Ian Traynor - Mail & Guardian

World | 2016-01-29 00:00:00

Greece has been given three months to avoid being suspended from Europe’s free-travel Schengen area because of its alleged failures to get a grip...

EU split over refugee crisis

World | 2015-09-04 00:00:00

Europe's fragmented attempts to get to grips with its worst-ever refugee crisis are disintegrating into a slanging match between national capitals...

An embryonic new Turkey is born

World | 2015-06-11 00:00:00

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the most formidable vote-winner and election conjurer Turkey has ever seen. He founded his own party, led it to three...

This might be Turkey's last election

World | 2015-06-05 00:00:00

The rolling hills next to the Black Sea, 90 minutes northwest of Istanbul, have long been prized for their dense forests and pristine lakes. The...

EU to impose migrant quotas forcing states to 'share' burden of influx

World | 2015-05-11 00:00:00

The European Union's executive body is to unveil radical new proposals on immigration, imposing migrant quotas on the 28 countries of the union...

Erdogan fiddles while Kobani burns

World | 2014-10-10 00:00:00

The sense of betrayal is palpable. The Kurds on Turkey's southern border with Syria are embittered as the tragedy of Kobani unfolds before their eyes...

Scotland's independence could take EU into uncharted territory

World | 2014-09-18 00:00:00

A new regime is taking shape in Brussels, gearing up to run the European Union (EU) for the next five years. Already it is clear that the three...

Hollande fails the De Gaulle standard

World | 2014-08-29 00:00:00

Angela Merkel has just brought down the French government. That, at least, is the way François Hollande's troubles will be seen on the...

Europe's compromised political centre bleeds left and right

World | 2014-05-23 00:00:00

Josef Höppinger is an increasingly rare type among European voters: he never changes. "I'm a worker. I vote socialist. Always," said the...

War over Europe's economic future heats up

World | 2014-01-10 00:00:00

Greece kicked off six months of being in charge of the European Union this week by declaring that the imposition of austerity measures, spending...

Anti-Europe Yanukovych opts for Putin power tactics

World | 2013-12-06 00:00:00

President Viktor Yanukovych is the great survivor of post-Soviet politics in Ukraine.

Erdogan reveals split personality

Analysis | 2013-10-04 00:00:00

All northern summer long, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in a very bad mood. The public squares and parks of Istanbul and several other Turkish...