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U-Talk goes to the (European) movies

This week on UTalk, the question comes from Léa in Paris: “A few days ahead of the Oscar ceremony which celebrates the US film industry, how is

World News

Australia's billion-dollar drug bust: liquid meth hidden in bras, art supplies

Australian authorities seize one billion dollars worth of liquid amphetamine hidden inside gel bra inserts and art supplies.

Economy

Focus on the sharing economy

This week on UTalk, a question from James in London: What are the benefits of the so-called sharing economy for consumers? Guillermo Beltrà, Head of

My Europe Series

Britain's demands for EU reform

What exactly is David Cameron asking for?

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Europe News

UK's Cameron cool on EU's reform offer

A sight of a Union Jack flying in Brussels might be a less regular event if the British Prime Minister’s EU reform drive doesn’t go his way

Europe News

EU seeks greater powers to police car industry after VW row

EU regulators want more powers to fine carmakers for faulty vehicles after the Volkswagen scandal. They want to be able to fine companies 30,000

Economy

A universal income - what it is and how it works

This week UTalk fields a question from Maya in Brussels who asks: “To fight against precarity and social inequality, some suggest the creation of a

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Poland under fire over media laws

In this edition of Europe Weekly: Poland is under fire for new media laws that have been described as an attack on the freedom of the press; the

Europe News

Don't blame us for refugee policy failure, says EU's Juncker

EU governments have failed to deliver on the promises they made to tackle Europe’s refugee crisis, the head of the European Commission said on

My Europe Series

Owning a gun in the EU

This week U-talk fields a question from Thomas in Paris : “How does the European Union currently regulate the private purchase and ownership of

Economy

Europe's economic challenges for 2016

Will 2016 be a year of economic reckoning for the EU? - Europe’s economy faces a lot of wild cards in 2016. Among them, how much will terrorism and

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: emergency talks over border controls and is 'Orbanism' spreading?

In this edition of Europe Weekly, Sweden, Denmark and Germany attend emergency talks in Brussels over new border controls; police investigate New

My Europe Series

Tackling antiquities trafficking

In this week’s Utalk, a question from Lesley in London: “How can looted antiquities from Iraq and Syria, for instance, still end up on the art market

Europe News

Hungary's 'populist model is taking hold across the whole of Europe,' says analyst

A Brussels-based newspaper correspondent has told euronews that Hungary’s ‘populist model’ is taking hold across the whole of Europe. Jean

Real Economy

Status check on #InvestEU one year in

‘Tis the season for reflection, so Real Economy host Maithreyi Seetharaman has returned to Brussels to sit down with European Commission Vice

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU agrees tentative deal on air passenger data

In this edition of Europe Weekly: the European Parliament gives its approval to plans to register air passenger data as part of the fight against

Europe News

EU plans new border force

The European Commission wants to create a border agency that could take control of the EU’s external frontiers, according to documents seen by

My Europe Series

The right to be forgotten on the internet

This week on Utalk we answer a question from Sandra in Paris: “Eighteen months after the ratification of the right to be forgotten online by the

Europe News

EU seeks to reform digital copyright laws

Politicians have paid lip service to creating a single market in digital services for years. Now, the European Commission says it wants to let

Real Economy

A portrait of poverty: Europe’s women & children

In Real Economy this week Maithreyi Seetharaman looks at the challenges governments face in tackling poverty with the help of some of those closest