Hi everyone,

I am looking for a reliable European news service and would love to hear what you use and why.

I am based in Germany, so European sources that work well here are especially interesting to me. I am not looking for newsletters or RSS setups, just full news platforms or apps.

A few questions to guide your answers:

- Which European news service do you use most often?

- Is it free or paid, and if paid, do you feel the cost is justified?

- Do you use it mainly for European news, global coverage, or both?

- How would you describe its editorial approach (neutral, opinionated, investigative, etc)?

I am aiming to get a broader European perspective.
Practical comments about usability, quality of reporting, or specific strong areas are very welcome.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

  • Noctambulist@lemmy.world
    3·
    15 days ago

    I like Deutschlandfunk for my basic news. They have their own app Dlf Nachrichten (German, free), as has Reuters, which I use as a secondary source for international news (English, 1 €/week). When I have more time or want to follow something specific, I go for the web versions of newspapers, mostly Süddeutsche Zeitung (German, subscription) and The Guardian (English, mostly free). For European politics Euractiv is pretty good (English/German/others, free).

    I know you said no RSS but you should consider it. It’s really the only way to handle more than a handful of news sources. I’ve been very happy with Inoreader for years, which allows me to manage over a hundred sources, some of which I only want to monitor for specific subjects.

    • philpo@feddit.org
      2·
      15 days ago

      Excellent points,just a few things added:

      • Sueddeutsche has a english section as well that also includes some articles from the Atlantic

      • TAZ.de is also an option,it’s free but mostly German (but also has a small English section). It’s bit like the Guardian but more left leaning.

      • heise.de is a reasonably good news source for tech news both in German and English

      • France24.com is a good english speaking choice for world news,especially as they often cover topic not heavily covered by other news outlets,e.g. things in Africa,Asia,etc.

      • Sadly only German speaking but ver good: Der Falter (falter.at) from Austria.

      There is a directory of European newspapers at newspapers-europe.eu.

      Another protip: You can get registered in a library and a lot of them provide free access to a LOT of magazines to read for free online. And you often don’t even have to live close to said library to register and can register online.