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Fines on the unvaccinated and Merkel's 'biggest mistake'
This week our Beyond the Byline podcast focuses on the fines Austria and Greece are proposing against unvaccinated people, the reactions so far, and the exceptions. Ol...
Energy Crisis and Conference on the Future of Europe
This week our Beyond the Byline Podcast focuses on the Energy Crisis and the effects that this is having on the economy of Europe, especially in terms of impact on the...
Swiss/EU misunderstandings and the dispute over the push backs in Greece
This week our Beyond the Byline podcast focuses on the launch of a political dialogue between the EU and Switzerland, in an attempt by the two parties to resolve conti...
COP 26 summit and the French/ UK dispute over fishing rights
This week our Beyond the Byline podcast travels to Glasgow, where the United Nations climate change conference is being held. We focused on its importance for the futu...
COVID-19 fourth wave and China’s Cosco under fire in Greece
This week our Beyond the Byline podcast focuses on the COVID-19, the fourth wave the European countries try to avoid, the offered third vaccine dose and the new measur...
President's health causes turmoil in Czechia and the EU reviews its economic governance
This week our Beyond the Byline podcast is “travelling” to Prague to talk about the political crisis in Czechia, where the health of its president, Miloš Zeman, is cau...
Polexit, Kurz resignation and the ''historic" international tax regime
This week our Beyond the Byline podcast focuses on the potential Polexit and the tension between the EU and the Polish government over the EU treaties that were consid...
The who's who of the Pandora Papers and ministers discussing energy
This week our Beyond the Byline podcast focuses on the Pandora papers. The massive leak of financial documents revealed the wealth of the world’s most powerful people,...
Energy prices spike and Poland is asked to protect human lives
This week the Beyond the Byline podcast is focusing on the spike of energy prices, the Commission’s monitoring of the evolution of the electricity prices, and its atte...
Germans to decide on a future without Angela Merkel
All eyes are on Berlin this week as Germans vote on a new government on Sunday (26 September). The final result is difficult to predict but the new government will be ...
The State of the Union speech explained by EURACTIV
This week our Beyond the Byline podcast is coming to you with a special episode focusing on the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's annual State of th...
Poland to pay daily fines over judicial reforms; Russia discredits the EU in Mali
This week our podcast focuses on the European Commission’s decision to step up its legal feud with Warsaw by asking the top EU court to impose a daily financial penalt...
Austria wants to limit refugee influx from Afghanistan and Parisians could swim in the Seine
This week our podcast focuses on a security conference organised by Austria with the Central Asian states to discuss further strategy regarding Afghanistan. Austria an...
'Fit for 55,' Belarus migrant stand off and Whatsapp complaints
In our last episode of the season, the Yellow Room brings you all the reaction to Europe’s “Fit for 55” climate package unveiled this week. To break down the component...
Far right leaders want to reform EU, and the promising Sanofi vaccine
This week our podcast focuses on the document signed by the leaders of 16 far-right parties across the EU asking for a deep reform of the Union in order to preserve it...
Delta fears and the EU's 'politically suicidal' carbon market
This week our podcast focuses on the spread of the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant and the threat it poses to Europe's long-awaited return to normality aft...
Ireland’s green light for medical cannabis and calls to ban AI face recognition
This week our podcast focuses on a milestone move by Ireland: approving medical cannabis prescriptions and giving patients the right to have access to medical cannabis...
The Hungarian Bill against the LGBTQI+ minority and North Macedonia’s policy win with UEFA
This week, the Yellow Room takes us to Budapest, where the government passed a new bill introducing tougher penalties for paedophilia, in the wake of several cases of ...
Transatlantic summits and a Bulgarian organ scandal
Next week, all the lights will be shining over Brussels, where a double summit is taking place. World leaders are hoping to set a key milestone in renewing the transat...
Spying on Germans and avoiding Belarusian airspace
This week our podcast takes us to Berlin, where a spying deal between Denmark and the US is shaking German politics ahead of elections in September. To find out more w...
EU fury with Belarus and the Turów coal mine dispute
This week, our podcast takes us to Belarus, where a Ryanair plane was forced to land so the Belarusian authorities could detain one of the passengers, the dissident jo...
Truce calls over Israeli-Palestinian violence and fake EU jobs controversy
This week our podcast focuses on the Israeli- Palestinian violent clashes, the EU’s position in the peace-making process and the political obstacles and differences am...
Press freedom crisis in Greece and COVID-19 travel certificates
This week our podcast takes us to Athens, where things are getting quite shady when it comes to press freedom. Last month we had the mafia-style execution of an invest...
The EU/UK trade deal and Czech PM slams EU auditors as 'mafia'
This week on EURACTIV’s Yellow Room, we are talking about the ratification of the EU’s post-Brexit trade agreement with the UK. At last, we may be seeing the turning o...
Climate law decisions and the phantom paper rocking the Western Balkans
This week on EURACTIV’s Yellow Room, we are talking about the outcomes of the climate law negotiations that took place on Wednesday - the EU and US goals, the reaction...
Millions spent on consultancy firms and the Northern Ireland crisis
This week on EURACTIV’s Yellow Room, we are talking about how some EURACTIV digging led to discussions and examinations over the Commission’s 462 million-euro contract...
The EverGiven effect and the "controlled vote" in Bulgaria
This week on EURACTIV’s Yellow Room, we are talking about the EverGiven cargo ship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal for nearly one week. The impact it had on transport and ...
The EU’s frustration over AstraZeneca and the Hungary’s new Chinese jab
This week on EURACTIV’s Yellow Room, we are talking about the Commission’s frustration over the AstraZeneca vaccine deliveries and the next steps planned by the EU. To...
EU climate law negotiations and official ban of bird hunting practice
This week on EURACTIV’s Yellow Room, we are talking about the EU climate law negotiations, the progress made but also the obstacles to reaching an agreement. To analys...
Slovak vaccine-induced political crisis and “green” football
This week on EURACTIV’s Yellow Room, we are “bringing” our international network to Brussels and we are focusing on Slovakia’s current political situation and how it i...