All Europe
- Panama Papers: How Iceland's leader became the leaks' first casualtyOpposition leaders and thousands of protesters called for the country's prime minister to step down amid a聽dispute over his offshore financial affairs. On Tuesday, he complied.
- Iceland's PM says he won't resign in Panama Papers scandalPolice estimated the crowd at 8,000 people 鈥 a throng called by one officer the largest protest he had ever seen in Reykjavik.
- First LookAir France headscarf kerfuffle: Should Iranian or French norms apply?Unions convinced the airline to reverse its decision that required female staff flying to Tehran to comply with Iranian dress codes, stirring tension around mandated religious garb.
- Who is fretting about Panama Papers? Probably not Putin.At least, not for now. Many Russians may see either business as usual or 'Putinphobia.'
- Frustration in Greek isles as deportations to Turkey get under wayThe first 200 migrants were sent back Monday as part of the European Union's deal with Turkey to manage the migration flow. But asylum seekers and human rights advocates say the plan is illegal.
- 1st passenger flight leaves Brussels since March 22 attacksHead of the聽Brussels Airport Co., called Sunday's three flights a "sign of hope," and that the airport could be restored to full service by the end of June.
- Decades on, some Poles still yearn for lands 鈥 and songs 鈥 of lost 'Kresy'During World War II, thousands were driven out of their homes in Polish lands that are now Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania. But they, and their descendants, still sing of what was lost.
- Brussels airport reopens: Can EU security handle returning jihadis?The Brussels airport partially reopens Sunday as questions are raised about how much governments know about the movements of the 5,000 home-grown jihadis who have trained and fought in places like Syria or Iraq.
- Germany's refugee crisis: A job-creation package in disguise?The arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees may be stirring nationalism. But it's also creating tens of thousands of new jobs and business opportunities for Germans.
- As elections loom, Kremlin applies 'ethical standards' to muzzle criticsIn September, Russian voters will be able to directly elect some of their representatives to the聽national legislature 鈥 potentially allowing reformers to gain national office. Authorities are looking to stop that.
- Why does the Pentagon want to refurbish a base in Iceland?The $21.4 million in upgrades are designed to equip the station with reconnaissance planes that will patrol the North Atlantic for Russian submarines.
- Three men in Brussels charged with terrorist attacksGermany is calling for better data sharing among European security agencies.聽Belgian federal prosecutors on Saturday said they had charged three men with terrorism.
- Radovan Karadzic verdict: From the streets of Sarajevo to genocideMonitor reporter Robert Marquand first met the now convicted war criminal in 1991. At the time Karadzic 'came across more as a used-car salesman than a leader of any gravitas.'
- Former Serb leader Karadzic convicted of genocide, gets 40-year sentenceProsecutors had sought a life sentence, but the court's chief prosecutor, Serge Brammertz, said 40 years amounted to the same thing for the 70-year-old Karadzic.
- Brussels attacks: Why can't Europe close the gap in its intelligence sharing?One of the alleged suicide bombers in Brussels had been deported into Dutch custody by Turkey last year, but was set free. Last year's attacks in Paris exposed similar shortcomings.
- US-Russia thaw? Kerry arrives in Moscow for Syria talksThough a breakthrough is unlikely, there is a growing cooperation on Syria, which many Russians hope will ease the tensions between the Washington and Moscow.聽
- Belgium bombings: Europeans show resilience to terrorism's 'new normal'Though many feared an attack like the one on Brussels Tuesday, Europeans increasingly feel they can cope 鈥 and that a sense of solidarity, rather than harsh reaction, should govern their response to terror.
- Months after Paris, why Brussels is still Europe's ground zero for jihadistsBelgium's capital has been on alert since the Paris rampage last fall. Days before Tuesday's blasts, which claimed 30 lives, a top Paris suspect was captured in Brussels.
- Brussels bombings put 'the whole of Europe' under attackEuropean nations quickly declared solidarity with Belgium after Tuesday's deadly bombings in Brussels. But the attacks may widen divisions within the EU over how to handle immigration and security.
- Can a Russian indigenous group be a 'foreign agent'? The Kremlin thinks so.The targeting of an organization dedicated to protecting indigenous culture is just the latest abuse of a law meant to root out foreign actors in Russian politics.