Aug 04 Watch 9:30 Why Hungary is building a new ‘Iron Curtain’ By PBS News Hour In Hungary, government leaders say they can't cope with the flood of migrants entering their country: 80,000 so far this year. So the government is racing to complete a 110 mile-long fence -- what opponents are calling a “new Iron… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 7:56 NATO Commander: Russia’s use of force in Europe is a major threat By PBS News Hour Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, joins Gwen Ifill to discuss the alliance with Turkey against the Islamic State and why Russia poses a major threat in Europe today. Continue watching
Jul 05 ‘No’ supporters celebrate as Greek voters reject bailout By News Desk Greeks have voted overwhelmingly to reject bailout terms offered by Greece's international creditors… Continue reading
May 30 Humanitarian crisis at sea: More than 4,200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean By News Desk More than 4,200 migrants trying to reach Europe were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea over the past 24 hours, the Italian Coast Guard said Saturday, amid the swelling humanitarian crisis at sea. Continue reading
May 23 Ireland says ‘yes’ to legalizing gay marriage in historic referendum By Andrew Mach Ireland became the first country in the world to legalize gay marriage by popular vote on Saturday in a landmark victory for the gay-rights movement. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 2:13 U.S. troops are in Ukraine for training and the Kremlin isn’t happy about it By PBS News Hour The United States Army announced on Friday that about 300 troops, based in Italy, had arrived in western Ukraine for a six-month training rotation for three battalions of Ukraine’s National Guard. It is the first training mission by American troops… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 3:35 Belgium steps up security amid new terror threats By PBS News Hour In the wake of last week's shootings in Paris and a sweeping Belgian counter-terror operation this week that left two suspects dead, Belgian authorities have stepped up security across the country. For the latest, Matthew Dalton, a reporter with the… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 9:32 News Wrap: Dozens arrested in European anti-terror raids By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, police in France, Germany and Belgium arrested more than two dozen people with suspected links to Islamic militant groups. The head of Europol warned that Europe now has up to 5,000 Muslim radicals. Also, President… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 4:55 Europe’s porous borders pose problems in hunt for terrorists By PBS News Hour The attacks in Paris and today's raids against militants in Belgium highlight the trend of European Muslims traveling to Syria and Iraq to fight. Gwen Ifill talks to Lorenzo Vidino of the European Foundation for Democracy about Europe’s porous borders… Continue watching
Jan 15 What’s the most fiscally responsible country in the developed world? By Laurence Kotlikoff Countries like Germany have gotten away with lecturing others about their fiscal prudence. But maybe the Germans should take a look around them, argues economist Larry Kotlikoff, to see which European Union country is doing it better. Continue reading