In eastern Ukraine, protestors are chanting “New Russia” – an old term that’s back in fashion
Separatists in Donetsk and elsewhere are harking back to the 18th century territory of Novorossiya, as Moscow seems to be making…
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The biggest threat to the NHS is the Tories, not the EU-US trade deal
There are good grounds for believing we will succeed in ensuring the NHS is exempt from the transatlantic agreeement.
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Why does Nigel Farage want us to follow the lead of countries that are smaller than Bristol?
Eurosceptics harp on about the need for democracy. But the Swiss, like the Norwegians and the Icelanders, choose to eat…
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Why Miliband is right not to promise an EU referendum
Guaranteeing an in/out vote would have shifted the debate back onto Tory territory and could have wrecked a future Miliband…
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Jeremy Bowen: I know there’s trouble in the Middle East when I need my flak jacket, gas mask and Kevlar pants
The BBC’s Middle East editor on John Kerry striking the wrong tone over Ukraine, and remembering the Aleppo souks.
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The main parties agree on the EU far more than they suggest
Beyond the bluster and rhetoric, there is a surprising degree of consensus on the reforms needed.
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Leader: Why we need to be honest about Vladimir Putin
Whatever the Kremlin apologists say – and regardless of the ancient historical and cultural affinities involved – there are few…
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Slovakia: life after the velvet divorce
Why the former Czechoslovakian state, which gained its “Velvet Divorce” from the Czech Republic in 1993, is one of Europe’s…
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