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The dark origins of May Day

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IMF proposes prickly solutions for Europe's refugee 'challenges'

Question of survival How can Europe survive mounting refugee pressures? A study by the IMF presented in Davos, Switzerland, has proposed that the

Germany

Mein Kampf returns: read-between-the-lines version

Hitler’s opus ‘Mein Kampf’ is back in stores in Germany now for the first time since 1945, one of history’s most notorious works, republished with a

World

France's year of terrorism, living with tears and fears

French media paid homage to the people killed in last year’s terrorist attacks in Paris — at Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket, as well as the

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French bumper stickers target those who park badly

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Darkness in 2015, year of ISIL bloodshed, refugee desperation

The radical Islamic State movement (ISIL) pushed on with its offensive throughout the year. In Iraq and Syria, the jihadists took more territory

Spain

Mariano Rajoy, Spanish conservative rolls with the punches

Mariano Rajoy is candidate for his own succession. The least that can be said of the conservative head of the Spanish government is he has got

Spain

Pedro Sanchez woos Spaniards to vote Socialist

Many supporters of Pedro Sanchez largely forgive his career inexperience in favour of his looks; the leader of Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) just

Spain

Albert Rivera, fresh face of Ciudadanos, influences Spanish unity

Albert Rivera is perhaps Spain’s most palatable politician for the centre-right, a newcomer to national politics. The 36-year-old lawyer and

Spain

Pablo Iglesias, joker with the king, serious with Spanish Podemos voters

Pablo Iglesias grew in stature as he campaigned. After a slump in voter opinion, his star rose steadily. With his pony tail and beard and supermarket

Spain

Spain's sweet economy: alive, well and living in Alicante

The Spanish traditional Christmas sweet known as turron is ‘bread and butter’ to some 2,000 of the townspeople of Jijona, on Spain’s Mediterranean

Turkey

Turkey deploying 30 percent of army in Syrian border clampdown

Turkey is tightening security at its border with Syria. A fresco on a barracks building at the Köprübatı checkpoint, which overlooks radical Islamic

Spain

Spain's political newcomers determined to overturn 'caste system'

Ciudadanos (‘Citizens’), is one of Spain’s new parties that emerged from crisis. The second-largest group in Catalonia’s regional parliament after

Spain

Spain expects an end to seesaw Conservative-Socialist voting

A senior figure in Spain’s conservative People’s Party (PP) is in La Nucia, in the southeastern Alicante province for the day. Foreign Affairs

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Spain must take constitutional reform by the horns

The Spanish constitution is now in its 38th year, the 6th Dec. anniversary coinciding with campaigning for the general elections on the 20th. Spain

France

Climate deal signals global recognition, sets out to fix problem

The hottest year on record draws to a close, and with it four years of hard negotiating, which produces, at long last, an international agreement to

World

Tragedy, voting battles and diplomacy, the keystrokes of 2015

IRAN NUCLEAR BREAKTHROUGH On 14th July, after negotiating for 12 years, Iran and the P5+1 major powers signed an agreement aimed at ensuring a

France

What would constitute a success for COP21 climate conference?

Some of them are the most powerful people on Earth, others are bursting with knowledge — envoys and delegates from 195 countries. What can they do at

Tunisia

Tunisia's prized democracy 'will strike back' against terrorists

Abdessattar Ben Moussa’s faith in democracy is unshakable. He reiterated this when France made the members of Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet

Syria

Who are the 'moderates' in Syria's Civil War?

Syrian opposition groups and rebel factions gathered in the Saudi capital of Riyadh (9-10 Dec.) to discuss their positions ahead of proposed peace

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