3 out of 4 Europeans think corruption is widespread, report finds
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Norway Asks Sweden To Rent Vacant Prisons
Sweden has closed some prisons as incarceration rate has fallen
Pony Burgers? Europe Gags on a Horsemeat Scandal
What started as concern over horsemeat in burgers in Ireland and the U.K. has now blown up into a Europe-wide scandal and stoked cross-border tension throughout the Continent. The scandal started small, when earlier this year in …
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Chinese workers may be heading to Greenland to tap mineral deposits, the IMF gives Argentina a deadline to comply with its rules on reporting inflation statistics or else face repercussions and Scotland will have to renegotiate …
A Deeply Divided European Union Faces Its Own Budgetary Cliff
France, Germany and Britain become central antagonists in more general discord over a multiyear E.U. budget — and risk preventing Europe from fulfilling one of its most basic operational tasks
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Russia kicks out USAID; French satirical magazine publishes offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad
The Allegations Against Assange: Views from Sweden
Most Swedes want the Wikileaks founder to respond to their country’s legal inquiries but a vocal few feel Sweden’s definitions of rape have gotten too stringent
Eurovision 2012: Sweden’s Loreen Wins in Politically Charged Azerbaijan
On May 26, when Sweden’s Loreen Talhaoui took to the stage at the 57th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, the lights fell and eventually the faux snow followed. Performing “Euphoria,” a clubby meditation on the power …
In France, A Risky Business May Get Riskier
Given French society’s reputation of unbridled sexual attitudes and libertine habits, it’s probably not surprising that a new proposal to combat prostitution is provoking considerable push-back. On the face of it, the initiative appears to be generating heat by sending two pillars of French life clashing in conflict: France’s …