All Europe
In Austria, a hotel where refugees are the hostsTwo-thirds of the staff at Vienna's 'trendy' Magdas Hotel are asylum recipients. Caritas, the charity that backs the hotel, hopes to export the project to other cities across Europe.
How a liberal bastion is persevering in an increasingly illiberal MoscowThe Andrei Sakharov Center, one of the last safe spaces for Russia's liberal community, has been fined and fined again for its purported 'political activity.' But celebrity support and crowdsourcing have kept it alive.
Merkel's party, sliding in polls, weighs German 'border centers'The country took in 1.1 million asylum seekers last year, and the German Chancellor's refusal to follow neighboring countries and cap the number of refugees has frustrated some Germans.
Italians rally for gay civil unions ahead of battle in parliamentThousands of Italians gathered for rallies in almost 100 towns and cities聽on Saturday to support gay civil unions as parliament gets ready to debate a bill over legal recognition for homosexual couples.
Protesters in Poland rally against new surveillance law amid "Orbanisation" fearsThousands of聽Poles marched through Warsaw on Saturday to protest against the government's plan to increase surveillance. Some fear Poland will follow Hungary towards an "illiberal democracy."
Will Merkel give in to pressure over Germany's refugee crisis?German Chancellor Angela Merkel聽has resisted domestic pressure for border closures and a refugee cap, but her allies have suggested聽she had become impervious to other people's views on the issue.
45 migrants drown as 2 boats sink off Greek islands, dozens surviveAt least 45 people, including 17 children, drowned Friday in the Aegean Sea as two smuggling boats sunk off different Greek islands. The Greek coast guard and other boats saved more than 70 people from the sunken vessels.
The ExplainerLitvinenko murder inquiry fingers FSB, Putin. What does Britain do next?The inquiry concluded that Russia's president 'probably approved' the 2006 murder of his long-time critic in London. But British hands may prove tied when it comes to implementing justice.
Cheap oil roils ruble, but Russia bears the painOil prices have dropped to 12-year-lows, dragging the Russian currency along with it. But the Russian economy may be able to withstand the crunch for now.
British lawmakers blast Trump, but oppose banning himParliament took up the topic after half a million people signed a petition calling for Trump to be excluded over his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States in the wake of extremist violence.
Man dies after taking part in botched French clinical trialThe drug was intended to ease mood and anxiety troubles as well as motor problems linked to neurodegenerative illnesses.
Could 2016 see Ukraine crisis resolved? Russian moves hint yes.The halting Minsk process, meant to peaceably reunite Ukraine with its restive eastern regions, got a big boost in recent weeks with the assignment of two top Putin officials to key positions in the Russian team.
Remove religious garb? 'Kippa debate' in France sends defiant messageA Jewish leader suggested that men avoid wearing the skull cap after the stabbing of a Jewish teacher this week. Now French are again debating the boundaries of their country's sharp separation of church and state.
Why fear of war weighs heavily for Russians in the New YearThe Russian public is worried about a full-on conflict with the US, fed in part by a drumbeat from the Kremlin and in part by US and NATO foreign policies.
Some small German towns want to host more refugees. So why can't they?Advocates say Germany needs to update a 67-year-old refugee policy that assigns larger numbers to overtaxed cities and fewer to dwindling towns.
At least 10 dead after Istanbul suicide bombingTurkey's prime minister said Islamic State was behind the deadly explosion, which could be heard from several neighborhoods.
Cologne attacks: Does Germany have a problem with sexual assault?Activists say violence against women has been ignored for too long 鈥� whether the perpetrators are immigrants or native-born Germans.
French mosques host dialogue weekend on anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacksMosques across France are opening up to the public for dialogue on Islamophobia and the differences between jihadism and Islam as the country marks one year since radical jihadis' deadly attack at聽a satirical newspaper and a Jewish supermarket.
Lindsey Vonn wins downhill race, ties 36-year record for downhill victoriesWith the win Saturday, Lindsey Vonn moved from third to second place in this year's standings for the World Cup overall title
Germany's Merkel toughens tone on migrants after New Year's Eve assaults"Serial offenders who repeatedly rob or repeatedly affront women must feel the full force of the law," German chancellor Angela Merkel said. Nearly聽two dozen asylum seekers were suspected of assaulting women in Cologne, Germany on New Year's Eve.
