Inside Europe
Inside Europe

Inside Europe, a one-hour weekly news magazine hosted by Helen Seeney and Keith Walker, explores the topical issues shaping the continent. No other part of the globe has experienced such dynamic political and social change in recent years.

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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 insolvency festival.
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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 where everybody speaks Russian.
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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.
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Inside Europe - 31 August 2023

The sexual harassment scandal that’s polarising Spain, 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.
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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 who’s going to bring in the harvest? - And a night under the stars in a Sicilian amphitheater.
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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 favour of sheep, and British micro-breweries call last orders.
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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+ refugees share their stories and French towns compete to host nuclear power plants.
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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 a teenager and a Ukrainian refugee and is France's Fox News swinging too far to the right?