Dec 22 More than 1 million migrants arrived in Europe this year By Gretchen Frazee More than one million migrants have entered Europe this year, marking the largest wave of immigration into the continent since World War II. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 7:14 News Wrap: EU leaders vow to wage 'uncompromising' fight against terror By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, European Union leaders agreed to beef up immigration controls, crack down on gun-running and freeze financial assets of extremist groups at a summit in Brussels. Also, Congress finished work on sweeping tax cut and government… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch 5:56 News Wrap: Russian lawmakers back national security overhaul By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, both chambers of Russian Parliament met to call for tougher penalties for terrorists and more power for the police, following the attacks in Paris and the bombing of a Russian airliner over Egypt. Also, thousands… Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch 5:48 News Wrap: Four EU countries to turn away economic migrants By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia announced they will turn back migrants fleeing their countries for economic reasons, accepting only war refugees to enter their territories. Also, violence between Israelis and Palestinians claimed five more lives,… Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch 7:54 Terror attacks bring greater urgency to finding migrant crisis solutions By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch Paris terror and the migrant crisis tear at Europe's open borders By PBS News Hour How to deal with hundreds of thousands of migrants, many fleeing from Syria? It's a question that was already tearing at the fabric of Europe before the attacks in Paris, with different countries taking very different stances. But after Friday… Continue watching
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