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• Why Europeans Are Less Eager Consumers of Online Ranting Than Americans

  

  HEINZ-CHRISTIAN STRACHE, the leader of Austria's nationalist Freedom Party, fancies himself a rapper. For the past decade he has been recording amateurish... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2017 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Europe is Starting to Get Serious About Defence

  

  THE triceratops had a gentle existence that belied its fierce appearance, keeping to itself and maintaining a strict vegetarian diet. But in his neglected... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2017 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Uber Fights Against English Test in UK

  I don't know how to say this but it's completely farcical that Uber wants to scrap an English language test in the UK which will prove that their drivers can... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2017 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Emmanuel Macron is Edging Closer to France’s Presidency

  

  FRANCE'S most pro-European presidential candidate took his campaign to London this week to a rapturous welcome. Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old former Socialist... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2017 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Urge to Elect an Insurgent is Helping Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron in...

  

  THE tumbrels are rolling again in France, and the crowd is restless. One by one, political leaders of the ancien régime, who had confidently been preparing to... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2017 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Turkey’s Snuggling up to Russia is Likely to Hurt It

  

  AT ISTANBUL'S naval museum, around the corner from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's residence, reminders of one of Europe's biggest geopolitical rivalries are... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2017 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Netherlands’ Election is This Year’s First Test for Europe’s Populists

  

  "THERE'S something wrong with our country," began an open letter to the Dutch people published last month. It went on to moan about those who "abuse our... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2017 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• At a Summit in Germany, Nationalism Goes International

  

  TWO ghosts haunted a "counter-summit" of Europe's nationalist leaders in the German city of Koblenz on January 21st: Angela Merkel and Donald Trump. To the... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2017 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Vladimir Putin Wins His Last Round Against Barack Obama

  

  IT WAS Vladimir Putin as we have come to know him: unpredictable, cynical and skilful at trumping real events with propaganda. On December 29th Barack Obama... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2017 SOCIETY

• Igor Sechin, Head of Rosneft, is Powerful as Never Before

  

  "HELLO, you've called Rosneft," goes a joke making the rounds in Moscow. "If you have an oil asset and you don't plan to sell, press the hash key." The Russian... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• An Ambassador’s Murder May Push Russia and Turkey Together

  

  ANDREI KARLOV, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, was only moments into his speech at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey's capital, on December 19th when the man... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2016 POLITICS

• Killings at a Berlin Christmas Market Test Germany’s Nerve

  

  IN THE aftermath, police officers with automatic weapons guarded a cordon 300 metres around the Breitschiedplatz, a busy junction in the middle of Berlin’s... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Why Europeans Are Reading Stefan Zweig Again

  

  AFTER this bleakest of years for Europe, glib talk of the 1930s is in the air. The bonds of trust between nations are fraying, and the old saw that the... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Protests Grow Against Poland’s Nationalist Government

  

  More hacks please, we’re Polish POLAND’S populist government, led by the Law and Justice (PiS) party, has seen its fair share of protests since coming to power... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The EU’s Brexit Negotiators Prepare for Disaster

  

  “BREXIT is so fascinating!” exclaims a French official. Few Europeans wanted Britain to quit the European Union. But now that it is happening, foreign ministrie... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Paolo Gentiloni, Italy’s Gentleman Prime Minister

  

  Two Italians walk into a palazzo ITALY’S new prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni, could scarcely be less like his frenetic forerunner, Matteo Renzi. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• France’s Election Shows Europe’s Line Against Russia is Fraying

  

  VLADIMIR PUTIN must wonder what he did right. From the refugee crisis to Brexit, Europe’s troubles have allowed the Russian president to portray himself as a... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Russian Propaganda is State-of-the-art Again

  

  FOR much of post-Soviet history Russia was seen as an outlier whose politics would inevitably move towards those of the West. After the Brexit vote and the... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Austria’s New President is the Green, Not the Populist

  

  AUSTRIA’S far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) is finding it hard to come to terms with defeat. On December 4th its candidate, Norbert Hofer, lost to Alexander van... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Matteo Renzi May Not Keep His Pledge to Step Down

  

  SHORTLY after midnight on December 5th, Matteo Renzi, Italy’s prime minister, faced the media for an emotional farewell strikingly reminiscent of that of David... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL