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Golden passports, anal beads, and the world’s most complicated elections
With fourteen governments and a three-person presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina's political system is often described as the most complicated in the …
3 years, 8 months ago
What the hell just happened in Italy?
This week saw a political earthquake in Italy — albeit one that had been widely predicted. With Giorgia Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy poised t…
3 years, 9 months ago
The joys of the early internet
Between those of us who grew up before the internet and those who've never known a world without it, there's a generation of people who came of age *…
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 200! Sweden’s elections and a guy who used to run a country
We're back after our summer break, and celebrating a milestone this week: our 200th episode! To mark the occasion, we're joined by a special guest, f…
3 years, 9 months ago
Josh and Franco
This week, we heard that 'Josh and Franco', one of our all-time favourite episodes, has been nominated for the equivalent of an Oscar in the European…
3 years, 9 months ago
Bad laws and feta wars
In the final episode before our summer break, we dive into a cheese-based conflict between Greece and Denmark and a homophobic Hungarian law that is …
3 years, 11 months ago
Farmers, fossils and files
Russia's assault on Ukraine is driving a global food crisis, and there are calls for Europe to dramatically increase its own supplies in response. Bu…
3 years, 11 months ago
The bigger the better?
Ukraine and Moldova have been granted candidate status to join the EU. It's a major moment in the messy process of knitting this continent together —…
3 years, 11 months ago
Your Face Looks Familiar
More and more European police forces are using facial recognition technology. Under an EU proposal they'd be able to share access to the millions of …
4 years ago
It takes more than two, baby
When Remco Yizhak Cooremans moved home to the Netherlands after many years abroad, the authorities told him something shocking: his son wasn't legall…
4 years ago