Oct 30 Watch 6:33 Greeks find tax hike on a traditional liquor hard to swallow By PBS News Hour Amid the financial crisis, there's one EU-imposed austerity measure that's causing particular angst among Greek citizens: a tax hike on one of the country's favorite traditional liquors. Greeks are worried that raising taxes on tsipouro, a powerful, clear type of… Continue watching
Oct 25 European leaders meet for emergency talks on Balkan refugee crisis By Rialda Zukic European leaders met Sunday at an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss the handing of tens of thousands of migrants passing through the Balkans to western parts of Europe. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 5:25 News Wrap: EU strikes agreement on migrant crisis aid By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, European leaders came to an agreement on how to process thousands of migrants reaching Greece and Italy, while Croatia and Serbia feuded over the flow of refugees across their shared border. Also, Chinese President Xi… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 7:11 Can Europe balance the migrant crisis with countries’ needs? By PBS News Hour European leaders are meeting in Brussels to work on a unified response to the migrant crisis. Hari Sreenivasan talks to William Swing of the International Organization for Migration and European Union Ambassador David O'Sullivan about the contentious negotiations and the… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 4:26 As migrants flood Greece, EU leaders debate mandatory quotas By PBS News Hour A meeting of European heads of state to address the migrant crisis turned into debate over a quota deal that would settle 120,000 asylum seekers across the continent over two years. Four countries made loud objections while the UN refugee… Continue watching
Sep 18 Quiz: Test your brain on this week’s world news By Larisa Epatko The week of international news began with the fallout from Egyptian security forces accidentally firing upon a tourist convoy, followed by a major earthquake on the Pacific Ring of Fire. Take our five-minute quiz about these events. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 5:57 As EU steps up controls, refugees wish for open land borders from Turkey By PBS News Hour Officials from across Europe arrived in Brussels to discuss instituting quotas to distribute 160,000 asylum seekers throughout the continent. Some countries have balked at the plan, while Germany, Austria and Hungary have tightened up their borders. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 8:29 How should EU manage its borders amid the migrant crisis? By PBS News Hour As European governments gather to discuss a plan to set quotas, will the decisions made in Brussels help to ease the migrant crisis? Jeffrey Brown gets two perspectives from Ambassador Réka Szemerkényi of Hungary and David Miliband, CEO of the… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch 4:20 European Union struggles to find unified response to migrant crisis By PBS News Hour On Monday, the 28-nation European Union will hold an emergency summit in Brussels, Belgium, to try to agree on how many asylum seekers each country will accept. NewsHour's William Brangham joins Hari Sreenivasan from Vienna, to discuss. Continue watching
Sep 11 Quiz: 5 things to know about Europe’s migrant crisis By Larisa Epatko Europe is grappling with tens of thousands of migrants and refugees crossing its borders. Take our 5-minute quiz to learn more about the migrant surge. Continue reading