President Obama on Friday announced what he termed an “accommodation” of religious employers: the mandate to provide abortifacient drugs, sterilization and contraception would remain in place — but insurers will be required to provide them for “free.” The decision has been called everything from a compromise to capitulation — but in truth the president didn’t retreat one inch.

Starbucks has come to Warsaw at last.

According to Polish politician Radek Sikorski, it's not such a bad thing when a country does NOT make news headlines around the world.

Unconventional gas could free the European Union from dependence on Russian gas supplies.

The U.S. war ally voices criticism of prewar assessments on weapons. South Korea balks at deploying 3,000 troops to the city of Kirkuk.

May Day provides a good chance tocatch up on the history of the communist movement.

The Polish film Katyn is patriotic, inspiring dialogue reflection on common experiences definition of common values and virtues, and the emergence of civil society.

To understand what is happening in the European economy, it is necessary to first toss out assumptions about Europe's political geography.