Tag #europe

 

THE PLASTIC SEA


In southern Spain, there is the highest concentration of greenhouses in the world — a laboratory of development and innovation visible from space, producing vegetables for all of Europe



 

THE MOTOR LAB


An Italian valley has always been home to the world's most iconic sports cars. A district of excellence that combines style, craftsmanship, and innovation. But today, the challenge is different: adapting to a changing future and rethinking the concept of speed



 

FLOATING FUTURES


After centuries of reshaping the land, the Dutch are embracing the philosophy of meebewegen — learning to live with water rather than against it. Will graceful, sustainable floating neighbourhoods offer a way forward as the sea continues to rise?



 

RESILIENT DELTA


Threatened by human activity, climate change and the war in Ukraine, Romania's Danube Delta is home to a wonderful and fragile water labyrinth that must be defended at all way



 

THE GATE


Ten years ago, El Hierro staked everything on sustainability and renewable energy. Today the small Canary Island faces another epochal challenge: migration from Africa, a phenomenon that is turning it into the Lampedusa of the Atlantic



 

THE FORGOTTEN ITALY


The "inland areas" cover half of the national territory, and are inhabited by a quarter of the population. But neither transportation nor schools nor health care reach them.



 

PUSZTA IN TRANSITION


In Hungary, the last steppe of Europe is an exceptional habitat rich in biodiversity and tradition. But advancing modernity, intensive agriculture and severe water shortages are seriously threatening it



 

TIDELAND


The fragile Wadden Sea is one of the last wilderness areas in Europe. Threateded by climate change, it has become a laboratory of innovative eco-sustainable practices



 

THE YOUNG KOSOVO


How youth, technology and investment are transforming Europe’s youngest republic into the excellence of the Balkans



 

DIVES MARMORIBUS TELLUS


The world’s most valuable marble has been quarried in Carrara for two thousand years. But is it still sustainable?



 

TERRA INSTABILIS 



Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields: the world’s most fearsome super-volcano is a potential time bomb



 

THE UGLY CROATIAN DUCKLING


Little considered in the past, Zagreb proves to be a fascinating crossroads of styles and cultures. But the adoption of the Euro in 2023 raised the cost of living and drove rents through the roof



 

PLASTIC BEACH


Hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic end up in the Mediterranean (and oceans around the world) every year. To see this for yourself, just take a walk along any beach after a storm



 

HEART OF DARKNESS


The fascinating Gargano promontory remains a hostile and mysterious Italian land



 

ROMA REVOLUTION


In Belgrade, with music and a thirst for empowerment, six talented women are on a mission to change the gypsy world



 

THE SMARTEST PORT IN THE WORLD


A genuine gateway into Europe, today Rotterdam is focusing on sustainability and innovation



 

THE KING’S LAST PARK RANGERS


A journey through Gran Paradiso, one of the world’s oldest parks



 

THE CONCORDIA PROJECT


It’s ten years since the Costa Concordia disaster, and the ship no longer exists. And yet objects from that tragedy can be found all over Italy. They are relics that tell stories



 

THE BALTIC QUESTION


Along the border between Russia and NATO, where Russian speakers don’t always feel European



 

THE LAST ITALIAN STEPPE


A wild, stone treasure chest: the rebirth of Alta Murgia



 

THE WARSAW MOVEMENT


In dark and threatening times music offers some respite in the Polish capital



 

LIFE IN THE BLUE ZONE


Trying to recreate normality on the only cruise ship currently operating



 

AILING LAND: JOURNEY THROUGH THE EDGE OF HEALTHCARE


Calabria in Southern Italy has some of Europe's worst hospitals. A story of the mafia and an inefficient health service



 

AGRICULTURE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN


Climate change in the Mediterranean, new crops, damaged farmland and super technologies



 

LIFE IS NOW


Giving birth during the pandemic. Managing childbirth amidst fear, loneliness and uncertainty



 

THE COVID-19 STORIES


In Italy, working on the pandemia between February and June 2020



 

NO ONE EVER CONQUERED US


A journey through the lives of the well-to-do in Malta, the EU’s smallest country



 

SILENCE


Admired and scorned, desired and damned, the absence of sound is a mystery humanity has always sought to unravel



 

STANDOUTS & POORS


What really separates the richest town from the poorest one of the European Union?



 

RELIQUIAE


Whether real or fake, relics of saints are powerful objects of worship



 

THE NEW IRON CURTAIN


For a long time part of the Soviet Union, Estonia it’s in the middle of the new Cold War



 

ETNALAND


Daily life under the highest volcano in Europe 




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