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Small Ex-Soviet Satellite State My Ass
Season 1 Episode 1
This week, we're heading to a small country with a big bold foreign policy. Czechia, aka the Czech Republic, has won international praise by negotiat…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Portuguese Constitution Is Delicious
Season 1 Episode 1
Scandal-hit Socialists, a surging far-right, and winners that no one can get excited about — Portugal has just delivered some of this year's trickie…
1 year, 11 months ago
YOLO, Swiss pensioners
Season 1 Episode 1
This week: two referendums and some dodgy criminal reforms. We're talking about Swiss voters' decision to treat themselves to bigger pensions, and Sl…
1 year, 11 months ago
Army Boots
Season 1 Episode 1
In February 2022, as Russian tanks rolled across the border, the writer and historian Olesya Khromeychuk told us the story of the boots she had bough…
1 year, 11 months ago
Orbán’s biggest crisis?
Hungary has seen its biggest anti-government protests in years over the past couple of weeks. But just how dangerous is this moment for Viktor Orbán?…
2 years ago
Two Parallel Polands
Poland's rightwing populists are finally out of power. But what happens now? This week, our producer Wojciech Oleksiak and Warsaw-based journalist Cl…
2 years ago
Toxic air and toxic politicians
Last weekend, Parisians voted to triple parking fees for SUVs in a bid to remove some of the city's more polluting vehicles. It's just one of many po…
2 years ago
Why are Europe’s farmers so angry?
From France to Romania, Germany to Bulgaria, angry farmers have been blocking the roads. What's behind this wave of agricultural protests across the …
2 years ago
What actually happens to Europe’s recycling?
A lot of us are pretty diligent when it comes to throwing our plastic into the dedicated bin. But how much of that stuff actually gets recycled? This…
2 years, 1 month ago
Influencer fraud, liveable cities and the Israel taboo
We’re kicking off the new year with a heady mix of urban policy, cake-based scandal and political controversy. Find out which European city ranks as …
2 years, 1 month ago