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EU ministers may send more help to non-EU nations to toughen up bordersEuropean Union nations are considering sending more help to non-member Macedonia to better buff the flow of asylum-seekers coming through the Balkans.
Pope's sex abuse panel tells survivor to take a time-outPope Francis' sex abuse advisory committee voted to have Peter Saunders – a high-profile British advocate for survivors who had been critical of the church's slow response – leave the panel for now.
European media face new scrutiny of reporting on immigration and crimeSexual assaults in Cologne, Germany, have put pressure on media to report more aggressively, but some worry they may tip too far.
This is Jungala Radio: In Calais, refugees find a new voiceThe station first broadcast on New Year's Day. Around the world, refugees have tapped into radio to take control of their image – and pass the time.
- Could sanctions spur Russia's ascent to agricultural superpower?
Since the end of the Soviet era, Russia's agricultural industry has languished. But with sanctions now keeping European goods out of the Russian market, small domestic farmers are stepping up.
Maybe the Soviets weren't so bad? Russian nostalgia for USSR on the rise.With economic woes at home and tensions with the West abroad, Russians are putting a new gloss on the Communist years – one that even previously unsupportive authorities seem to now be tacitly backing.
Mass expulsions ahead for Europe as migrant crisis growsBut sending refugees back is easier said than done. In 2014, EU nations returned less than 40 percent of the people who were ordered to be deported.
To better integrate refugees, Nuremberg aims at unlikely foe: gossipNuremberg officials are using 'ambassadors' trained in the facts about immigration to debunk stereotypes and rumor-mongering among the native populace. Part 2 of a two-part story on Europe's efforts to integrate refugees.
How do you help refugees become European? Give them lessons.A government-backed program in Vienna is teaching refugees from the Mideast about everything from recycling to disciplining children to dating. Part 1 of a two-part story on Europe's efforts to integrate refugees.
Pope Francis calls on Iran to play key role in stopping terrorismThe pope held talks with Iran's president at the Vatican Tuesday, in the first official call paid on a pontiff by an Iranian president since 1999.
Denmark to confiscate valuables from refugees to pay for asylumThe new law also extends the wait for refugees seeking to bring their families to Denmark. Human rights groups have condemned the law as inhumane.
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 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 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 has resisted domestic pressure for border closures and a refugee cap, but her allies have suggested 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.
