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Hans Von der Brelie

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Hungary leads way in EU family policy, but motives suspect

To arrest historic population decline Hungary is paying couples generously to have children and build homes. But is the ruling Fidetz party feathering its own nest while cutting out the poor and immig

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Determined youth of Poland use social media to battle right-wing shift

Since the end of last year, Poland has been ruled by a populist right-wing government trying to get a hold of public media and the Constitutional Court. But student Artur Sierawski has something to sa

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Sweden's warm welcome for refugees starting to cool

Million, Snegh and Feven are happy children, together and feeling safe again

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Germany and Poland have a dirty big secret - an addiction to brown coal

In eastern Germany some members of a little-known group claim they are being ethnically cleansed, not by militia groups, but by the coal mining

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Unemployment in Spain: a life without hope?

Jerez de la Frontera – where more than 1 in 3 is out of work Every day is a challenge for 27-year-old Miguel Angel Vaca Fernandez, as he strives to

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Separation anxiety: trauma of underage refugees alone in Germany

Among the vast throng of refugees to have flowed into Germany this year are at least 30,000 unaccompanied minors. The situation for these vulnerable

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One way ticket: Germany repatriates Balkans migrants

While Germany has declared itself open to refugees from wars in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere it has become a lot less welcoming to economic migrants

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On patrol with Germany's elite anti-trafficking police

Germany’s southern border has become a frontline in the battle against human traffickers. The country is the preferred destination of most of those

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Busting the boom: why Barcelona wants to curb mass tourism

Barcelona is booming. A little too booming for many of its inhabitants and city officials who have taken measures to clamp down on a surge of tourism

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Battle for Italy's olive trees: deadly bacteria devastating groves in Apulia

The spectre of an agricultural catastrophe hangs over southern Italy with the spread of a bacteria that is devastating olive tree groves. Xylella

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The tide turns as Irish economic migrants seek work at home

Emigration is nothing new to Ireland and it was little surprise when thousands of young people streamed out of the country in the aftermath of the

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Opportunity or exploitation: the debate in the UK over zero-hours contracts

They have been credited with putting the UK on the road to recovery, but the issue of zero-hours contracts is among the most divisive of the general

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Floods and corruption: why Bosnia is littered with landmines

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Bosnia-Herzegovina: corruption protests fuel a potential political spring

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