Lord of the Rings

Negotiations over Brussels' seven-year spending plan have deadlocked on enormous reductions, but a bilateral bargain could finally unlock agreement.

Frontex froze reintegration funding after returns spiked, exposing a strategy that relentlessly demands deportations and starves voluntary departures.

Fame amplifies a protester’s voice, but legal status decides what it costs, as two actors show.

Albanian students torched Tirana ministries over tuition bills and graduate unemployment, but their frustration outweighs any faint French resonance.

France can crack art thefts with DNA, yet its biggest museum still leaks and leaves security gaps.