Wilson Fache, a freelance journalist, returned from Afghanistan early in October after spending several weeks in the country, which fell under the control of the Taliban on 15 August. He reports on the situation in Kabul and the provinces, the very precarious economic situation, the concerns of women, and his work as a journalist.
Read and listen to our #newsAudioStory at https://euranetplus-inside.eu/european-week-with-radio-nantes-afghanistan-where-to/

Wilson Fache, Freelance Journalist, eu!radio & radio nantes’(in French)

With the war limiting access to Black Sea ports, Ukraine has had to find other ways of getting its products to market. As a result, Ukrainian grains and seeds have flooded Central and Eastern Europe, much to the dismay of the region’s farmers.

Galab Donev, Acting Prime Minister of Bulgaria (in Bulgarian)

Most European citizens expect the EU to continue providing aid and support to Ukraine. But support for the war effort is not wholehearted right across the board.

Margarita Šešelgytė, IR Expert, ITV By Jonė Sąlygaitė, Žinių Radijas (in Lithuanian) 2

EU-US relations are at something of an all-time low right now, as Trump celebrates his first 10 weeks back in the Oval Office by pressing the red trade button. 

Image @ canva

Kevin Verbelen, Senior International Trade Expert at Agoria (in French)

Dominique Demonté, CEO of BioPark (in French) 2

Daniel Kiryakov, American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria (in Bulgarian)

Jean Asselborn, Former Foreign Minister of Luxembourg (in German)

Dominique Demonté, CEO of BioPark (in French) 1

Ian Lesser, Vice-President at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (in English)

Stanislav Bakardzhiev, Bulgarian Association of Wine Professionals (in Bulgarian)

Last week, the EU presented its new internal security strategy, one that is intended to help the bloc circumnavigate the choppy waters ahead over the next five years. 

Image: Protecting EU from cyber and hybrid threats © shutterstock

Hannes Heide, Member of the European Parliament – S&D, Austria (in German)1

Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs (in German)

Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission (in English)

Guy Bley, Director of Luxembourg’s High Commission for National Protection (in Luxembourgish)

Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Crisis Management (in English)

Ivan Goychev, Sofia’s Deputy Mayor for Digitisation (in Bulgarian)

Blagovest Kirilov, Bulgaria’s Former Deputy Minister of E-Government (in Bulgarian)

António Leitão Amaro, Portugal’s Minister of the Presidency (in Portuguese)

António Martins da Cruz, Former Foreign Minister of Portugal (in Portuguese)

Igors Rajevs, Member of the Latvian Parliament (in Latvian)

With the era of alliances seemingly coming to an end, what if we can no longer count on anyone else?
With our world undergoing profound transformation, the member stations of the pan-European Euranet Plus network come back with a new podcast, "Tomorrow's Europe", to explore a series of potential new scenarios for the bloc. 

Boyan Tonchev, Journalist at RFE - RL, ITV by Radoslav Chichev, BNR (in Bulgarian)

In this episode: 2024 is the year of superlatives for Europe's climate, according to the EU's new Copernicus climate report. And in our fact check this month, we look at claims that the US paid Ukraine more than the EU to Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russia.




Image: Julian Bohorquez/Shutterstock

Giulio Betti, Climatologist at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) (in Italian)

Francisco Ferreira, President of Associação Zero (in Portuguese)

Andrew Ferrone, Senior official at the Luxembourg Ministry of the Environment (in Luxembourgish)

Some 100 days after Trump’s inauguration and with Ukrainian cities under continued Russian bombardment, the image of Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky sitting face to face in St Peter's Basilica struck a chord. 


Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany (in German) 1

From this summer onwards, more than half of EU member states may be permitted to increase their debt in order to boost their defence spending. 

Image: Spending will continue to rise in the future in the EU © Nikolai Moiseenko - Shutterstock

Ioannis Papafloratos, Political Scientist and Military Professor (in Greek) 1

It’s been a big week for water in Brussels, with the Commission unveiling its water resilience strategy and its European Oceans Pact… all in the run-up to next week’s UN Ocean Conference.

Image: © Cozine - Shutterstock

Francisco Ferreira, President of ZERO (in Portuguese) 1

Soaring global trade tensions, rising protectionism and a huge hunger for critical minerals underscore the need for Europe to secure its own supply going forward – or this may well impinge on its future.

Dumitru Turbăceanu, Mayor of Baia de Fier, ITV by Stefan Baciu, Radio România (in Romanian)

Trump pats himself on the back after NATO leaders agree to increase defence spending to five per cent of GDP by 2035.

Photo © Martijn Beekman - NATO

Maxime Prévot, Foreign Minister of Belgium (in French) 2

Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of Latvia (in Latvian)

Adrian Nikolov, Economist at Institute for Market Economics (in Bulgarian) 1

João Oliveira, Member of the European Parliament – The Left, Portugal (in Portuguese)

Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO (in English) 1

Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain (in Spanish)

Adrian Nikolov, Economist at Institute for Market Economics (in Bulgarian) 2

Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany (in German)

Nicuşor Dan, President of Romania (in Romanian)

Donald Trump, President of the United States (in English)

Birgit Schmeitzner, Press Officer at the European Commission (in German) 2

Many governments have taken extraordinary measures to fight the covid-19 pandemic. But experts warn that if many of them are necessary today, those measures could without anyone realizing it become permanent and hamper our fundamental rights.

Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director of ECFR: "The Key Question Is: does it ever end?" (in English)

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