Europe now Podcast
1) Ukraine: A nation at war, yet firmly on the path to EU membership (part 1)
Europe Now brings you a special programme from Kyiv to mark the second anniversary of full-scale war in Ukraine. The fighting has killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people and left around a f...Show More
Ukraine: A nation at war, yet firmly on the path to EU membership (part 1)
18:10 | Feb 23rd, 2024
2) Ukraine: A nation at war, yet firmly on the path to EU membership (part 2)
Europe Now brings you a special programme from Kyiv to mark the second anniversary of full-scale war in Ukraine. The fighting has killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people and left around a f...Show More
Ukraine: A nation at war, yet firmly on the path to EU membership (part 2)
17:54 | Feb 23rd, 2024
3) Spain's EU presidency overshadowed by political crisis (part 2)
It's not often that an EU member state decides to hold a national election just as it takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union. But that's exactly what the Spanish government did on Ju...Show More
4) Spain's EU presidency overshadowed by political crisis (part 1)
It's not often that an EU member state decides to hold a national election just as it takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union. But that's exactly what the Spanish government did on Ju...Show More
5) Fighting poverty across the EU - one of the bloc’s top priorities (part 1)
Bulgaria is one of the most recent members of the European Union, and also the poorest. EU funds contribute a vital role to the economy: €12 billion for the period of 2021-2027, and €6.6 billion alrea...Show More
6) Fighting poverty across the EU - one of the bloc’s top priorities (part 2)
How does the European Union use cohesion funds to reduce poverty and inequality across the bloc? Our first stops are in two of the EU’s poorest countries, Bulgaria and Romania, to look at the role tha...Show More
7) Europe comes to the aid of islands and mountains (part 2)
Whether they're islands, mountains or territories far from the mainland, such areas are considered by the EU to be regions with a strong natural geographical handicap. The EU's cohesion policy, with i...Show More
8) Europe comes to the aid of islands and mountains (part 1)
Whether they're islands, mountains or territories far from the mainland, such areas are considered by the EU to be regions with a strong natural geographical handicap. The EU's cohesion policy, with i...Show More
9) Is there trouble in store between Rome and Brussels?
The election in September of the far-right Giorgia Meloni as Italian premier has sent shockwaves around Europe, not least in Brussels. Meloni has raised fears that she'll roll back reforms put in plac...Show More
10) Showdown between Brussels and Budapest: The battle over Hungary's EU funds
For years, Brussels has been at loggerheads with the Hungarian government over a host of issues – migrants, the rights of minorities, media freedoms, the independence of the justice system and, most r...Show More