Detente with Turkish opposition mayors may be brief

Erdogan offers olive branch to opposition mayors but tensions remain and the situation may have changed by election time

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A backstop solution to Brexit has some potential

London accepts that any agreement with the EU should include special treatment for Northern Ireland

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Key national and international actors’ games have brought Bosnia (and with it the rest of the Balkans) to breaking point

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A defector from the nationalist centre-right just seven years ago, Soylu is useful but has no base in the ruling AKP

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The best that opposition parties can hope for is to make voters aware of alternatives to the current political system

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Tension within Catalonia will persist and Barcelona-Madrid relations will remain tense, with no sign of a path forward

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Authorities have said they will solve the longstanding problems of the country’s large stateless population this year

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An exchange of 33 prisoners on each side is said to be imminent and practical preparations under way

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Globalisation, rising inequality, demographic change and immigration will fuel the rise of national populism

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Regional migration corridors within Africa are well established but not without challenges

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