Europe

Turkey's election

• Erdogan's last hurrah (possibly)
  

  The election on June 12th will showcase a Muslim democracy, and could have a big impact on Turkey’s future (46)

• • • The best way to promote democracy would be voting against the ruling party
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  • • On the campaign trail with the Turkish foreign minister
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  • • A Turkish general-election guide
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  • • Topic page: Turkey

Italian politics

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  Silvio snubbed

  Bad results for Silvio Berlusconi, but also for the main opposition party (16)

• • • The prime minister’s party struggles in local elections
    • (35)
  • • Tensions rise both inside the ruling party and with its coalition partner
    • (26)
  • • Berlusconi says he will not stand for another term
    • Newsbook
    • (43)
  • • Topic page: Italy

Ratko Mladic

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  Slowly towards Europe

  The arrest of Ratko Mladic will do much to help Serbia, but its effects elsewhere may not be as sweeping as some hope (4)

• • • The EU should admit the better-run Balkan countries
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  • • What will Mladic's arrest mean for Serbia's EU aspirations?
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  • • Ratko Mladic is arrested
    • (96)
  • • Topic page: Ratko Mladic

German energy

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  Nuclear? Nein, danke

  A nuclear phase-out leaves German energy policy in a muddle (26)

• • • The lone stand of a power boss against his country’s nuclear panic
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  • • Audio: German energy policy
    • (3)
  • • Topic page: Germany

Georgia and Russia

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  On Rustaveli Avenue

  The Georgians blame Russia for recent protests (16)

• • • The UN's court chucks out Georgia's case against Russia over the 2008 war
    • (33)
  • • Both sides claim vindication from an EU report on the war (Oct 2009)
    • (213)
  • • Topic page: Georgia

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  Neither in nor out

  And that’s exactly how Geert Wilders likes it (8)

• Belarus

  Reviving the lost art of queueing

  Economic hardship follows political repression in Belarus (2)

• The queen in Ireland

  Irish, and British, eyes are smiling

  Relations between two former antagonists are flourishing (19)

• Trouble in Tirana

  Albania on the brink

  The opposition leader calls for a general revolt against the government after a contentious election (54)