Inside Europe
This award-winning one-hour weekly news magazine explores the topical issues that shape the European continent, including interviews, background features and cultural reports from correspondents throughout the region.
Inside Europe - 21 September 2023
How a nuclear power plant was turned into a torture chamber, Lampedusans find themselves on the frontlines of Europe's border crisis, and how to save the British pub? Also: why anti-corruption work is war-work, how the Netherlands keep storm surges at bay, heat-proofing Seville and a trip to Italy’s annual…
Inside Europe - 14 September 2023
Small island nations bring a ground-breaking climate case, troop movements in the Suwalki Corridor, and Russian dissidents join Belgrade PRIDE. Also on the show: concrete problems for British schools, a Venice prize winner faces backlash in Poland, the Dutch Indiana Jones of the Art World, and the Estonian music festival…
Inside Europe - 7 September 2023
A Bavarian scandal with national implications, Istanbul's water is running out, and Budapest celebrates 150 years of Jewish history. Also on the show: Germany's tradition of church asylum, hot topics at the Venice Film Festival, and an opera masterclass in a Romanian castle.
Inside Europe - 31 August 2023
The sexual harassment scandal that’s polarising Sain, Greece’s PM moves closer to Turkey, and can Germany’s embattled coalition government turn things around in time? In the second half: Russian and EU narratives in Africa, the Netherlands changes its refugee policy and why Kyrgyzstan is reevaluating its history.
Inside Europe - 24 August 2023
If Prigozhin’s dead, where does that leave Belarus? - Ukrainian Independence Day falls on the 18 month anniversary of Russia’s invasion - Slovak security: dramatic arrests in the run-up to elections - A new party enters the Dutch elections race - Meet the Armenian “repats” - French produce a-plenty: but…
Inside Europe - 17 August 2023
The UK's new asylum barge has a German back-story, windfall taxes and how they work, the Asian migrants staffing Croatia's tourism boom, and an iconic Georgian brand takes sales hit. Also: George Soros and his relationship with Europe, African migrants bring in the Spanish harvest, the French ditch lawnmowers in…
Inside Europe - 10 August 2023
What the Niger coup means for France, Sweden’s freedom of speech laws are tested by book burnings and Bulgaria reckons with domestic violence. Also: A new inquiry opens up old questions about the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands, why are so many people experiencing homelessness in Germany? Russian LGBTQ+…
Inside Europe - 03 August 2023
Is the far-right AfD treading a more radical course? A ship fire off the Dutch coast stokes fears over electric vehicles and after leaving Russia, many dissidents find life abroad is not plain sailing. Also: the arrival of Wagner forces near the Polish-Belarusian border angers Warsaw, the struggles of being…
Inside Europe - 27 July 2023
Spain’s election ends in deadlock - but will a fugitive separatist leader be the kingmaker? Devastating wildfires in Greece spark the country’s biggest ever evacuation. Can Turkey salvage the Ukrainian grain deal? Putting the father of modern genetics back on the map. And could lab-grown meat help save the climate
Inside Europe - 20 July 2023
The tricky logistics of defending a NATO member from a Russian attack, the spy agency seeking Putin critics and the UK's plan to stop small boat migrants gets the green light. Also: Why Europe's cost-of-living crisis could have long-lasting effects, the female far-right politicians muddying the waters ahead of Spain's…
Inside Europe -13 July 2023
Ukraine leaves empty-handed from the NATO summit, Erdogan's U-turn means Sweden can now join the alliance, Teflon Dutch PM Mark Rutte finally comes unstuck and can Spain's Pedro Sanchez pull off a ballot box surprise? Also: Why foreign investors are betting on France, can Europe restore its natural habitats without…
Inside Europe - 06 July 2023
Could Putin really face trial in the Hague over Ukraine? Will France learn from the latest burst of violent protests? And the Italian volcano close to erupting for the first time in nearly 500 years. Also: the Dutch king says sorry for the horrors of slavery, Erdogan digs in over…
Inside Europe - 29 June 2023
After the failed Russia revolt, what's next for Prigozhin? Why aren't Ukrainian POWs being handed over to Kyiv? Norway to mine the minerals needed to power electric cars. Also: Turkey labels the Istanbul Pride march a terror threat, residents cry foul over a polluting Dutch steel plant, mafia-run Italian farms…
Inside Europe - 22 June 2023
Turkish journalist Can Dündar on the threat to his life, plus war correspondents Kristina Atovska and Jan Jessen on telling the stories of everyday life on the frontline. Also: Syrian refugees in Turkey, education in Nagorno Karabakh, Irish-Ukrainian connections in Dublin and the 100th anniversary of Verona's iconic opera festival.
Inside Europe - 15 June 2023
NATO manoeuvres, German political in-fighting, the arrest of Scotland's former First Minister, and Italy says farewell to Silvio Berlusconi. In the second half: after the crucial AI Act vote in Strasbourg, we launch part II of our Digital Futures special!
Inside Europe - 08 June 2023
A new report assesses the war's climate fallout, Ukrainian refugees in Georgia face competition from their Russian counterparts, and is Erdogan looking to change his positioning towards the West? Also: African migrants congregate at Italy’s border with France, meet Europe’s first ever Erasmus student in Gaza, plus reassessing Rammstein: could…
Inside Europe 01.06.2023
Erdogan triumphant in Turkey, spy ships and fishing tackle in Norway’s far north, plus summits in Moldova and Prague. Also on Inside Europe: an in-depth investigation following the dirty trail of illegal waste dumping in the UK and a moment of social and political reckoning in Spain.