Re: Period Poverty in Europe

Panagiotis Souroukli was born in Georgia and sold for adoption in Cyprus as a newborn baby.

Photographer Alex Iacob explores Romania’s lost derelict breweries, abandoned cinemas and closed up spa towns.

 As in many European countries, Belgium's boar population has risen dramatically in recent decades causing havoc for commuters and for farmers.

Lviv’s opera house has reopened to allow the artists to rehearse and perform despite the risks.

A church on wheels, moved several kilometres: this was the spectacular highlight of the relocation of the Swedish city of Kiruna.

Ordinary civilians are now preparing for war by volunteering for the Latvian National Guard in large numbers.

Many French people cross the border to Belgium to end their lives in dignity, where assisted dying is possible.

With wine consumption decreasing, producers are facing an existential crisis. Can alcohol-free wine save the industry? 

Why have orcas started interacting with boats on the strait of Gibraltar? Attacks or playful contact?

Aicha and Ceyda both come from poorer backgrounds which has made things harder for them in life.

Ciprian Hord is a psychologist and photographer who wants to change the stigma of mental illness in Romania.

The Sado Delta, south of Lisbon, has been transformed from a polluted area to a regenerated biodiverse habitat. 

Originating in Japanese manga culture from the 1980s, Cosplay has gone global in the decades since

Belgian microbreweries are facing a crisis with rising prices and changing consumer habits. Can they survive?

Workers in a French wool factory took over their failing business themselves. But will they make it a success?

With seduction and declarations of love, young men emotionally manipulate their ‘girlfriends’ to use them as prostitutes.

Armed with his camera, Victor Organ visits Moldova’s isolated villages to meet local people and find out their stories.

Czech influencer Samuela Davidova travels the world to campaign for the recognition of tiny Liberland.

Patrick runs a refuge near Chartres in France for animals that nobody wants or are not allowed to keep.

With almost 12,000 beekeepers, apiculture is a way of life for Slovenians and protecting bees is a national campaign.

Many French people cross the border to Belgium to end their lives in dignity, where assisted dying is possible.

Since 1967 the German NGO Friedensdorf International has been bringing sick or injured children from around the world for treatment in Germany.

Ciprian Hord is a psychologist and photographer who wants to change the stigma of mental illness in Romania.

In Poland, women are fighting against the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.

Half of the population menstruates, but it comes at a cost, and many people find it difficult to afford period products.

Ordinary civilians are now preparing for war by volunteering for the Latvian National Guard in large numbers.

Mexicans are receiving much less money in remittances from family living in the United States, affecting the economy.

A small community in Brandenburg is torn over how to remember terrible events of World War 2.

In Ukrainian Mariupol, occupied by Russia for four years, people pay in roubles and their passports are now Russian.

Exclusive images and eyewitness accounts from inside Iran of the protests and bloody repression in January.

Photographer Alex Iacob explores Romania’s lost derelict breweries, abandoned cinemas and closed up spa towns.

Many French people cross the border to Belgium to end their lives in dignity, where assisted dying is possible.

15 hours of physics a day: How a Bulgarian teacher shapes great minds without the internet or distractions.

Panagiotis Souroukli was born in Georgia and sold for adoption in Cyprus as a newborn baby.

Ordinary civilians are now preparing for war by volunteering for the Latvian National Guard in large numbers.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

The US has pulled almost all its funding just as Ukraine is entering its fifth year of war. Can the EU plug the gap?

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

Skiing began as a means of survival in prehistory, only becoming synonymous with glamour and leisure in modern times.

Reports from international bodies document the torture and inhuman conditions inflicted on Palestinians held in Israeli detention.

150 years after his birth, social media has brought Austro-Hungarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to a new generation of readers.

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is ramping up its budget. Does this mean Europe is to take the lead in the space race?