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• Poland ‘satisfied’ with UK Demands in EU Referendum Talks

  Poland “satisfied” with British EU demands, in boost for Cameron. British PM also won Danish support for the UK’s new membership terms, but talks in Brussels... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Girl, Not Abducted

  

  The wisdom of crowds LISA F. is a 13-year-old Russian-German girl who lives in Berlin. On January 11th she disappeared for about 30 hours. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Finalises €3bn Fund for Turkey Refugees

  Projects can start in early 2016 after Italy dropped objections. Germany to contribute the most, after the majority of the 1 million EU-bound migrants went ther... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Big, Bad Visegrad

  

  WHEN Middle Eastern refugees began arriving in Europe last year, Martina Scheibova, a consultant in Prague, felt sympathy for them. Now she is less sure. They... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU and British Officials Intensify Brexit Diplomacy

  Secret talks continued on Cameron’s proposals for reforming the UK’s EU membership on Monday, as the EU summit looms. EU Council chief Donald Tusk will table a... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• African Children Accuse EU Soldiers of Sex Abuse

  The UN says refugee minors in Bangui, Central Africa, have accused EU flag-wearing peacekeepers from Georgia of sexual abuse, amid wider allegations. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Paris Attacker Tops EU ‘most Wanted’ List

  Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam topped a new EU most wanted list, out Friday, posing questions on the limitations of EU police cooperation. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Focus] EU Seeks Protection from Chinese ‘market Economy’

  The EU could recognise China as a market economy, but is looking into which anti-dumping rules could be used to protect European businesses from cheap goods by... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ottoman Comfort

  

  TWO decades ago a small wave of Arabs arrived in Bosnia, jihadists coming to fight on the side of the country’s Muslim Bosniaks. Today another wave of Arabs is... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Interview] MEPs Wary of Small Print in EU Securitisation Bill

  Paul Tang, the Dutch economist and MEP shepherding through the EU’s securitisation bill, casts doubt on claims the risky sector can bring EU states an extra €10... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU States Push for Two-year Border Controls

  EU member states are looking at legal ways to keep border controls in place for up to two years as the migration influx puts unprecedented pressure on the... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Troublemaker

  

  Talk to the hands ITALY, a cabinet minister mused recently, was seen in the past as a country that did not make trouble. But that was in the past. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Widening the Conflict

  

  THE birds of Diyarbakir are doing very little perching these days. Just when they manage to settle on a satellite dish, a blast of artillery or machine-gun... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Mosqued Objectives

  

  A MEGA-MOSQUE is growing on George W. Bush Street in Tirana, the Albanian capital, near the country’s parliament. When finished, it will be the largest mosque i... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Cameron ‘not in a Hurry’ for EU Deal

  British PM David Cameron has said in Davos he is not in a hurry to hold a referendum on Britain’s EU membership, setting the stage for a possible delay on a dea... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Austria Imposes Asylum Cap to ‘shake Up’ Europe

  Austria to place cap on number of asylum claims it will process. German president, same day, said it may be “morally and politically” necessary to limit numbers. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Oh, Boy

  

  SINCE the attacks in Cologne several commentators have argued that Europe has a “man problem”. Writing in Politico Magazine, Valerie Hudson, a political... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Mode D’emploi

  

  Temp after temp IN HIS New Year message President François Hollande declared a double state of emergency in France: one to fight terrorism, the other to tackle... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• On the Naughty Step

  

  Sticking up for media freedom POLAND is in trouble with Brussels. On January 13th the European Commission launched a formal assessment of whether changes to... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU May Threaten ‘action’ Against Israeli Settlements

  EU states are planning to threaten “action” against Israeli settlements, according to a draft text, seen by EUobserver, to be endorsed by foreign ministers. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL