All Europe
Are Italy's efforts to save refugees encouraging more to come?Tragedies last year spurred the Italian Navy to more aggressively seek out refugee boats before they run into danger. But the practice seems to be increasing the rush of asylum seekers.
Germany: Ally or arbiter in Ukraine crisis?Chancellor Merkel, who is in Washington today, has made a show of unity with Obama against Russia's intervention in Ukraine. But the German public is not quite so committed.
A decade after the EU's largest expansion, open borders still rankleTen years ago, the EU opened its doors to Eastern Europeans seeking a better life. But even today, anti-immigrant sentiments remain powerful in Europe.
How one German city is opening doors to RomaThe Roma earned the right to travel across Western Europe this year. And in Mannheim, locals are helping them overcome the social obstacles they encounter.
Kiev's new gambit in eastern Ukraine: a militia of its own?With their Army unable to stop pro-Russia militants, Ukrainian reservists are doffing their uniforms and training as informal military units 鈥� with the tacit support of Kiev.
Gerry Adams arrest: Will Northern Ireland peace pay a price?Irish republican leader Gerry Adams was arrested Wednesday in connection with a 1972 murder. Could it harm the peace process in Northern Ireland, sixteen years after a pact was signed?
Kiev is 'helpless' in east Ukraine. Can it even police the Maidan?Members of Right Sector and 'self-defense' groups still sit on the square and engage in street fights with other radicals 鈥� sending a negative signal about the state of Kiev's control.
For Germans, hostage-taking sparks new focus on Ukraine crisisThe seizure of German military observers in eastern Ukraine has put a human face on a crisis that could force Germany into a tougher tone with Russia.聽
Why Ukraine is dialing back its military offensive in anarchic eastA recent poll found that most people in eastern Ukraine oppose the seizure of government buildings, but half of respondents think President Turchynov is 'illegally occupying his post.'
Amid crisis, Ukraine's Jews say 'leave us out of it'Accusations of fascism and alleged anti-Semitic incidents have riled up both Kiev and Moscow. But Donetsk's 20,000-odd Jews don't want to be part of the game.
Poland looks to Pope John Paul II with new eyes as Russia stirsThe late pope, who was canonized today, is remembered in Poland as an architect of the fall of communism 鈥� a role of new significance in light of the Kremlin's increasing assertiveness.
Britain's latest minority has Cornish cachetCornwall 鈥� home to the ubiquitous Cornish pasty and the 'Pirates of Penzance' 鈥� this week joined the UK's other Celtic groups as a recognized minority. What will that mean for the people on the peninsula?
America's hottest author: a French economist?Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the 21st Century' 鈥� 700 pages of economic and growth data 鈥� has captured the No. 1 slot on Amazon for its sharp look at what lies behind growing wealth inequality.
Not waving, but drowning? Russia talks tough on sanctionsThe Kremlin has argued that broader Western sanctions would make Russia more self-sufficient. But economists warn that if sanctions persist, the damage could be crippling.
What Simon Ostrovsky's detention means for Ukraine's information warsThe American reporter for Vice News had been shooting often reckless videos of the crisis before he was grabbed by pro-Russia militiamen. He was released Thursday after being held for four days.
Pro-Russia militias say they know what they want. But do they?Militants occupying government buildings across eastern Ukraine are clear in their calls for 'federalization.' When pressed on what that means, though, things get murky.
What's behind Cameron's embrace of '海角大神 Britain'?The British prime minister last week said that Britons should be proud of being a '海角大神 country,' provoking a backlash from secularists who prefer a more pluralist society.
Did the Kremlin just 'unfriend' the founder of Russia's Facebook?VKontakte founder and CEO Pavel Durov says he was fired over his resistance to Moscow's efforts to monitor and control access to the popular social media platform.- In Kosovo's capital, new mayor fights corruption 鈥� by doing his jobPristina's mayor, Shpend Ahmeti, has earned plaudits 鈥� and death threats 鈥� by investigating corruption, making hiring transparent, and even selling the posh mayoral car.
An apoplexy over apostrophes in Cambridge, EnglandA policy to remove apostrophes from signs in the learned English town has touched off a firestorm 鈥� and sent vigilante grammarians into the streets with markers in hand.