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Is It Really About Economics? The EU and Freedom of Movement
Any political debate in modern Britain is inevitably turning into a litany of issues caused by immigration. This year’s race to Labour Party leadership, following Ed Miliband’s resignation after he lost the general election last May, was no exception. From the four candidates, hundreds of thousands of Labour’s members and supporters could hear about problems…
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Poland’s Tsuris
Not far from the site of the Plaszow concentration camp on the outskirts of Krakow a mural called the “History of Krakow” adorns an otherwise ugly street. The scenes depicted switch between tragedy and triumph, with panels depicting defeats at the hands of foreign forces and the Holocaust, but also the end of Communist rule…
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Russia, Poland Face Strange Times
A key Russian Federal judge was publicly murdered this morning, in what was the latest in a series of strange but significant events to affect the country these last few weeks. First was the Metro bombing in late March, in which Chechen rebels killed several dozen civilians. Then, president Obama secured an unexpected agreement from…
