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Hans Von der Brelie

Euronews Witness

Tracking water thieves in southern Spain

This episode of Euronews Witness brings you to Andalusia in southern Spain, where our reporter Hans von der Brelie is searching – and finding - illegal water wells.

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Meet the Dutch farmers fighting against emissions regulations

In this latest episode of Euronews Witness, we travel to the Netherlands where many farmers are opposing government plans to drastically reduce livestock in order to slash nitrogen emissions, a major source of pollution in the country.

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Why are so many young Finns dying from drug abuse?

Finland is often held up as a shining example on the world stage. Yet is the European country with the highest proportion of under 25s dying from drugs.

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Time is running out: who are the climate activists sounding the alarm?

Soup on a Van Gogh, hands glued to roads, mashed potatoes on a Monet painting. Europe’s climate activists have been adopting more extreme tactics. Our reporter Hans von der Brelie met them to find out why.

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World News

Climate activists hijack car adverts to highlight environmental impact

Climate activists have vandalised car industry billboards in a coordinated campaign in Europe to highlight the sector's environmental impact. In Brussels, the action was timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of its International Motor Show.

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In Moscow's crosshairs: Moldova scrambles to stay warm this winter

Moscow is using energy as a weapon against Moldova. Residents there have taken to the streets in the capital Chisinau, to protest against the pro-European government.

Economy

Rising production costs puts the squeeze on Europe's bakers

Whether it's the local family bakery around the corner or the huge industrial-scale bakeries, skyrocketing bills are an existential threat. Euronews speaks to bakers in the Netherlands, Romania, and Italy to find out more.

Economy

Bakers go bust while EU ministers mull gas-price cap

European energy ministers are debating an EU gas-price cap to help consumers. But for some businesses, such as bakeries, the action on bills is too little too late.

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Rising temperatures see beetles and fire ravage European forests

A combination of record-high temperatures and drought saw France lose some 65,000 hectares of forest this summer to rampaging wildfires. These same conditions saw the Bark beetle flourish, devouring a staggering 11,000 hectares, one-quarter, of the Franconian Forest in Germany.

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Europe's energy crisis and the multi-billion euro buried treasure

Could Gronnigen's multi-billion hidden treasure be the answer to Europe's looming energy crisis? Extraction on gas fields has been put on hold by the government due to 2100 recorded earthquakes which have severely damaged houses.

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Queues return to Greek soup kitchens as inflation takes its toll

First, the financial crisis played havoc with Greece. Then the pandemic showed up. And now: inflation. will Greeks manage to weather the storm again?

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How Sweden is bracing itself for Russian attack

After the end of the Cold War, Sweden demilitarized Gotland island in the Baltic sea. Now, in the wake of Putin’s war in Ukraine, Sweden is accelerating its re-armament.

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Ukraine invasion puts Estonians on edge

A huge Russian-speaking minority lives in the Baltic States. Estonia is member of NATO – a military alliance which guarantees them security. Nevertheless, are Estonians afraid of their Russian neighbour? Mobile Journalist Hans von der Brelie went to the edge of the country to find out.

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France and Germany on the climate change frontline

Climate change is eating away Europe’s coastlines. In the German Wadden Sea, holms and islands are under threat – and in French Normandy giant cliffs crumble more and more frequently.

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Air pollution: the silent killer

400,000 people on the European continent die prematurely, every year. Why? It’s the dirty air they breathe in European cities that kills them.

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Could the ‘dump of death’ near Mostar be making locals ill?

A landfill near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina is leaking black fluid containing copper, lead, zinc, and arsenic at worrying levels according to test results taken by locals who are worried the dumpsite is attributed to deaths from cancer.

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The coal war: the battle to close Germany's lignite mines

Euronews' Hans von der Brelie heads to one of the world’s largest opencast pits, Garzweiler II, to witness for himself the battle to close the country's lignite mines.

Climate

German climate activists call for faster exit from coal production

Germany plans to quit coal by 2038 but the possibility of bringing the deadline forward by 8 years is on the negotiation table. And climate activists want to see that happening.

My Europe Series

Germany's energy transition is at the heart of the 2021 federal election

One of the main questions in Germany’s election battle is how the country can manage its energy transition. Major political parties back solar and wind solutions, but red tape and angry locals are slowing down change.

My Europe Series

Is France’s bike industry on the road to a ‘Made in Europe’ comeback?

'Made in Asia’ dumping methods have damaged Europe’s industries. Can the European Union rescue the ‘made in Europe’ market and save European jobs? Unreported heads to France to take a look at the bike industry and its European comeback.

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