All Europe
- 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.
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.
