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Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban (Photo: Europa Pont / Flickr) Donald Trump might seem like a uniquely American phenomenon. The shape-shifting billionaire huckster reinvented himself first as a TV personality and then as a maverick populist politician...

As in the U.S., an overall lack of trust in political elites has prevented the formulation of new directions for Poland. (Photo: Dennis Jarvis / Flickr Commons) Cross-posted from JohnFeffer.com. Poles are happier than they’ve been in years. More than...

BY VANESSA GERA GDANSK, Poland (AP) — It was supposed to be the first museum in the world to tell the story of World War II in its entirety by focusing on all the nations caught up in that global conflict. But it has fallen foul of changing political...

Federal elections were held in Germany on September 22, 2013. All members of the Bundestag were up for reelection. Federal legislative power in Germany is shared between two legislative assemblies – of which the Bundestag is the most important...

May 5 In History 1109: The Moors recaptured Valencia from the Christians. “During the period of Muslim rule… the Jewish quarter was situated on the eastern side of the Rahbat el-qadi and in its vicinity, on the site where the Santa Catalina church stands...