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• The New Awkward Squad

  

  BACK in April Peter Kazimir, Slovakia’s austere finance minister, faced down trade unions that wanted a “13th month” top-up pension payment. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU States Agree to Extend Russia Sanctions

  EU countries have agreed to extend the life of Russia and Crimea sanctions, despite Kremlin diplomacy. News from Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• What Would the Kaiser Say?

  

  Where Wilhelm reigned FOR five centuries Berlin grew out from its political centre, the castle of the Hohenzollerns, as the dynasty rose from imperial electors... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Opinion] Looking for Home in Europe

  By focusing debate on quotas, the EU commission risks overlooking the individual aspirations and dignity of EU-bound migrants. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Start-up City

  

  THE café is organic, the décor industrial loft-style and the furniture artfully mismatched. This is NUMA, a digital hub in Paris, where facial hair is abundant... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Opinion] Baku Games: the Politics of Sport

  The mini-Olympics which just started in Baku are a chance to press for the release of its jailed journalists. News from Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Voters’ Signal to Erdogan

  

  FOR Turkey’s combative president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has won every election he has faced since becoming Istanbul’s first Islamist mayor in 1994, it was... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Non-meeting of Minds

  

  Tsipras’s plan still doesn’t add up A GLANCE at the crowds climbing the Acropolis suggests a normal Athenian summer, despite ominous noises coming from Brussels. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Analysis] The Politics Behind Cameron’s Curious Referendum U-turn

  David Cameron has never been in such a strong position. Last month’s unexpectedly decisive election victory gave him a parliamentary majority and a... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU ‘orders’ Estonia and Poland to Disclose Tax Deals

  Estonia and Poland have one month to give the EU commission data on sweetheart tax deals with big companies or face court action. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Chronicle of a Struggle

  

  SINCE taking office in January Greece’s radical-left government has been a model of inconstancy and incoherence. Yet one of its messages has been admirably... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Agenda] Greece and TTIP Shape EU Agenda This WEEK

  The EU’s week will kick off in Bavaria, southern Germany, over the weekend where the bloc’s key leaders will gather for a meeting of the world’s richest nations. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Renzi Checked

  

  Renzi reflects on Umbria THE tourist posters call Umbria the “green heart of Italy”. “Red heart” might long have been apter: until less than ten years ago some... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Greece and Lenders Discuss Last Details of Deal

  Optimism is high the next meeting between Greece and its lenders, likely Friday, will find a solution, but questions remain on pensions and VAT. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU States and MEPs in Deadlock on Roaming, Internet Rules

  EU telecoms ministers will next Friday try to break the deadlock in negotiations with the EU parliament on roaming surcharges and new rules for an open internet. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Part of the Furniture

  

  STROLLING around the European Parliament in Brussels recently Charlemagne asked his companion, an MEP’s assistant, if the success of anti-European parties in... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Spanish and Italians More Positive About EU

  Spaniards and Italians feel much more positively about the EU than they did a year ago, new research shows, but Germans’ fondness for it has taken a dip. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Republicans in Name Aussi

  

  It’s only a name NEW parties are constantly sprouting up in Europe’s fertile political landscape. It is more unusual to find established parties taking on new... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Alternative Reality

  

  IN THE original instalment of the “hybrid war” that it launched against Ukraine last year, Russia’s propaganda machine depicted its neighbour as a neo-Nazi stat... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Greek Bank Deposits Hit Decade Low as Bailout Talks Continue

  Deposits held by Greek banks have fallen to their lowest level in a decade, according to statistics released on Friday by the European Central Bank. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL