In Greece the clock’s ticking towards the crucial election day. Recent polls suggest the left-wing anti-austerity party, Syriza, has the greatest chance of celebrating victory on Sunday. The ruling New Democracy party […]

We are ready to rule! The message to Greece from Alexis Tsipras and his anti-bailout Syriza party – extending its lead in opinion polls less than a week before a general election. […]

Tens of thousands of German farmers and consumer rights activists have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest against: so-called ‘animal factories’; genetically modified food; and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment […]

The word for ‘yes’ in most of Sweden is ‘ja’, but in the north of the country a unique sound is used instead, as The Local’s Oliver Gee discovered in the city […]

Greek police have released pictures of newly-recaptured fugitive Christodoulos Xiros, 56, showing the dramatic change in appearance by the left-wing extremist – a transformation that failed to prevent his rearrest.

On January 1, 2015 Lithuania will be the last Baltic nation to join the growing number of EU states to have adopted the Euro. Like Estonia and Latvia, Lithuania is hoping for […]

International lenders are watching the presidental elections in Athens with mixed feelings.The outcome could mean snap elections, and a possible victory for the country’s radical left.

30 years ago the communist regime in Bulgaria began an unprecedented assimilation campaign directed at the country’s ethnic Turkish minority. People were forced to adopt Christian Bulgarian names. The Turkish language was […]

Greek lawmakers have again failed to elect a president during a second round of voting held in Athens this morning. Stavros Dimas, the only candidate in the race, fell short of the […]

He won a shock victory over left-wing Prime Minister Victor Ponta in the November 2014 vote. The swearing-in ceremony took place almost twenty five years to the day after the collapse of […]