perspectives

Perspectives: different angles by various European TV stations on a story that has dominated the week's news

Angelina’s choice

Angelina Jolie brought into the open an effective and yet little-known medical-surgical procedure this week, when she shared her own…
17/05 16:23 CET
After Cleveland horror, back to life

Three young women who were abducted ten years ago and held captive in Cleveland, USA, are finally free and back with their loved ones, after…
10/05 14:02 CET
Dutch give new king royal welcome

It’s been a big week for the Dutch Royal Family. Queen Beatrix abdicated and passed the throne on to her son, Willem-Alexander…
03/05 14:04 CET
Gay marriage legalisation joy and fury

France has become the 14th country in the world to legalise same sex marriage. Swiss television TSR reported on the controversial vote in the…
26/04 17:01 CET
France’s ministerial turmoil

French President François Hollande’s public opinion rating is in the mud. His fortunes have shrunk as the Cahuzac scandal swells, a…
05/04 15:28 CET
Cash-starved Cyprus no more tax haven

Finally Cypriots could get into their banks, after two weeks of locked doors. When they reopened, in spite of anger over feelings that their…
29/03 18:48 CET
Malian towns liberated

French and Malian forces retook Timbuktu and Gao this week, removing control of the Niger River Bend from jihadist militants. The population…
01/02 18:48 CET
Mali civilians fault own army

As French troops and reinforcements deploy in Mali, rumours about abuses committed by the country’s own army have cast a cloud over…
25/01 18:39 CET