Europe

The pensioner bandit
At 78, a Sardinian ex-kidnapper is on the run

And his neighbours are no help to the police

Converting the Hagia Sophia
Turkey’s president is playing religious politics

He wants to turn Justinian’s cathedral from museum back to mosque

Charlemagne
A Dutch dilemma

The art of compromise without capitulation

A lopsided recovery
Harsh economic realities push Spain’s government towards the centre

The left-wing government may not be able to afford its promises

Charlemagne
Let expats vote in the countries where they live

Taxation without representation is unfair

Snails in a cell
A lockdown opera pays tribute to a political prisoner in Turkey

Osman Kavala has spent nearly three years locked up on spurious charges

A tale of two taoiseachs
Ireland’s two oldest rival parties get together

But the one closest to the Irish Republican Army is waiting in the wings