Best Columns - Europe
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Behind the crackdown on the Roma
feature Italians have finally lost patience with the half-million migrants from Romania who now live among them, said Julius M
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Ugly American gray squirrels must die
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Germany: A tragedy ends the Love Parade
feature Twenty people were crushed to death and more than 500 injured when panic broke out at the Love Parade festival in Duisberg.
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Germany: Is Amazon breaking labor laws?
feature Amazon is running what amounts to a labor camp right here in Germany.
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Berlusconi and Sarkozy: Will the dynamic duo change Europe?
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A nation that ignores Christmas; Why Halloween has failed to catch on; France and Chad: When foreign adoptions go terribly wrong
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United Kingdom: What you need to know to be a citizen
feature The U.K. citizenship exam doesn't require aspiring citizens to know anything of our history or literature, of Britain’s imperial past or traditions, said Libby Purves at The Times.
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France: Grappling with a surge in racism
feature Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, who is black, has been the target of racist slogans by protesters and far-right politicians.
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United Kingdom: A press conspiracy to protect Harry
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Germany: A breakthrough for the Turkish minority
feature Cem Özdemir, who is of Turkish descent, broke through racial barriers in Germany when he was elected co-chair of the Green Party.
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Ireland: Where even the atheists go to Mass
feature Irish atheists are doing it all wrong.
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Germany: The return of Nazi salutes and slogans
feature German demonstrations in support of the Palestinians in Gaza are growing increasingly anti-Semitic—and the police are doing nothing, said Alex Feuerherdt in Jungle World.
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Switzerland: The end of banking secrecy?
feature The Swiss have “capitulated to American pressure” and compromised their famous principle of banking secrecy, says Gerd Zitzelsberger in Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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United Kingdom: Prince Harry does Vegas
feature Photos are all over the Internet of Prince Harry in a Las Vegas hotel room, naked after a game of strip pool.
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