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• Terrorism Frames EU-Turkey Summit on Migration

  The capture of top fugitive Salah Abdeslam in Brussels and a suicide bomb in Istanbul created a sinister background to Friday’s EU-Turkey summit on migration. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Smuggled Migrants to Leave Greece from Sunday Onward

  Under a deal sorted between the EU and Turkey, rejected asylum applicants will be sent back to Turkey and an equal number of Syrian refugees will be resettled t... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Smartening up

  

  Virginia Raggi, a sharp contender EVEN fans of the Five Star Movement, an Italian political group often described as populist, maverick and anti-establishment,... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Failed Relocation Scheme to Be Used in EU-Turkey Plan

  In a preparatory document seen by EUobserver, EU Council president Tusk proposes that the EU merge its policy to relocate asylum seekers from Italy and Greece... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Three People Die After EU Border Clampdown

  Germany says situation in Greece is unsustainable as first three people perish trying to get round new EU restrictions on the Western Balkan migratory route. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Modern Martyr

  

  A defiant Nadia Savchenko UKRAINIAN historians may yet be grateful to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. His war against the country has given it a rallying... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Mutti’s Challenge

  

  LOCAL topics usually dominate regional elections. Improving schools and boosting infrastructure are normally the most hotly-contested topics of debate. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Olaf Considers Court Action Against EU Commission

  The EU anti-fraud office says it is possible to take the EU Commission to court in Luxembourg to protect its independence after the immunity of its director... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Geneva Convention, Turkey Visa Demands Trouble EU States

  Questions are looming on how a provisional deal with Turkey to send back migrants from the Greek islands can work given Ankara’s limited application of the... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The End of Heile Welt

  

  MORE than 1m refugees arrived in Germany last year, mainly young Muslim men. They entered a society that, relative to other Western countries, has embraced... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Proposes Equal Pay for Posted Workers

  The EU commission has presented a bill to limit social dumping when states send workers to other states, while unveiling a fresh study to see if Europe’s... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU to Send Smuggled Syrians Back to Turkey

  The deal to send anyone not entitled to international protection back to Turkey is “a real game changer”, EU commission president Juncker said. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Businesses Push for Hi-tech Solutions to Save Schengen

  Europe’s largest business organisation pledges to present a plan for an advanced European border system within a week to save the Schengen area. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Press Crackdown Could Sour EU-Turkey Summit

  An Istanbul court ordered the takeover of the management of opposition daily Zaman. The EU is urged to react, three days ahead of Monday’s migration talks. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fog of Uncertainty

  

  MORE herbicides contain glyphosate, a weedkilling chemical, than any other agent. Monsanto, an agricultural giant, first sold Roundup, a product containing the... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Rising Tide

  

  GREECE’S migrant crisis is getting worse. Macedonia has closed its border to all but a trickle of migrants, following the example of Austria and other... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Hell is Other People, for Swedes

  

  EUROPEANS can sometimes seem like a miserable bunch. The continent has produced downbeat writers such as Jean-Paul Sartre (“hell is other people”) and... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ever Farther Union

  

  OLD habits die hard. So it proved with David Cameron, Britain’s prime minister, after his mini-victory at last week’s European Union summit in Brussels. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• No Way out

  

  HIS sleeping bag around his shoulders, Khaled, a 28-year-old truck driver, sits in a corner of Victoria Square, a gathering point for migrants in central Athens. Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• China Nostra

  

  WHEN Liu Wang, the European head of the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), opened its branch in Madrid in 2011, he probably did not imagine that he... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL