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• Big Fish

  

  Bit cold for a banana republic WHEN Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson was elected as Iceland’s youngest-ever prime minister in 2013, he rode to power on a wave of... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Agenda] Panama and PNR on EU Agenda This Week

  Panama Papers revelations, that could topple the Maltese government, will be debated in the EP next week. Controversial legislation to share passenger name... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Sponsored] Europe Needs Integrated Energy Solutions

  Europe needs secure, affordable and sustainable energy for all – the integration of power generation, heating, cooling, buildings, transport and ICT is part of... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• War and Cheese

  

  Parmesan of patriots AT 27, Oleg Sirota was living the Russian dream. He had an information technology company with 30 employees, an apartment in Moscow, a... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Belgium is No Failed State, Says PM

  In a press conference designed to restore his country’s image two weeks after the attacks, Charles Michel said that security is efficient and that Brussels is... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• No Poirots

  Off the grid THE response of the Belgian police to the terrorist attacks that claimed 32 lives in Brussels on March 22nd has displayed elements of farce. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Living in Limbo

  

  No turning back SWEDEN seems idyllic to Munire, a 19-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker, and her two sisters. The three orphans travelled on their own from Iran,... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Dissociative Disorder

  

  UKRAINE’S efforts to reach an association agreement with the European Union have led to revolution, poisoned relations with Russia and caused war with... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Once More Around the Bloc

  

  TWO years ago a Ukrainian blogger, Mustafa Nayem, published a Facebook post calling people onto Kiev’s Maidan and launched the protest that toppled the... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Defends Kazakh Leader on Human Rights

  The European Commission has said reforms in Kazakhstan are “promising” despite reports by NGOs that Astana has “stepped-up” its crackdown on opposition... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Refugees and Terror

  

  ON MARCH 18th the European Union, seeking to stem the influx of refugees from the Middle East, struck a deal to return asylum-seekers who cross the Aegean... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Not Again

  

  WHEN the leaders of Belgium and France announced the arrest of Salah Abdeslam on March 18th, they made sure not to sound too triumphant. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Thugs Disrupt Brussels Memorial Service

  Arrival of several hundred Belgian hooligans at memorial for victims of last week’s attacks met by locals who shouted slogans in support of immigrants. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The End of Insouciance

  

  FRESHLY painted in pale turquoise, “La Belle Equipe”, a bistro in eastern Paris, reopened this week after months of anguish. During last November’s terrorist... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Terrible Problem is Born

  

  AS A small, cosmopolitan European capital, Dublin is a delight to visit. Georgian mansions recalling its role as the second city of the British Isles alternate... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Green-eyed Continent

  

  “THE grass is always greener on the other side of the fence” originates from a Latin phrase, quoted by Ovid, to do with envying another man’s fruitful harvest. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Stuck in the Centre

  

  ONCE a stronghold of the conservative Popular Party (PP), led by the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, Valencia fell to a broad coalition of anti-austerity... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Belgium in Mourning After ‘murderous Madness’

  The country will “not be the same,” the king of Belgium said after the attacks, claimed by Islamic State, at Brussels’ Zaventem airport and Maelbeek metro... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU-Turkey Deal Gets Reality Check

  The EU-Turkey deal that came into force on Sunday has not deterred migrants crossing the Aegean sea on its first day. But it raises many questions as Greek and... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Worth Their Wait in Gold

  

  THE idea came to Giovanni Cafaro two years ago when, like millions of his compatriots on any given day, he was waiting in a queue in Milan to pay a bill. “It... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL