A quarter century after the fall of Ceausescu, there are still many institutions and orphanages throughout Romania.
What Happened to Romania’s Irrecuperables?
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U.S.-EU Trade Pact: A Field Day for Fossil Fuels and Fracking
A transatlantic trade deal would eliminate restrictions on U.S. exports of fracked gas to the EU.
Hungary’s U-Turn
Hungary has turned its back on the European Union and is heading off on its own political and economic path.
Continental Drift: Europe’s Breakaways
Borders in Europe may appear immutable, but of course they are not.
The Greatest Threat to Europe
Europe will never fully democratize until the Roma enjoy the same rights, privileges, and opportunities as their European brethren.
The Color Wars
Clashes of colors — red shirts vs. yellow shirts in Thailand, a faded orange revolution in Ukraine — have many people reaching for the rainbow in response.
Can Love Save Europe?
Blind to the political and economic sources of their troubles, many Europeans are lashing out at gays, Jews, migrants, and the European project itself.
Letter From Sofia: Old Tanks and Modern Mayhem
The military museum in Bulgaria's sprawling capital city consists of a tiny building and a huge outdoor display of weapons that look as if they had been wheeled in fresh from the battlefields and parked, higgledy piggledy: mountain howitzers that shelled Turks in 1912...
The Pedigree of the “Horsewich”
Not just relaxed regulatory protocols, but austerity itself, are bringing horsemeat to Europe’s tables.
The Two Europes
There is hybrid Europe, and then there is the Europe that imagines itself to be a collection of indivisible nation-states.