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.
The BBC having Clegg and Farage debate immigration is a bad-taste joke
It’s like asking whether you should beat your wife weekly or daily,
complains Kate Smurthwaite.
Emotion overwhelms reason in Ukraine
Victor Sonkin explains how the background to the current crisis makes its resolution so difficult.
What lies behind Britain’s ‘special relationship’ with Bahrain?
Two years ago today, the UK supported a brutal crackdown against Bahraini citizens. Andrew Smith writes.
What does locking up migrants say about society?
As a new immigration centre opens in Dorset, Horatio Morpurgo asks why refugees are treated so badly.
'My city doesn’t need water cannons, it needs a police force we can trust'
The British government plans to implement new crowd control weapons but
it would do better to listen to the people who take to the streets, says
Matthew Butcher.
Clampdown continues on Nigeria’s LGBT community
But the global voices of dissent are growing louder, reports Chris Matthews.
Darcus Howe: ‘All I want to do is mobilize the people to stand up for their rights’
The Black Panther-turned-broadcaster and writer talks to Subi Shah about his past struggles and future dreams.
Why does abuse persist in Romania?
Luke Dale-Harris reports on the ongoing battle to improve the rights of disabled people locked away in secretive Romanian institutions.
Who are the Roma people?
To counter some of the recent accusatory news coverage, Philip Brown shares a few facts.
Debt, austerity, devastation: it’s Europe’s turn
As the creditors get fatter, the innocent are punished. Susan George laments a leadership subservient to big business.
Does multiculturalism have a future in Britain?
Inspired by the rightward lurch of British politics, The Prisma newspaper set up a debate to try to answer this question. Amy Hall reports.
Cameroon's women call time on breast ironing
Amy Hall reports on a little-known tradition with devastating impacts on girls in African communities.
Resisting evictions Spanish style
The fallout the property bubble is mass homelessness. Melissa García Lamarca records how public anger has galvanized the movement for housing justice.
Greece: what the potato movement did next
From direct deals with farmers to guerrilla parks and suicide prevention, Alexandra Saliba documents grassroots solutions to the financial crisis.
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Why won’t Adidas pay-up in Indonesia?
The sportswear giant has lost contracts worth over $10 million because of its refusal to settle a $1.8-million debt to workers.
Spain’s brain drain
Dan Hancox on the skilled young people who, after thirty years of Spanish democracy, are finding their options increasingly limited.
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British connection to Amazon atrocities
David Hill says the centenary of the Putumayo massacre is a reminder of why ‘progress’ gets such a bad name.
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Dancing on Maggie Thatcher's grave
Alan Hughes on why he’ll be celebrating the passing of the Iron Lady. -
Video: To BP or not to BP?
A group of merry players perform an anti-BP soliloquy to an unsuspecting audience at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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BRICS challenge dollar hegemony
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa team up to resist Western financial domination, reports Lasanda Kurukulasuriya.
Frontline Africans: migrants hit by Europe's economic decline
What can African migrant workers do when faced with rising unemployment and racism in Europe? Sarah Babiker reports from Spain and Argentina.
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Norway snatches Indian children from their parents
Two young Indian children have been taken into care in Norway because their mother fed them with her fingers. Mari Marcel Thekaekara is appalled.
Chernobyl: a fever of forgetting
As we approach the 20-year anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Magnum photographer Paul Fusco meets the children born years later but still suffering from its terrible legacy.
Fusion illusion
Proponents of new fusion technology promise it will deliver clean and limitless power to the masses. Peter Montague is having a case of déjà-vu.
Ukraine
When Ukrainians celebrated New Year 2005 in Kiev in a delirious sea of orange and anthems of the revolution, the future looked bright. But divisions remain.
Not so crazy
Amanda Roll-Pickering tells the story of a disused slate quarry in Wales that is now at the cutting edge of clean energy.
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The Radical 20th Century
Battle has already commenced over the meaning of the century,
as Chris Brazier explains.
