Politics and society

Investigation and reports

Once a month the European Parliament moves from Brussels to Strasbourg for four days, a practice which many are against.

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

Since the end of the Cold War, Romania has seen its population decline with millions emigrating to work in Western Europe. 

Every year, demonic creatures known as Krampus invade Austrian towns and villages around St Nicholas Day.

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

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.

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

As the Iranian regime brutally crushes the people’s resistance, brave Iranians still try and make their voices heard.

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