Papandreou’s referendum bombshell
EU leaders hammered out an emergency fiscal deal—but then came the Greek PM’s announcement
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Merkel under siege
Angry voters at home are increasingly turning against her and her coalition government
Saying nyet to a Soviet emblem
Europe’s highest court bans the hammer and sickle from being trademarked
Call girls, graft and Italy’s paralysis
New revelations about Berlusconi further erode his image, but no one seems ready to bring him down
Kosovo: independent, but a basket case
The economy is dead, corruption is rampant, and Serbia remains hostile
Can the EU be saved?
Europe’s grand experiment seems to be failing
Down and out in London
Many of those struggling to get by in the British capital are former immigrants from Eastern Europe
What it takes to get back to AAA
Washington doesn’t have to look far for examples of how to climb back from a downgrade
The making of a monster
What drove Anders Breivik to commit the worst peacetime shooting spree in modern history?
A hard right turn
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party is surging in the polls