More Trouble for Merkel as Pirate Party Raids Its Fourth State Parliament

Germany‘s Pirate Party, which campaigns on a platform of Internet freedom and political transparency, has entered the state parliament in North Rhine-Westhphalia...

Politics, Ahoy! Germany’s Pirate Party Scores Another Election Win

Last September, when the German Pirate Party won seats in the Berlin State Parliament for the first time, mainstream politicians dismissed their success as a...

"No We Can't": Young German Voters Have Tuned Out

It was a puzzling experience for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. At a rally last week in Hamburg, the leader of the Christian Democrats — and the expected...

Taiwan Rejects Linspired Political Party

Taiwan authorities denied a motion to form a political party named after U.S. basketball sensation Jeremy Lin, even after the copycat applicant changed his name...

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More Money Trouble for Greece 1 | GREECE The euro zone faced fresh turmoil when Greek political leaders failed to form a government after nine days of tortured...

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THE WEEK WE WELCOMED GAY ATHLETES Manti Te'o Drafted as a linebacker by the San Diego Chargers GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK Tim Tebow Dropped as a quarterback by the New...

Must-Reads from Around the World: March 29, 2012

Probing Tragedy – The Guardian exclusively reveals a nine-month Council of Europe investigation found a “catalog of failures” by NATO warships and European...

The European Parliament: Where the Fringes Flourish

Europeans often grumble that the European Union is run by anonymous apparatchiks. Surely they're not referring to Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy,...