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Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, nestled between neighbours, Romania and Ukraine. In the Moldovan Coffee Break podcast, we will shed light on this often misunderstood country. In a production from The European Network, Loredana Prijmireanu sits down with six other Moldovans as they discuss their thoughts, fears, challenges and beliefs as young citizens of this country in 2021.&nb...

Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, nestled between neighbours, Romania and Ukraine. In the Moldovan Coffee Break, we will shed light on this often misunderstood country. In a production by The European Network, Loredana Prijmireanu sits down with six other Moldovans as they discuss their thoughts, fears, challenges and beliefs as young citizens of this country in 2021. You can acce...

Ken Sweeney gets the team together for the Christmas Special 2020. We review all the years happenings including the pandemic, US election, Brexit and even take some time for sports. By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents and design of this Podcast, are the property of The European Network, or used by The European Network with permission, and are protected under Irish. an...

Welcome to episode 26 of our Eurochat series. In this episode, we will be taking an in depth analysis of the current political systems in Poland and Hungary and with us to discuss this is Edit Zgut.  Edit Zgut is a political scientist and a journalist, focusing on the democratic and rule of law backsliding in Hungary and Poland. She is teaching at the Center for Europe at the University of Wa...

In the third edition of a special series on Science in Europe, Ken Sweeney, Michael Holz and Frances Cowell chat our guest Remco Timmermans.  With over ten years in the space industry managing online campaigns for space agencies, space companies and startups, Remco is a social media specialist for space at his company Seventy Media. Remco works in a network of other creative space people, for...

In this episode, we are discussing the current political crisis that is happening in Belarus. Helping us find out why the situation has arisen, is journalist, Viktoryia Kavalchuk and communication specialist, Vlad Kovalevsky. Belarus, the former Soviet bloc state, has been described in the past as the last European dictatorship. Despite so-called free elections since its independence from the form...

In the second episode of a special series on Science in Europe, Ken Sweeney and Stella Bass chat with European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. We discuss the latest developments in space travel, the Moon and ISS pizza deliveries! By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents and design of this Podcast, are the property of The European Network, or used by The Euro...

Welcome to episode five of Eastern Dialogue which is a series of podcasts focusing on the many aspects and insights of Eastern European states located at the crossroads of Western Asia and the European Union. This series is presented by Ken Sweeney and Paris based journalist Viktorya Muradyan. In this episode we will be reviewing the recent “EaP beyond 2020” Communication published in March Easter...

On the 28th of June Poland is going to the ballot box to vote in a new President and in this episode we assess the candidates, their policies and try to find out who is the favourite for the highest position in Poland. To help us, we are joined by Journalist and Director of Public Affairs at Open Dialogue Foundation , Martin Mycielski . The Polish Presidential elections had been initially planned...

Episode 21 of our Eurochat series of podcasts is a special edition that will focus on a current dispute involving conference interpreters in the EU institutions who are facing a massive loss of income as a result of reduced work because of the Covid 19 pandemic. For those who are tuned in on the EU PR machine, the term “ EU Solidarity” is one that’s been well promoted by both the internal and exte...

Welcome to EuroScience which is series dedicated to science in Europe. Ken Sweeney, Stella Bass and Michael Holz chat with Daniel Whiteson. Daniel is a professor of experimental particle physics at the University of California, Irvine, and a fellow of the American Physical Society. He conducts research using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. While Daniel is not in Switzerland opening mini black h...

Eurochat is the official podcast series of Europa United - a non profit media organisation based in Ireland. We feature guests and conversations on European issues. By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents and design of this Podcast, are the property of Europa United, or used by Europa Untied with permission, and are protected under Irish. and international copyright and t...

Welcome to Eastern Dialogue which is a series of podcasts focusing on the many aspects and insights of Eastern European states located at the crossroads of Western Asia and the European Union. This series is presented byKen Sweeney and Paris based journalist Viktorya Muradyan. By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents and design of this Podcast, are the property of The Euro...

Welcome to episode four of Eastern Dialogue which is a series of podcasts focusing on the many aspects and insights of Eastern European states located at the crossroads of Western Asia and the European Union. This series is presented by Ken Sweeney and Paris based journalist Viktorya Muradyan. Episode four is an in-depth interview with Belarusian journalist, Hanna Liubakova in which we discuss the...

Welcome to episode three of Eastern Dialogue which is a series of podcasts focusing on the many aspects and insights of Eastern European states located at the crossroads of Western Asia and the European Union. This series is presented by Ken Sweeney and Paris based journalist Viktorya Muradyan. In this extended episode, we discuss the current measures being adopted by Armenian and Georgian governm...

Ken Sweeney chats with Roger Casale from New Europeans and based in Central Italy, Dominique Roch, a data analyst who is in Berlin and Frances Cowell from Paris about the current situation in Europa as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic. By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents and design of this Podcast, are the property of The European Network, or used by The Europea...

Europa United's Ken Sweeney chats with Sabine Sasse about her organisation as well as the first in a series of forthcoming seminars of Young European Professionals which is beginning in Zagreb in the 12th of March. By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents and design of this Podcast, are the property of The European Network, or used by The European Network with permission,...

Welcome to episode two of The European Network’s Eastern Dialogue which is a series of podcasts focusing on the many aspects and insights of Eastern European states located at the crossroads of Western Asia and the European Union. This series is presented by Ken Sweeney and Paris based journalist Viktorya Muradyan. In this episode, we are discussing the recent elections in the state of Azerbaijan...

Episode 17 sees Christos Mouzeviris, Stella Bass and Ken Sweeney discuss the forthcoming Irish General Election which takes place on Saturday 8th February and are joined by Seán Glennon from Europe Elects. Europe Elects is an organisation that provides poll aggregation and election analysis for countries in the European Union.  By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents...

Episode one of The European Network's Eastern Dialogue which is a series of podcasts focusing on the many aspects and insights of Eastern European states located at the crossroads of Western Asia and the European Union. In this episode, we discuss the Eastern Partnership Initiative and Grigor Yeritsyan is our guest. Grigor is currently President of the Armenian Progressive Youth which is a non pro...

Stella Bass, Christos Mouzeviris and Ken Sweeney are joined by Paris based journalist Viktorya Muradyan and for the bumper Christmas podcast and the chat goes from Trump to Marvel's Avengers in this one as the team reviews the year that was 2019. By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents and design of this Podcast, are the property of The European Network, or used by The Eu...

Christos Mouzeviris and Ken Sweeney speak with Albanian Journalist Dritan Kiçi about the recent decision by the EU to slow down the Albanian membership process and his work for the Albanian Citizens Club. By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents and design of this Podcast, are the property of The European Network, or used by The European Network with permission, and are pr...

In an exclusive interview, Stella Bass talks with Irish Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee about Brexit, women in politics and the future relationship of Ireland in Europe. Our Podcasts are presented in cooperation with the Communicating Europe Initiative (CEI). The CEI was established in 1995 to raise awareness about the European Union and to improve the quality and accessibilit...

Ken Sweeney and Christos Mouzeviris host a debate on European issues featuring young representatives from a number of political parties and organisations: Conor McArdle from Young Fine Gael Anna Heverin from Labour Youth  Cathal Kerins from Volt Ireland Topics include European integration, Brexit, the rise of far right polices and the future of Europe. Our Podcasts are presented in cooperatio...

Ken Sweeney meets Maria Walsh MEP who is an Irish politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Midlands–North-West constituency since July 2019. She is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party.  Maria talks about her decision to run as an MEP, women in politics, climate issues and experiences so far as an representative  in Europe. By ac...