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Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? 2024 was the warmest year on record

In this edition, we hear how climate scientists are freaking out about record-breaking temperatures.

26/04/2025

Europe News

France’s united front against Mercosur deal starts to show cracks

Amid mounting pressure from the trade tensions sparked by the United States, some in France are beginning to see merit in the EU-Mercosur agreement, viewing it as a strategic response to growing economic uncertainty.

15/04/2025

Eco-Innovation

Is soilless farming Egypt’s answer to water scarcity?

Hydroponics uses just 10 per cent of the water needed for traditional cultivation.

24/11/2023

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Farmers in Austria scramble to protect orchards and crops from frosty

Farmers in Austria are using heaters and tin foil to protect harvests from the region's freezing temperatures after some of their plants sprouted early.

06/04/2023

Culture Series

The young Swiss farmers rethinking soil for the future of food

Matthias and Sam are modern-day farmers who love to experiment.

18/11/2022

Travel News

Farmer moves 200-year-old French border with Belgium by mistake

"We will have to put things back in place," the local Belgian mayor of Erquelinnes said.

05/05/2021

Italy

Army tank accidentally blows up a chicken coop in Italy

Italian farmer cries foul after an army tank accidentally blows up a chicken farm near Pordenone.

19/03/2021

Green News

French village says 'non' to Elon Musk's space-age internet

Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron's 350 residents are not too thrilled to have been picked as a ground station for Musk's Starlink project.

26/02/2021

Lithuania

Lithuania confirms its first coronavirus cases at a mink farm

Lithuanian authorities say they have detected the presence of the new coronavirus in mink at a farm in Jonava district.

26/11/2020

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Argentina battles fires in Paraná Delta

Firefighters continued to fight fires in the wetlands of the Paraná River Delta, destroying habitats in an area close to 200 square miles.

01/08/2020

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Thousands of farmers in western Spain cultivate protest over prices

They claim they're getting the same price for their products as they were 20 years ago.

18/02/2020

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Artist creates giant portrait of Neil Armstrong in Italy wheat field

A giant portrait of Neil Armstrong was created in a field in northern Italian by land artist Dario Gambarin to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

18/07/2019

Spain

Practising his best mooves: Farmer skates in front of his cows

Pablo Pato uses the cowshed on the cattle farm to practice his grinds and spins, racing along past his audience of cows after clearing up after them and sweeping the hay out of the way.

07/03/2019

Notes From The Usa

Visiting Pike Place Market, the ‘heart’ of Seattle

In partnership with Brand USA

Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance couldn't visit Seattle, Washington, without seeing its “heart and soul” and top visitor attraction: Pike Place Market.

04/02/2019