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More and more seaside towns in Britain are fighting against coastal erosion. One is the Welsh town of Fairbourne, population about 1000. Experts say climate change is the cause.

Hundreds of Spanish villages practice a cruel tradition at their fairs. In what’s known as becerradas, bull calves are tormented in the arena and pierced with barbed lances or banderillas, often to death.

In 1989, Polish workers helped bring down the Iron Curtain. Today, the former revolutionaries are disappointed with how their country is developing.

Small cheese makers from the Normandy are angry at major cheese manufacturers. They say not every soft cheese from the region deserves to be called Camembert.

German emergency medics and doctors are increasingly insulted and abused while on duty. It is a worrying trend.

More and more Poles are settling in eastern Germany. Since the fall of communism 30 years ago, rural areas in the east have been depopulated. Now, Polish families are taking advantage of the low real estate prices.

Many farmers are afraid that Brexit will keep harvest hands from EU countries away. Both farmers and seasonal workers from Eastern Europe have benefited from the freedom of movement in the EU.

Buying real estate worth at least €2,000,000 will get foreigners citizenship in Cyprus. An EU passport allows visa-free travel in over 140 countries. The Republic of Cyprus’ naturalization policies are controversial.

Thousands of Romanians toil daily on Italy’s construction sites, often illegally and for starvation wages. With no prospects in Romania, they make use of the freedom of movement in the EU. Their families stay behind.

They are Turks and black: descendants of the Ottoman Empire‘s African slaves form a minority in Turkish society that has long been all but invisible. Now, they’re trying to reappraise their history.