Health
Our series on equality rolls into the UK to take a look at the men breaking into a traditionally female profession. In 1983 it became legal for men to practise midwifery. Around 100 have now risen to the challenge. But some women still find men talking about “ladies’ bits, well, a bit wrong!”
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Depression is on the rise in the Czech Republic. Doctors there are linking the growing number of cases to high divorce and unemployment rates. Particularly worrying, they say, are the increasing numbers of women suffering from mental problems who are turning to alcohol as a solution.
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Our mini-series on smoking bans throughout Europe has taken us from a pub in Dublin to a Czech café, and from a church in Amsterdam to the one-time smoker’s paradise that is Madrid. And now we finish our trip in the anti-smoker's base of operations – Brussels.
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Overweight passengers could face an unwelcome surprise next time they turn up at the airport, as a leading European airline unveils plans to charge "oversize" flyers for an extra seat.
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Part two of our mini-series on smoking takes us to sunny Spain. Once a haven for smokers, Spain seems ready to follow its European neighbours and ban smoking altogether. Network Europe investigates whether this ‘smoker’s paradise’ is ready to make the transition.
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The Russian government is considering ways to cut the country's high number of abortions in an attempt to tackle the post-Soviet demographic decline, which threatens its economic prosperity.
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