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Azeri police break up opposition rallies ahead of Eurovision

For Azerbaijan, hosting the glitz and glamour of the Eurovision Song Contest was part of a charm offensive to put the ex-Soviet Republic on the map. But increased international attention has also led to criticism of the country’s human rights record. Earlier, police…

Egypt: A step closer to democracy

Voting has resumed on the second of Egypt’s two day Presidential vote, a crucial stage in…

Greece gets mixed EU message

Papers in Athens break the news to Greeks that European leaders have made no concrete moves to…

MEPs consider Greece and growth ahead of informal summit

Amnesty: UN Security Council "unfit for purpose"

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International, in its annual State of the World Human Rights report, lambasts the UN Security Council for being…

Russian opposition leaders freed

Russian opposition leaders Alexei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov have both been freed after more than two weeks in jail. Both men were arrested for disobeying police orders during the protests…