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• Polish Protests: Tusk’s Troubles

  

  // Solidarity is back on the streets THE famed Solidarity banner—an icon of Poland’s struggle against communism—has returned to the streets again of late,... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Sex-selective Abortion: Gendercide in the Caucasus

  

  // THE practice of aborting female foetuses is found mostly in China and other Asian countries. But it is prevalent in the Caucasus, too. Two new studies look a... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Charlemagne: They Are Coming

  

  // A NEW generation is on the move in Europe, migrating from the fringes of the continent in search of work. The Polish plumber ventured out when his country... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• German Election: Final Push

  

  // FOLLOWED by a bevy of cameramen as if they were his retinue, Horst Seehofer, the premier of Bavaria, strode the halls of the palatial state parliament in... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Seals Singapore Trade Pact

  

  // EU trade officials moved a step closer to sealing an trade pact with Singapore after negotiators for both sides presented the entire text of the agreement... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Greek PM Calls for Calm After Alleged Golden Dawn Killing

  

  // Greek PM Samaras has appealed for calm following the murder of a left-wing rapper by an alleged member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group. News from... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Cyprus Risks Remain, Troika Warns

  

  // Cyprus has made a good start to its EU rescue programme, but jobs and consumer confidence are falling, creditors say. News from EUobserver. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Turkey and Its Kurds: Inch by Inch

  

  // Waiting in the mountains THE peace process between Turkey and its rebellious Kurds is crawling at a snail’s pace. Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Catalonia’s Separatism: Nothing to Lose but Their Chains

  // IT IS a monument to defeat. On September 11th, Catalonia’s national day, newly uncovered ruins of old Barcelona were exposed three centuries after the... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Norway’s Election: Enter Erna

  

  // Norwegian voters tilted right on September 9th, positioning Erna Solberg, the sparky Conservative leader, to be their second female prime minister and... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Russian Politics: Through the Looking Glass

  // IN RUSSIA’S political wonderland losers can be winners and winners losers. Two months ago Alexei Navalny, a leading opposition figure, was sentenced to five... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Opinion] EU’s Moment of Truth on Israeli Settlements

  

  // The EU is facing a critical test of its policy towards Israeli settlements in Thursday’s Horizon2020 talks. News from EUobserver. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Opinion] Time to Deliver, President Barroso

  

  // EU commission head Barroso should deliver on promises to protects rights and minorities amid the crisis, Sweden’s EU affairs minister says. News from... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Moscow’s Mayoral Elections: Inspired by “The Wire”

  

  // Navalny brings Baltimore to the Moskva ALEXEI NAVALNY’S election headquarters looks like a set for a film about American presidential elections. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Opinion] Berlusconi Spells More Trouble Ahead for Italy

  

  // Silvio Berlusconi’s impeachment is unlikely to trigger snap elections, but political instability remains Italy’s curse. News from EUobserver. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: When the Wind Blows

  

  // SUNDAY June 16th this year was a Goldilocks sort of day across Germany, not too hot but not too cool, with bright sunshine and a reasonable offshore breeze. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Germany’s Election: Descent into Banality

  

  // ON SEPTEMBER 1st the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her main challenger, Peer Steinbrück, had their only televised debate before the federal election. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Opinion] Ukraine’s Crimean Tatars Need EU Attention

  

  // Mention Ukraine, and everybody thinks of the Vilnius summit. But Ukraine has other issues to deal with, such as the fate of the Crimean Tatars. News from... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Sweden and America: A President’s First-ever Visit

  

  // A very welcome visitor LOOMING American military strikes in Syria and controversy about American internet spying could not dampen the Swedish government’s... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• [Opinion] Europe Must Lead the Way on Arab-Israeli Conflict

  

  // A former Knesset speaker says EU ministers should not back-track on new guidelines for Israeli funding when they meet in Vilnius. News from EUobserver. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL