Demography
EUROPE
How Foreign Students Offset Europe’s Demographic Decline
New Eurostat projections show the EU losing 53 million people by 2100, as French elite schools turn to foreign students to offset demographic decline.
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Estonia’s Budget Woes Might Outweigh Its Ukraine Zeal
A botched €70 million shell deal took Estonia's defence minister down, as debt, scandal and a hardening European mood question Tallinn's Ukraine loyalty.
LVMH Pandemic Luxury Boom Loses Its Aspirational Shoppers
LVMH's slide from its pandemic-era peak shows what happens when a brand's own success prices out the customers who made it aspirational.
Chagos, Vanuatu and Falklands Turn Into Diplomatic Millstones
As Vanuatu sues France over two Pacific islands, Washington's wavering support for British and French claims exposes Europe's fading grip on remote seas.
AfD Landslide Deepens Germany’s East-West Political Divide
Germany's firewall against the far right looks harder to defend when nearly half of one state's voters no longer accept the argument behind it.
Steppe in Line: The Eurasian Century in Central Asia
As Bishkek toasts an expanding Eurasian bloc, Brussels turns to Central Asian capitals for the minerals its industries cannot live without.
