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Stalled factories and fireside chats
The Kremlin belatedly recognises the full scale of the economic crisisFeb 19th 2009
Scandals as bitter as a traitor's kiss
Sleaze and disunity trip up the once-confident People’s PartyFeb 19th 2009
- Charlemagne
Unruly neighbours
Europe wants more non-Europeans at the top table. But who should make way?Feb 19th 2009
Articles from previous editions
Back to the fold?
Nicolas Sarkozy faces domestic opposition to his decision to return France to NATO’s integrated military command in AprilFeb 12th 2009
Taking the Glos off
A young upstart, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, replaces Michael GlosFeb 12th 2009
Recalled to half-life
A surprising revival in previously reviled nuclear powerFeb 12th 2009
Death in Udine
What the row about Eluana Englaro says about Italy and its political rulersFeb 12th 2009
A stuck region
How troubles in Bosnia and elsewhere obstruct the Balkans’ path to EuropeFeb 12th 2009
English is coming
The adverse side-effects of the growing dominance of EnglishFeb 12th 2009
A tricky balancing act
The euro area economy’s vaunted strengths are starting to look like weaknessesFeb 5th 2009
Reykjavik-on-Liffey
The Irish government struggles with the effects of a deep recessionFeb 5th 2009
Temper tantrums
A dramatic Davos walkout raises new questions about Recep Tayyip ErdoganFeb 5th 2009
Ave Madrid
Spain plans the most extensive high-speed rail network in EuropeFeb 5th 2009
Single-market blues
Recession is bringing fresh threats to Europe’s single marketFeb 5th 2009
- A special report on Russia
Enigma variations
Russia is not the Soviet Union, but what is it? A recovering world power—or a corrupt oligopoly with a market economy of sorts? Arkady Ostrovsky explains why it is both
Country Briefings
Articles by Subject
Articles from previous editions, continued...
Waiting for the Messiah
Europe’s mood of euphoria over Barack Obama masks anxiety about what the new president will demandJan 29th 2009
Cool heads
America is holding back its planned missile shield in eastern EuropeJan 29th 2009
Nordic nerves
Danes ponder joining the euro, Icelanders wish they couldJan 29th 2009
Trouble with figures
The problems that come from promising to crack down on immigration and crimeJan 29th 2009
Conspiracy theories
The arrest of still more suspects in the Ergenekon case is raising new questions about the relationship between the army and the governmentJan 29th 2009
An Iranian conundrum
Europeans fret that this year will be the trickiest so far for dealing with IranJan 29th 2009
A time of troubles and protest
As its economy sinks, France faces growing fears of social unrestJan 22nd 2009
And worse to come
The worrying social fallout from sharply rising unemploymentJan 22nd 2009
Deaths in Moscow
Political killings have become systematic in Russia. Their punishment has notJan 22nd 2009
A strange liberal revival
The Free Democrats have done unexpectedly well in HesseJan 22nd 2009
Iceland hunts the euro
Why a crisis-hit Iceland may apply to join the European Union as soon as MarchJan 22nd 2009
- A special report on Spain
The morning after
After three decades of partying, Spain has woken up with a hangover. Curing it will require changes, writes Michael Reid
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