Sudden movementAleksei Navalny brings Russia’s opposition back to lifeAnti-corruption protests herald a new generation of political activismMar 30th 2017
Bewildered in BratislavaWho kidnapped the son of Slovakia’s president?A political mystery unresolved 20 years laterMar 29th 2017
Growing out of itPortugal cuts its fiscal deficit while raising pensions and wagesThe Socialists say their Keynesian policies are working; others fret about Portugal’s debtsMar 29th 2017
Beyond the hexagonFrance’s presidential race is a clash of worldviewsMarine Le Pen’s nationalism meets the unrepentant globalism of Emmanuel MacronMar 30th 2017
CharlemagneAs the world sours on trade, the EU sweetens on itTop of the agenda is a deal with JapanMar 30th 2017
Russian rumblingAnti-corruption demonstrations sweep across RussiaThe protests show opposition leader Alexei Navalny remains a forceMar 27th 2017
Bulgar materialismBulgaria’s election is unlikely to do much to clean up corruptionA new anti-graft party generates excitement. But it may struggle to win seatsMar 25th 2017
Furazhka meets keffiyehIn the Middle East, Russia is reasserting its powerBombs and diplomacy, both part of the toolkitMar 22nd 2017
The euro-zone stainDid a Dutch eurocrat call southern Europeans drunken womanisers?No, but that is what northern Europeans thinkMar 24th 2017
Faites vos jeuxIn France’s presidential race, Emmanuel Macron likes his chancesAs François Fillon self-destructs, the young liberal squares off against Marine Le PenMar 23rd 2017
Reverse BalkanisationWith EU accession distant, Balkan countries find a substituteThey may start a common market of their ownMar 23rd 2017
ExhibitionismSpain’s greatest art museum gets a new directorMiguel Falomir inherits a Prado with big ambitionsMar 23rd 2017
CharlemagneItaly is Europe’s leaden-toed bootThe host of the EU’s 60th anniversary party is the country most likely to bring it downMar 23rd 2017
En gardeA marathon television debate marks the real start to France’s presidential campaignThe first direct clash between the internationalist Emmanuel Macron and the nationalist Marine Le PenMar 21st 2017
