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• Hard-left Corbyn Wins Labour Vote in UK

  Jeremy Corbyn, the new Labour leader, criticised austerity and urged Europe to do more for refugees in victory speech. News from Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Leading from the Front

  

  IT IS fair to say that Europe has not been living its finest hour. Over the last few months, as crises have erupted across the face of the continent like acne o... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Life Under Capital Controls

  

  We even take American Express now ON SEPTEMBER 20th, Greeks will once again vote in an election, having last chosen a new government in January and also voted i... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• From Protest to Power

  

  Build your mosque somewhere else, says Mr Nauth THE neat rows of polished headstones and potted geraniums in the municipal cemetery of Mantes-la-Ville speak of... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Waiting for the Train

  

  Armoured warfare on the eastern front THE hills surrounding Walbrzych, an old mining town in south-west Poland, have been a hive of activity since two men... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Sprechen Sie Power?

  

  SUCH was the status of German in the 19th century—for Europeans generally and for Jews in particular—that Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism, once proposed... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Refugee Quotas ‘unacceptable’ for Visegrad States

  Czech, Polish, Hungarian, and Slovak leaders have again said No to EU migrant quotas, despite French and German appeals for solidarity. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Migrants Walk to Austria, as EU Ministers Scratch Heads

  EU ministers in Luxembourg unable to agree how to handle Europe’s largest refugee crisis since WW II. News from Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• What Europe Means to the Young

  

  IT IS Sunday night at the rooftop bar of the Wombat’s Hostel in Berlin and the tequila is starting to flow. But there is still time for a quick chat about the... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Parliament Claims Role in Greek Bailout Supervision

  Parliament and commission presidents to discuss how MEPs can be involved in implementation of the Greek bailout programme. News from Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Derailed

  A MAINLINE train station in France at the end of summer hums with the thrill of journeys taken and families reunited. The French travel more by high-speed rail... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Court Actions on Asylum to Multiply

  The EU commission has threatened to expand infringement cases against member states which violate EU asylum laws. News from Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Looking for a Home

  

  FINLAND, with its baffling language and culture of reserve, is not an easy place for outsiders to penetrate. For Nura Farah, the breakthrough came via the... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Agenda] Migration Tops EU Agenda THIS WEEK

  The European Commission and member states will assess the consequences and possible solutions to the refugee crisis. News from Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Security Fears Prompt Fences on EU-Russia Border

  Russia’s kidnapping of an Estonian security officer has, in part, prompted Estonia and Latvia to build new fences on the Russia border. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• What the Classics Know

  THE Greeks have not had much to laugh about in recent years. Falling incomes, rising unemployment and a pervasive fear of being forced out of the euro foster a... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Markets Recover After China’s Black Monday

  After four days of market panic wiped 20 percent of the value of the Chinese stock market, European stock markets rallied strongly on Tuesday. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Back in the USSR

  

  Leyla and Arif Yunus: freedom fighters “MY DEAR Arif, after 36 years of life together we’re in different cells in different prisons. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Danes to Vote on EU Relations in December Referendum

  The Danish PM has called a referendum on EU home affairs co-operation on 3 December, in a move which could mark the country’s first big EU-relations shift in a... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Why Spanish Bulls Are Now Deadlier

  

  What happened to the photographer? DAVID GONZALEZ was trying to capture a charging bull on his mobile phone camera during a village fiesta in Villaseca de la... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL