Features
Germany’s ‘joke’ party wants seat at EU table
‘Politics is becoming so much more like satire nowadays,’ says Die PARTEI leader.
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Estonia joins the far-right club
Nationalist party, inspired by Donald Trump, vows to keep out immigrants and protect ‘indigenous’ Estonians as part of new government.
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What Putin could lose in Ukraine
For the Kremlin, having a Russian-speaking president in Kiev cuts both ways.
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Putin’s garbage challenge
Protests over open-air landfills have broken out across Russia.
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Migrants flee Libyan ‘prison’ to Tunisia
Faced with brutality and rising smugglers’ fees, people temporarily put plans of reaching Europe on hold.
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Ireland’s feminist revolution
Can activists turn a surge in support into votes?
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Poseur, poet, politician: France’s other boy wonder
François Ruffin is riding high on an anti-establishment wave.
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Sleaze scandals stalk Ukraine campaign
President Petro Poroshenko is just one of several candidates under fire ahead of March poll.
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Europe’s deadly migration strategy
Officials knew EU military operation made Mediterranean crossing more dangerous.
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Ukraine’s crisis of faith
The Kiev-Kremlin conflict catalyzes a religious schism centuries in the making.
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The little Greek newspaper that could (in Turkey)
ISTANBUL — A harried man in his fifties darts up and down the narrow alleys around Istiklal Avenue on the European side of Istanbul, carrying packages of …
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Way to an Italian populist’s heart is through his stomach
Food is literally a gut issue in Italy.
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What keeps Slovaks from the ballot boxes?
Voter turnout for the 2014 European election was just 13 percent.
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Young heroes with invisible scars
Survivors of Syria’s brutal conflict suffer emotional fallout for years after finding refuge elsewhere.
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British Jews look to Germany for Brexit ‘insurance policy’
The German constitution allows for people whose citizenship was revoked for ‘political, racist, or religious reasons’ to have it reinstated.
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Bosnia’s migrant route bottleneck
Locals feel abandoned by politicians in Sarajevo as region sees influx of people trying to reach EU.
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Europe’s neo-colonial African urbanism
Grand plans for cities of the future can’t solve the migration crisis.
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Holiday wishes from the EU to you!
Here’s your seasonal round-robin family Christmas letter from Brussels.
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Best of Brexit: A Christmas reading list
There’s a book for everyone this Brexmas.
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Why Putin is learning to love rap
Russian authorities are canceling shows and cracking down on artists speaking a little too freely.
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Trump says climate change isn’t real. He should come to Utqiagvik in Alaska
The top of the world is now warming at twice the average global rate.
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Riga to Russian speakers: Learn Latvian
Push to phase out Russian in schools faces rocky road ahead.
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