Is Anti-Muslim Hate Crime on the Rise in the UK?
Religious hate crime is rising in Britain, including against Muslims. But the monitoring organization Tell MAMA’s dramatic figures…
Ceuta After the Influx: Rapes, Fear and Chaos
Three weeks after the mass influx, Ceuta is still struggling with sexual violence, street clashes, overcrowding and a security cri…
In Exercise After Exercise NATO Keeps Failing the Same Drone Test
Naval and land exercises alike offer unmistakable proof that the alliance's armies have fallen behind the times. Both Russia and U…
Germany Builds a Multibillion Missile Arsenal to Deter Russia
Germany is preparing to build a new long-range missile arsenal in three tiers: cheaper cruise missiles, American Tomahawks and new…
Portugal’s Face-Veil Ban Marks a Breakthrough for Chega
Portugal bans face veils: the right-wing populist party Chega sparked the push, but the traditional right turned its once-radical …
A New Defense Minister, but Not the One Ukrainians Wanted
Protests continue across Ukraine against President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to dismiss the country's popular defense minister…
CDU Mayor Gives €10,000 to the AfD and Wants It to Win
Bernd Prange has spent 35 years in Germany’s Christian Democrats. Now he has given €10,000 to the AfD, called for an absolute majo…
France Demands More Data but Cannot Keep It Safe
A succession of government data breaches is raising serious questions about France’s ability to protect the vast amounts of person…
Germany Needs Workers While One In Ten Young Adults Sits Out
Germany says it needs more workers to rescue its aging economy. Yet one in ten 20-to-24-year-olds is outside both work and educati…
London Takes Another Step Toward Total Surveillance
Facial-recognition trials at London railway stations have so far produced no results. But the technology changes the nature of pol…
Mélenchon's Gamble on the “New France”
As Mélenchon denounces white, Catholic France, he is staking his presidential ambitions on the country’s demographic transformatio…
France Strikes Down Social Media Ban for Under-15s
In the name of protecting children, France was preparing to put the entire population under digital surveillance. The Constitution…
The End of Free Miles: Britain’s EVs Face a New Tax
The growing adoption of electric cars across the western world is resulting in fiscal shortfalls. The British government is the la…
The Screen Is Losing Its Place in the Classroom
Scandinavia is refocusing on books, Asian success defies screen-based explanations, and the United States and Eastern Europe are r…
France’s Public Media Have a Pluralism Problem
Political imbalance in the media is not only about who gets invited, but also about which views are promoted, how they are treated…