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• EU-brokered Ukraine Truce ‘holding’, but at Risk

  International monitors say the EU-brokered ceasefire in Ukraine is largely “holding”, but fighting in Debaltseve risks undoing the truce. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: When Less is More

  

  FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT for Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Hungary and Russia: The Viktor and Vladimir Show

  “JATSZOTER” (playground) proclaims HVG, a magazine, above a graphic of Hungary as a seesaw. Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is at one end, Vladimir... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The German Economy: No New Deal

  

  FROM Washington to Athens, politicians and economists who often have little in common all agree that Germany under Chancellor Angela Merkel is largely wrong... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Greek Politics: Tsipras’s Travels

  RATINGS for the evening news soared this week as Greeks tuned into a new show: of Alexis Tsipras, their new prime minister, and his colourful finance minister,... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Set to Spend €1bn in Aid to Counter Islamic State

  The EU commission wants to invest another €1 billion of aid in Iraq and Syria over the next two years as part of a broader effort to counter Islamic State. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Delays Russia Blacklist for One Week

  EU foreign ministers have delayed Russia sancions for one week in order not to disrupt peace talks in Minsk on Wednesday. News from Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Italy’s President: Matteo Gets His Man

  

  SERGIO MATTARELLA, a 73-year-old Sicilian, constitutional-court judge and former government minister, became Italy’s 12th president on February 3rd. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• France and Its Muslims: Apartheid, Or Just Apart?

  

  WITH home-made rabbit pâté and fresh cuts of meat, Rémy Mirleau’s boucherie typifies local France, like the tricolour above the town hall. Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• US Has Little Faith in Hollande-Merkel Trip to Russia

  US vice-president Joe Biden has little faith that France and Germany can persuade Russia to halt its offensive in Ukraine. News from Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Slovakia Bitterly Divided on Social Issues

  Slovakia will hold a referendum on marriage and gay rights this weekend, amid a debate so bitter the country’s president has warned of “broken” social relations. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: Berlin v Frankfurt

  

  TO UNDERSTAND the complex relationship that Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank (ECB), enjoys with Germany you could do worse than flick through... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Tsipras Secures Italian Backing Ahead of EU Meeting

  Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has secured Italy’s backing ahead of a key meeting in Brussels seeking a deal on Greece’s debt. News from Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: Greece and Its Discontents

  

  EVERYTHING that exists, taught Aristotle, is the same as itself, and is different from everything else. During the hot years of the euro crisis, leaders of the... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• War in Ukraine: Ceasefire No More

  

  AMID the rubble of eastern Ukraine lie traces of life before the war: a pair of broken sunglasses, a stuffed pink unicorn, a roll of undeveloped film. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Russia and Ukraine: Understanding Putin’s Plans

  

  IN A book of interviews published when he first became Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin told a story of his early scares: a rat he had cornered had nowhere... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Greece Flip-flops on Troika Talks

  Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has denied previous statements that Greece will no longer deal with the troika of international creditors following icy... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Germany and Israel: A Very Special Relationship

  YAKOV HADAS-HANDELSMAN, Israel’s ambassador to Germany, was a little boy when Germany and Israel opened diplomatic relations 50 years ago. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• World Expo: Mayday in Milan

  CRANES dot the skyline in north-west Milan, Italy’s second city. The area is not pretty, but for six months after May 1st it will be home to the World Expo—an... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Foreign Ministers to Expand Russia Blacklist

  EU foreign ministers are keen to add names to the Russia blacklist and to launch counter-propaganda measures, according to draft conclusions seen by EUobserver. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL