Linguist grads Alex and Francesca bring you the latest headlines from across Europe and help with anything lost in translation. Tune in for an in-depth analysis of the continent's biggest news stories, featuring interviews with the people who have been directly affected by them.
We're back! In this episode, we ask what was the Herero Nama genocide and why has Germany acknowledged it now (0:49)? Why is the Spanish government trying to pass a law which encourages Spaniards to confront their history (4:56)? And, if someone gave you £300 to spend on the arts where would you go first? The cinema, an art gallery or a book shop? We discuss France's new initiative to get young people interested in culture (10:41).
This episode was recorded on 6th June 2021.
10 Mar 2021
Vaccine drama, Sarkozy's sentence, made-up artists & German surveillance
Why has former French President Nicolas Sarkozy been sentenced to prison (00.58), and what’s all this about Italy blocking vaccine shipment to Australia (07.47)? Alex and Francesca discuss all this, as well as political surveillance in Germany (12.31) and Javier Velasco’s imaginary artists (21.35) in this next episode of Europdate (recorded on 6th March.)
19 Feb 2021
Italy's new man, Illa's master plan & violence in Amsterdam
Who is Super Mario, and why is Italy's new government so unusual? (2.04) Who won the Catalan election, and what do the results reveal about attitudes towards independence in the region? (7.09) Why has the Dutch government been accused of acting illegally, and what sparked the violent protests which took place in the Netherlands recently? (12.10) All this and more in the third episode of Europdate (recorded on 16th February).
27 Jan 2021
Resignations & Renovations
Alex and Francesca discuss Italy's political turmoil, what happens when coronavirus meets Catalan independence and the impending makeover of the Champs-Élysées.
8 Nov 2020
Macron, migration & the Mafia
In the first ever episode of Europdate, Alex and Francesca discuss the recent surge of terrorist attacks in France, the drastic increase in migration from West Africa to the Canary Islands and the eruption of protests against coronavirus restrictions in southern Italy.
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