Unprecedented Navalny protests serve challenge to Putin
The protests were sparked by the arrest of Alexei Navalny who returned to Russia for the first time since he was poisoned in August
Europe
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Covid-19 outbreak in tiny French village after group of 'irresponsible' British skiers test positive
The gap-year students were stopping over on their way to Switzerland as part of a 10-week ski course
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French Senate approves draft sex assault law to protect minors after Olivier Duhamel scandal
Several public figures have spoken out on the issue, including first lady Brigitte Macron
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Marine archeologists discover ancient shipwrecks off island in the Aegean
The island was on a key trading route during antiquity
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Asylum Road, review: A wickedly skilful thriller about a toxic romance
Olivia Sudjic's second novel is wickedly tense – just ignore the blunt politics
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Half of trucks 'carrying only fresh air' as Brexit and Covid hit exports
British exporters unable or unwilling to risk border crossing red tape mean hauliers cannot load up for return journeys
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This book should be Remoan’s final whimper – and good riddance
Philip Stephen's self-flagellatory (and inaccurate) history of Britain’s travails since 1945 is just one long pro-EU whine
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Business frustration grows as Covid grants stick to EU state aid rules
Under EU rules, individual companies cannot receive more than €4m (£3.6m) in emergency grants
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British homebuyers in Spain face post-Brexit frustration due to Franco-era security law
EU citizens were exempt from the 1975 act, which requires Defence Ministry vetting of property purchases in sensitive areas
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SNP in 'humiliating climbdown' after deciding to embrace UK's Brexit freeports plan
Ministers insist Scottish model will be different to UK's and will rebrand yards 'greenports'
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UK plans to downgrade EU ambassador's status
Britain insists the role be treated as the representative of an international organisation rather than a country
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Comment and analysis
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Why Romania is a better post-lockdown holiday option than the Seychelles
The two countries have said they will welcome vaccinated travellers – but Romania is my pick
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'It's everyone's dream to escape to a French farmhouse'
A villa in Provence was the perfect venue for a healing, extended family holiday for the actor
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Macron’s lorry ban is utterly pointless – mutant Covid is already all over Europe
The irony is that Britain will soon be riding to rescue the Continent
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The truth about 'lazy' Greeks
The idea that Greeks don't like work has been hard to shake, even though statistics tell a very different story
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The ‘Miracle of the Vistula’ saved millions from tyranny. We must remember it
It was the Miracle of the Vistula that spared millions from the horrors of Marxism-Leninism
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Why now is the time to invest in Germany
Europe, and Germany in particular, is marching to a different beat and could provide some useful diversification
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Italy warns of autumn funding crisis as EU summit claims unravel
The EU Recovery Fund was not designed for immediate liquidity problems
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Merkel and Macron's €750bn deal could save the EU, or tear it apart
If northern states push their own financial model onto their southern neighbours, they will repeat mistakes and risk the EU's future
