our journalism aims to capture the individuality of European countries while also addressing the grand challenges affecting the continent at large. We cover the European Union and its responses to people seeking refuge arriving on European shores and discuss the geopolitics of the continent’s energy and water needs.
Rule of silence
A hard-line regime in Greek refugee camps is making life harder for the migrants within them, as well as aid workers who want to help. Sebastian Skov Andersen and Gabriel Geiger report.
Stay or go: villagers vs big coal
Germany may have committed to phasing out coal but that hasn’t stopped mine expansion plans which threaten two villages. Paul Krantz and Leo Frick report.
Without water, there is no life
Industrial agriculture is drying up the land in Almeria, Spain. Vitalie Duporge speaks to activists and small-scale farmers trying to avert local ecocide.
Not toeing the Kremlin’s line
Regional media is holding its own against the ‘official version’ put out by the nationals. Could it be a harbinger for change, asks Tina Burrett.
Nature’s guardians
Dave Bangs makes the case for universal freedom to roam, and explains why he will be joining a mass trespass of England’s South Downs.
Finntopia
Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen explain how Finland has come to be so equal, peaceful and happy – and sketch out the lessons we might learn from its example.
UK’s military spending boost will make the world more dangerous
Boris Johnson announces billions for the defence industry, peanuts for climate action and nothing to tackle child poverty, writes Andrew Smith.
Boat migration 'push-back' will never be the asylum solution
Barney Cullum speaks to the young survivors of Somali terrorist cells and sectarian violence who are feeling the brunt of Greece’s new ‘push-back’ policies.
After Isis
Most European countries refuse to repatriate the thousands of former ISIS foreign fighters and their families now held in Kurdish camps in Syria., but Kosovo is bringing its citizens home. Sara Manisera reports.
The UK is taking aid back to its colonial roots
The government’s decision to scrap the Department for International Development will set back efforts to fix global inequalities by decades, writes Martin Drewry of Health Poverty Action.
Why won’t croatia face its past?
The country’s political class is letting fascists off the hook and allowing history to be distorted. Jelena Prtorić asks: Whose purposes does this serve?
Greece: breaking point
As the EU continues to praise Greece as its ‘shield’ against migration, Zoe Holman reports on how refugees are coping in the overcrowded Moria camp.
‘Socially dangerous’ for having fought off ISIS
Stefania D’ignoti speaks to a group of volunteers met with hostility and legal persecution after returning to Italy from the autonomous Kurdish-held region of Rojava.
In Ukraine, COVID-19 is a threat multiplier
Frank Martin and Eric Fritz – of the Ukrainian humanitarian organization Right to Protection – examine how coronavirus is set to make things worse for pensioners and displaced people.
For-profit investments are not ‘development’
The British government plans to divert taxpayers’ money into private hands – and away from the world’s poorest, warns Labour’s Dan Carden.
How counter-terror police quash dissent
Kevin Blowe on how allegations of extremism are used to discredit social movements in the United Kingdom.
Ireland’s invisible frontier
The threat of Brexit has caused great anxiety about the return of a ‘hard border’ in Ireland. Yet it’s minority communities who have the most to fear, writes Luke Butterly.
So where on Earth do we go from here?
Chris Brazier tries to see beyond the wreckage of the UK’s 2019 election.
This election is a battle for Britain’s soul
Nick Dearden examines what’s at stake in the UK general election, and how the result is likely to impact global justice.
Greece’s new police state
Ioanna Manoussaki-Adamopoulou and Keira Dignan on the Greek state’s clampdown on migrants and activists.
Ken Loach: poverty doesn’t occur ‘by accident’
The socialist filmmaker explains how his anti-austerity politics translates to the big screen.
‘Call yourself English?’
Blake Morrison grew up in Yorkshire – and made his escape from his traditional conservative background via literature. But since the Brexit referendum he has often felt like a stranger in his own country.
Can the European Union be reformed?
Almost everyone agrees that the EU needs to be reformed. But is it possible? Hilary Wainwright and Grace Blakeley take sides.
‘A very British coup’
Boris Johnson’s shutdown of parliament could spark an early general election, but that’s nothing to feel sanguine about.
Who were the British Black Panthers?
Just like their better-known US counterparts, the British Black Panthers have continuing relevance.
Greece opens its arms — and seas — to hydrocarbon giants
The state hopes deep-sea mining will pay off its crippling debts – but the only outcome will be environmental devastation, argues Zoe Holman.
Who are the gilets noirs?
Luke Butterly explains why undocumented migrants in France are getting organized.
Life after the Salvini Decree
Barney Cullum speaks to a Sudanese victim of Italy’s recently passed law that abolishes ‘humanitarian protection’ for those who have been refused asylum.
The new Spanish Islamophobia
A far-right regional party in Spain is making gains in the run up to national elections. Their strategy? A campaign of Islamophobia. Flora Hastings writes.
Why is Greece still ‘containing’ refugees in camps?
Isabelle Merminod and Tim Baster report from the Greek islands where thousands are ‘contained’ in crowded camps. Meanwhile on the mainland, refugees are rebuilding their lives.
We need to talk about Putin
Putin’s critics have labelled him a ‘kleptocratic dictator’ and drawn comparisons with Hitler. Russia expert Mark Galeotti tells Madeline Roache that it is more complicated than that.
