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Prizes without freedom risk becoming trophies of hypocrisy This year’s Václav Havel Prize must signal the Council of Europe to turn praise of courage into action against autocrats, even within its own ranks
A warning from the skies Europe’s military response to Putin’s air provocations shows that its defences are in place. What remains missing is political confidence