Inside Europe

Europe's wildfires reach the outskirts of major cities, plans to curb Germany's Freedom of Information Act, and what police knew about Berlin's Pride killer. Then: a place for senior queer people in Lyon, an interview with the president of George Soros' Open Society Foundations, and statue squabbles: Prague's controversial colossus.

A two-part look at the power of Ukrainian civil society: Part 1: The generational conflict which toppled a general.
Part 2: How war is shaping Ukrainians’ relationship with the state. Plus, a German surrogacy scandal, France cashes in on the US academic exodus, the military history of carrier pigeons, AI music fakes and unwanted UNESCO status. ++https://matseilertsen.bandcamp.com/++?maca=en-podcast_inside-europe-949-xml-mrss

Could the European football union step up its game and show FIFA the red card? Then: Inside Europe's correspondents pick their player of the World Cup, France legalizes assisted dying, Albania's Gen Z keep protesting, wildfires rage in Southern Europe, and a hidden Prague collection records disability in Europe. ++ https://tinyurl.com/4za5z2tc and https://tinyurl.com/rphv2khn ++ &maca=en-podcast_inside-europe-949-xml-mrss

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen resumes her bid for president, the ongoing feud between Poland and Ukraine, FIFA's red card saga, and the world's first business for women-only football gear. Then: the German village that slashed its electricity bills by becoming energy self-sufficient.

Inside Europe marks the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the American Declaration of Independence with an extended conversation with Glyn Morgan, author of "The Rise and Fall of American Europe." If Europe as we know it is an American creation, where does that leave us now, in this moment of rupture?