'I REFUSE TO BE LIKE THEM'

We agree that a restorative justice process could be helpful to both Mr Dukes and the Hokoanas... READ MORE›

DUTCH ELECTION: WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE NETHERLANDS?

The day after the elections in Netherlands what is the feeling and what are the expectations in the country and outside?... READ MORE›

POPULISM CAN BE STOPPED, SAYS JUBILANT DUTCH GREENLEFT LEADER

Besides Amsterdam, GreenLeft also performed well in university cities such as Groningen, Utrecht and Nijmegen... READ MORE›

WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE DUTCH ELECTIONS?

Prime Minster Mark Rutte of the right-wing VVD party holds a narrow lead in polls over Wilders' Party for Freedom... READ MORE›

HOW EMMANUELLA LAMBROPOULOS SCORED AN UPSET WIN IN SAINT-LAURENT

Emmanuella Lambropoulos secured the Liberal nomination to represent the Saint-Laurent riding in an upcoming byelection Wednesday night, and she didn't hide her amazement... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | IS IT TOO LATE FOR THE WEST'S CENTER-LEFT?

Lodewijk Asscher, the Labor party leader and deputy prime minister, laments the center-left's inability to hold onto its working-class base... READ MORE›

EMMANUEL MACRON MUST ADD SUBSTANCE TO STYLE TO WIN VOTES FOR PRESIDENCY

He lives for the presidential election and he has stood down for Macron... READ MORE›

MONTREAL PLANS PUBLIC FUNERAL AT HOCKEY ARENA FOR MOSQUE SHOOTING VICTIMS

A Montreal hockey arena will be transformed into a place of remembrance and mourning for the six men killed in the Quebec City mosque shooting... READ MORE›

STARBUCKS CREATES REFUGEE STORM IN A COFFEE CUP

Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz said the company plans to hire 10,000 refugees in countries around the globe over the next five years... READ MORE›

EARLY FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RESULTS SHOW CENTRIST, SOCIALIST WILL CONTEND FOR LEFT-WING NOMINATION

Arnaud Montebourg, another former minister who criticized Valls' economic policies, secured third place in Sunday's voting... READ MORE›

FRENCH VOTERS CHOOSING LEFT-WING PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE

French left-wing voters are casting ballots in a nationwide presidential primary aimed at producing a candidate strong enough to confront formidable conservative and nationalist rivals... READ MORE›

DIVIDED FRENCH LEFT SEEKS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

French leftists will hold a first-round primary on Sunday to narrow the field of possible presidential candidates... READ MORE›

WORLD IN CRISIS OR BACK TO NORMAL SOON? I THINK I KNOW...

Despite all appearances to the contrary, Donald Trump is just a traditional conservative, they say as they prettify venality and sanitise hatred... READ MORE›

'AUSTRIANS SEND CLEAR PRO-EUROPEAN SIGNAL' WITH ELECTION OF LEFT-WING PRESIDENT

Left-leaning Alexander Van der Bellen's projected victory in Austria's presidential election is being welcomed across much of the political spectrum in Europe and neighbouring Germany... READ MORE›

ARE GREEK ELECTIONS ABOUT TO CALL TIME ON FIVE PUNISHING YEARS OF AUSTERITY?

For Professor Constantine Tsoukalas, Greece's pre-eminent sociologist, there is no question that, come Monday, Europe will have reached a watershed... READ MORE›

AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE FIRE SPARKS FRANTIC EVACUATION ON CHICAGO RUNWAY

Passenger Sarah Ahmed told WLS-TV the plane had been speeding down the runway when she heard an explosion and saw flames and black smoke... READ MORE›

COMMENT: IF THE LABOR LEFT CANA??T GET BOAT TURN BACKS RIGHT, THEN WHY DO THEY EXIST?

They were complicit when they campaigned with Kevin Rudd to introduce the PNG solution... READ MORE›

IN PICTURES: SECRETS OF FRENCH DIPLOMACY

Frederic de la Mure MAEDI This handsome portfolio contains the ratification by Peru in 1861 of a friendship treaty with France... READ MORE›

TSIPRAS HOLDS GREEKSUPPORT WHILESELLING BAILOUT DEAL

Tsipras appears to have political support that is alive and well even among protesters... READ MORE›

THE NEW POLITICS OF FEAR

Juppe was the moderate in the group, and a significant number of Socialist Party supporters crossed into the other side's contest to help him... READ MORE›

AUSTRIAN FAR-RIGHT PARTY'S TRIUMPH IN PRESIDENTIAL POLL COULD SPELL TURMOIL

Freedom party's Norbert Hofer, who won 36 percent of vote, has threatened to dissolve parliament before 2018 elections... READ MORE›

CATALONIAA??S SEPARATISTS: A??THE SPANISH STATE HAS FAILED. WE CAN CHANGE THISA??

Spanish media seized on the moment as evidence of the uneasy bedfellows that had joined together for Catalonia's forthcoming regional elections... READ MORE›

CAN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SOLVE ITS SCIENCE DENIAL PROBLEM?

Dana Nuccitelli Evolution and climate science denial are predominant on the political right there is no equivalent on the left... READ MORE›

MARINE LE PEN FAR FROM HUMBLED BY NATIONAL FRONTS BRUISING DEFEAT

In relation to 2017, she is clearly positioning herself, said Valerie Igounet, a historian who specializes in the National Front... READ MORE›

ISSAC HERZOG ISRAELI CENTER-LEFT LEADER SEEKS PATH FORWARD

Last weekend, Mr.Herzog made a brief getaway with his wife to an upscale spa resort in Israel's north... READ MORE›

MARINE LE PEN GETS A BOOST IN FRENCH REGIONAL ELECTIONS

The Socialists are losing the cities, except for Paris, Lyon, maybe Lille it's lost most departments and it's going to lose regions after this election... READ MORE›

CAN EUROPE SURVIVE THE TRUMP EFFECT?

Presidential elections taking place in Austria in a few weeks... READ MORE›

ALEXIS TSIPRAS SHOWS HIS MACHIAVELLIAN STREAK IN A PURGE OF SYRIZA REBELS

Greece debt crisis news Alexis Tsipras shows his Machiavellian streak in a purge of Syriza rebels... READ MORE›

GREEK JUDGE APPOINTED CARETAKER PM UP TO ELECTIONS

The conservatives said all must be done to avoid a new round of elections that Greece did not need... READ MORE›

GREEK ELECTIONS: THE PARTIES, THEIR POSITIONS AND POLICIES

01 GMT Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's radical left Syriza party... READ MORE›

THE SPECTACULAR RISE AND FALL OF HOLLANDE'S SOCIALIST PARTY

The spectacular rise and fall of Hollande's Socialist Party... READ MORE›

HOSPITAL IN CAMBRIDGE DENIES ICE TO PATIENTS TO SAVE MONEY

The hospital which on Monday announced the resignation of its chief executive and finance officer blamed budget cuts for the move... READ MORE›

MAN WHO 'TOOK A BULLET' FOR FIANCEE IN TUNISIA BEING TREATED IN HOSPITAL

A consular team is in Sousse, with two rapid response teams travelling to the region overnight, Mr Hammond said... READ MORE›

WHY IS SUPPORT FOR EUROPE'S MAINSTREAM POLITICAL PARTIES ON THE WANE?

In Slovakia, parliamentary elections on 6 March returned eight wildly different parties to parliament, including two from the far right... READ MORE›

'BREXIT MEANS BREXIT'

A 'bloody difficult woman' Meet Theresa May, Britain's next prime minister... READ MORE›

IWABUCHI FIRES NADESHIKO JAPAN INTO WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SEMIFINALS

Japanese coach Norio Sasaki couldn't resist making a joke at Mana Iwabuchi's expense when explaining his decision to substitute the forward in during the s... READ MORE›

I've witnessed positive and negative discrimination first hand on a fairly regular basis... READ MORE›

LEFTIST VOTERS LOOK TO 'CRASH' FRANCE'S RIGHT-WING PRIMARY TO PREVENT SARKOZY COMEBACK

Left-wing voters say they are ready to join the right-wing primary now in order to thwart a Sarkozy-Le Pen presidential run-off down the line... READ MORE›

ANTI-WATER CHARGES CAMPAIGNER OGLE BLASTS LABOUR

Anti-water charges campaign leader Brendan Ogle has attacked the Labour Party making a rallying call to trade union members to support a new left-wing political dispensation ... READ MORE›

FRENCH VOTERS URGE EX-MINISTER TAUBIRA TO JOIN LEFT-WING PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Taubira, 64, served as President Francois Hollande's justice minister for four years... READ MORE›

WITNESSES ACCOUNTS OF GUNMEN OPENING FIRE ON TOURISTS AT TUNISIAN BEACH RESORT

37 have been reported as killed so far in the attacks on two hotels in Sousse by the Tunisian Health Minister speaking on local radio... READ MORE›

COLOGNE SEX ATTACKS: GERMAN POLICE ARREST 200 EXTREMISTS AFTER ANTI-MIGRANT RALLY

Germany has been outraged by a rash of crime targeting women at New Year's festivities in Cologne in the west that has been blamed on migrants... READ MORE›