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.
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.
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!
Could the attack on Russia's Belgorod be the start of something bigger? How Greece's conservatives hope to go it alone as a second vote is called and Turkey goes into the election runoff with Erdogan's rival facing an uphill battle. Also: Is Europe falling behind in the AI race? Will the EU's new AI regulation lessen the risk to humans? And how talking credit cards can help the visually impaired.
Could the attack on Russia's Belgorod be the start of something bigger? How Greece's conservatives hope to go it alone as a second vote is called and Turkey goes into the election runoff with Erdogan's rival facing an uphill battle. Also: Is Europe falling behind in the AI race? Will the EU's new AI regulation lessen the risk to humans? And how talking credit cards can help the visually impaired.