For the first time in 50 years, some duty-free shops have ended up 'in the red'. And this despite the fact that the chain, founded by enterprising Irishmen, had never before yielded 'an inch of its…
The first results of the "caricature war" are already clear, writes the weekly Expert. The Muslim world needed it to legitimize its radicalization, while Europe needed it to begin de-Islamization.
Recently, a mechanism was launched that could lead to a redrawing of the European map. Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Kosovo - the UN representative for the upcoming…
Previously, the word 'pirates' was associated with the 18th century and adventure novels by Robert Louis Stevenson. Now the pirate theme increasingly appears on the front pages of global media.
For two weeks now, mass riots, arson and pogroms have continued in France. Having started on October 27 in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, they quickly spread to almost the entire country and…
When Gerhard Schröder led his Social Democratic Party to a convincing victory over the conservatives in the 1998 federal elections to the German Bundestag, this triumph was brought to him by the…
The fateful decision to begin negotiations on the admission of the first Muslim country, Turkey, to the European Union is framed in the best traditions of political paradoxes. And it is not only that…