Party wins 29.1% of the vote in a shock election result, raising concerns across Europe about rising nationalism and a possible Austrian exit from the EU.
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Too Many Tourists in Our Local Areas, Say Spanish, as Country Leads Anti-Tourism Sentiment in Europe: Poll
More people in Spain than elsewhere in top European holiday desintations decry what they see as a wave of tourism that’s harming their lives.
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Sea Change Needed in Europe’s Migrant Crisis
Tempers are flaring on both sides of the English Channel, as migrants continue to die in the treacherous waters. Will anything change?
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African Migrants in the Canaries: Not a Drop of Water to Drink
By William J. Furney PLAYA DEL INGLES — On a run early this morning on the subtropical island of Gran Canaria, just across a short stretch of sea from the
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Unwelcome Strangers in a Very Strange Land
By William J. Furney MASPALOMAS — They move like spooked yet expectant ghosts in this fat land. Their exotic, ebony skin is an anomaly on an homogenous island renowned for
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Europe’s Unhealthy Lockdowns
By William J. Furney Donald Trump may be suggesting people inject themselves with disinfectant, and also somehow shine a UV light inside their bodies, to kill the coronavirus, but here
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The Great Flood and Turning the Tide on Europe’s Migrant Crisis
By William J. Furney This week European Union leaders met to thrash out critical issues threatening the integrity of the 28-member bloc and apart from the ongoing disaster for the
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