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![]() Tony BarberFinancial Times |
The demand to ban a satirical novel underlines the shrinking space for free expression under Putin
Franco-German frictions and the advance of hard-right parties threaten trouble when Europe needs a common front
The heads of Serbia, the Bosnian Serbs, North Macedonia and Georgia oppose the steps needed to join the club
AfD voters like its hardline policies and see the party as a victim of establishment prejudice
Tajiks are among those blamed for the massacre but Russia’s war economy depends on immigrant Muslim workers
The course of the Ukraine war will weigh heavily on Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
Gains for the hard right in June’s EU parliament vote could disrupt climate, migration and trade policies
Robert Fico aligns Slovakia with Hungary’s illiberalism as Poland tries to go in the other direction
The autocrat seems certain of re-election in March amid a political culture awash with strange fantasies and obsessions
A former minister in Athens turns the tables with a proposal that recalls unwelcome advice during the debt crisis