Natalie Carney
Broadcast Journalist
RADIO& PODCASTS
MUNICH, GERMANY (03/22) Correspondent Natalie Carney asks a very simple question – 'What happens to plastic waste? ' – which leads her on a trail to unravel the mysteries of the plastics chain. She discovers that plastics are not as recyclable as we all hoped and that their use is still on the rise across Europe.
All episodes can be found here:https://stories.cgtneurope.tv/trashortreasure/index.html
KRAKOW, POLAND (03/22) The United Nations has warned of the heightened risks to women and children of human trafficking and exploitation caused by the rapid mass displacement of people from Ukraine. Natalie Carney looks into what is being done to protect the most vulnerable.
KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE (02/22) Freelance journalist Natalie Carney reflects on the lives of the people she met whilst reporting from Eastern Ukraine, where daily life has been punctuated by fighting ever since Russian separatists declared the Donetsk People’s Republic in 2014.
MILAN, ITALY (03/20) Italy is Europe's worst affected country by coronavirus, bringing huge changes to day to day life. All schools and universities have been closed for the next few weeks. And all sporting events in Italy will take place without fans present for at least the next month.
VENICE, ITALY (11/19) Venice, Italy is still reeling from a week of three exceptional tides that flooded the canal city to levels not seen in 50 years. Floodwaters have caused massive damage to business and threaten the city's cultural heritage, leaving many people asking what is being done to save the sinking city.
VIENNA, AUSTRIA (10/19) Elections in Austria have resulted in a clear victory for the conservative People's Party. The country's coalition government collapsed in May after its junior partner, the far-right Freedom party, was engulfed in corruption scandals. But the victorious People's Party, led by Sebastian Kurz, will again have to enter into coalition talks
BERLIN, GERMANY (09/19) An online archive for old home movies from former East Germany was launched in Berlin on Monday. The "Open Memory Box" offers hundreds of hours of personal videos during some the GDR's most difficult and disturbing times. Those behind the project hope it will help transform stereotypes from a history that's sometimes misunderstood.
MOSTAR, BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA (09/19) In Bosnia-Herzegovina, scars of the 1992-95 war can still be seen nearly 25 years later. In Mostar, local residents have become so tired of the depressing damaged buildings that they've come up with a creative solution to spruce things up. Natalie Carney checked out a street art festival that has breathed new life into the war-scarred southern Bosnian city.
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA (04/19) On April 6, 1992, one of the bloodiest wars in European history erupted in the Balkans - in Bosnia Herzegovina. As many as 200,000 people were killed and two million displaced. War crimes from the war are still being tried in The Hague. The latest saw a 40-year prison sentence for Radovan Karadzic, the former President of the Bosnian-Serb Republic, increased to life.
POMPEII, ITALY (06/18) The ancient Italian city of Pompeii was covered in volcanic ash during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Pompeii continues to yield its secrets and in recent weeks there have been some exciting new discoveries.
TUNIS, TUNISIA (05/18) In 2011, Tunisians successfully ousted their longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The North African country has since been referred to as the only successful “democracy” to come from the so-called Arab Spring.
But seven years on and unemployment is still high, freedom of speech is under pressure and Tunisians are questioning their new “democratic” .
BONN, GERMANY (10/17) Just before the COP23 climate conference got underway in Bonn, an action alliance protest march called Ende Gelände got underway. Activists from around the world managed to temporarily shut down the Hambach lignite coal mine. It’s situated in the Rhineland coalfields, just 60 kilometers away from where delegates were arriving for the international summit.
REYHANLI, TURKEY (04/17) As the world trades blame for the chemical attack which killed and injured hundreds in the Idlib town of Khan Sheikhoun, the victims remain in shock. The Al Youseff family lost at least 26 members.
PISKY, EAST UKRAINE (02/17) The small town of Pisky in eastern Ukraine was once a getaway for Donetsk's rich. But after being caught in the cross fire of a nearly three-year conflict between the Ukrainian army and pro Russian separatists, Pisky has become an apocalyptic ghost town.
ZHOVANKA, EAST UKRAINE (02/17) The UN's children's agency, UNICEF, says over a million children are in urgent need of humanitarian aid in eastern Ukraine. Natalie Carney reports on how the scars of conflict are affecting the country’s next generation.
AVDIIVKA, EAST UKRAINE (02/17) NATO ministers met in Brussels this week to discuss the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine. Two weeks ago, the Ukrainian government-controlled town of Avdiivka was rocked by some of the fiercest clashes the East has seen. More homes are being destroyed and lives left in peril as aid groups rush in to help where they can.
SVYATOGORSK, EAST UKRAINE (02/17) Nearly three years of fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed close to 10,000 people and displaced almost another two million people in the country alone. Ukraine has one of the largest internally displaced populations in the world. The recent shelling has pushed many to flee yet again. How are people faring?
SOFIA, BULGARIA (02/16) Bulgaria, the EU's poorest member, is struggling under the pressure of the refugee trail, many of whom are stuck camping out in woeful conditions around the country. Natalie Carney took a trip to the country's capital Sofia to check out the conditions in the camps for the refugees and migrants.
MOSUL, IRAQ (11/16) Iraqi government forces, Shiite militia and Kurdish forces, backed by the United States, are engaged in a major push to drive fighters from the "Islamic State" group out of Mosul. Natalie Carney visited some refugee camps close to Mosul to find out what life was like under "IS" and their desperate escape.
SIGNAGI, GEORGIA (11/16) An increasing number of Indian farmers have moved to rural Georgia to work the fertile fields. The moves are encouraged by the Georgian government with the aim of bolstering agricultural production and helping Georgia become more self-sufficient. But not all Georgians are happy with the arrival of so many foreign farmers.
TBLISSI, GEORGIA (11/16 ) The Yazidi community has been persecuted and terrorized by militant group "Islamic State" in both Iraq and Syria. Some of the families who managed to escape the violence have ended up in Georgia. Although they're safe, they now face other challenges in their new surroundings.
ZAATARI, AMMAN JORDAN (07/16) Jordan's Zaatari camp is home to some 80,000 Syrian refugees - many of whom are children. Fleeing civil war in their homelands has forced these kids to grow up fast. But one man is helping them to be kids again.
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (01/16) After decades of conflict and endemic poverty, millions of Afghans continue to suffer, but none more so than the country's children. More than two million of them are said to be orphans.
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (09/15) Educating the next generation is still a major hurdle for Afghanistan. And even though more children are going to school than there were a decade ago, and millions of aid dollars were poured into building schools and improving the education sector, girls and boys are still struggling to make the grade, as Natalie Carney reports from Kabul.
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (10/15) With violence across Afghanistan raging on, more women are enlisting in the country's security forces. But many of the female recruits going about their jobs find they come up against a lot of opposition, as Western ideals clash with Afghan realities.
SPIELFELD, AUSTRIA (02/16) Thousands of migrants are travelling through the Balkans in a bid to reach wealthier countries in Western Europe. The stream of new arrivals has prompted Austria to restrict who can cross its border. Other nations along the so-called Balkan route have also now taken action, sparking fears for migrants who have been left stranded.
IDOMENI, GREECE (03/16) Thousands of migrants are stranded at the Idomeni camp in northern Greece. They're unable to head north as Macedonia has closed its border to them. Conditions in the camp are grim as Natalie Carney has been finding out.
IDOMENI, GREECE (03/16) Everyday on the TV, in the newspapers and on the radio, we hear the heartbreaking stories of people, migrants, who have gambled everything in their attempts to make it across various borders and into the European Union. Natalie Carney went down in August to the Macedonian border to hear just a few of their stories.
BELGRADE, SERBIA (09/15) Despite the tragic headlines, the staggering figures and the scenes of utter chaos around the continent, mass migration is indeed bringing out the best in many Europeans who are pulling out the stops to welcome refugees and help them. Even tourists on holiday are pitching in.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY (01/14) Many journalists have been kidnapped, killed or disappeared while covering the civil war in Syria. Last week, a Turkish photojournalist regained his freedom, but others still wait anxiously for news of their loved ones.
VANCOUVER, CANADA (09/14) The suicide of Gillian Bennett has sparked fresh debate about the issue of euthanasia in Canada. Her family remembers a woman who believed strongly in her right to choose how to die.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY (06/14) Turkey's LGBT community is holding its 22nd annual Pride Week in Istanbul. But as the government and society become more conservative, many fear its laws don't do enough to protect gay people from hate crimes.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY (06/14) Turkish authorities recently announced new draft laws introducing harsher penalties for those accused of domestic violence. In a country with such a high rate of abuse towards women, many say it's too little, too late.
AMMAN, JORDAN (06/14) A Syrian teenager now in exile because of the fighting in his homeland has decided that despite his horrific past, he wants to take control of his future.
KYIV, UKRAINE (03/14) As the crisis in Crimea continues, Ukrainian men and women are increasingly signing up for so-called volunteer defense forces. They want to back up their country's army should there indeed be war with Russia.
ANTALYA, TURKEY (10/14) A new beach solely for female bathers is making quite a splash in the Turkish city of Antalya. The controversial initiative is reigniting debate between secularists and religious conservatives.
KYIV, UKRAINE (12/13) A key EU negotiator has told Ukrainian officials the bloc is ready to provide more financial aid to their country if it agrees to sign a trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union.