France Why the EU growing its own soybeans could prevent fires in Amazon Every year, 33 million tonnes of soybeans are imported into the Old Continent, mostly from Brazil and the United States. 09/10/2019
The Cube Should we compare Amazon forest fires to those in central Africa? We spoke to an expert to find out whether we should be more concerned about the ecological impact in Africa than South America. 28/08/2019
Europe News MEPs call to block Mercosur deal over Amazon deforestation Pressure mounts on EU leaders to act against the deforestation in Brasil. One Hungarian MEP called on the European Parliament to block EU-Mercosur agreement unless Brasil gives guarantees to stop deforestation. 23/08/2019
My Europe Series BRICS countries take centre stage, but who are they? In this edition of U-talk, Stéphane from Paris asked: “Despite the crisis, emerging markets seem to be coping better than others. This is apparently 11/07/2014
Unreported Europe Mixed fortunes for Europeans chasing the Brazilian dream With the World Cup underway, Brazil has become the destination of thousands of people from around the world. They may have come to support their 13/06/2014
Unreported Europe Fears of child prostitution surge at World Cup It is a far cry from the gleaming new stadiums of Brazil’s World Cup but the stony ground where Tiago plays his football represents a kind of 06/06/2014
Unreported Europe Portuguese youth exodus The queues outside African and South American consulates in Lisbon are getting longer by the day as more Portuguese are hoping to try their luck 08/12/2011
