Looted art: Colonial ghosts haunt Europe’s museums
With France returning royal treasures taken from Benin in the 19th century, here is a recap of other disputes over artefacts looted from Europe's former African colonies
Shadow of history makes Karabakh solution elusive
Two weeks into the fiercest fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh since a 1990s war, analysts say the historical burden is making a long-term agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan elusive
EU racism pledge clouded by ‘blackface’ controversy
A pledge by the EU to make its 30,000 strong civil service more diverse has been overshadowed by the blackface-wearing past of its top justice official, Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders
Born in a concentration camp: the Holocaust’s youngest survivors
Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, AFP spoke to three Holocaust survivors who shared the same, seldom discussed experience: they were born in Nazi concentration camps
Sceptical Isle: Britain’s story foreshadowed Brexit
Another 27 countries will remain in the European Union after Brexit, but for 47-years Britain has always been an awkward fit. Does its island history explain why?
Coming home? 132,000 descendants of Spain’s exiled Jews seek nationality
Over 500 years after their descendants were expelled from Spain in 1492, more than 132,000 Jews have applied for Spanish nationality under a limited-term offer
France’s Macron warns Europe of a return to 1930s
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Europe of a return to the 1930s because of the spread of a nationalist "leprosy" across the continent
Czechs protest government, 50 years after Soviets crushed Prague Spring
Czechs and Slovaks mark 50 years since Soviet tanks crushed the "Prague Spring", while protesters use anniversary to rail against Czech government's ties to the Communist Party.