COVER

When The Meninas Came To Town (Europe | Sex Trade)

Bragança was just an ancient, remote Portuguese outpost. Then the Brazilian prostitutes moved in — and the wives started fighting back

Global Traffic (Europe | Sex Trade)

Organised crime is flooding Europe with migrant sex workers

EUROPE

Sharp Turn To The Right? (Europe | Swiss Tolerance)

Will the Swiss choose an anti-imigration part in the general election?

MIDDLE EAST

Northern Exposure (Middle East | Wild Frontier)

Israeli border towns may face trouble as tension increases.

GLOBAL ADVISER

Lowdown on the High Life (Time Traveler)

Which laundries can you trust with your Prada shirts? Find out from a new batch of guides for upscale tourists

The Best Airport Lounge (Check In)

Changing planes at Heathrow? Here's the place to while away a few pampered hours

Subterranean Muse (Diversions)

A Berlin exhibition about heaven is set in a place that was once a living hell

RELIGION

The Schism of 2003 (Religion | Gay Priests)

Will the global Anglican church split in two over gay bishops? A meeting this week may decide

FASHION

Geek Chic (Fashion | Going Dutch)

With a Louvre show and a new fragrance on the way, designers Viktor & Rolf set out to be huge

BRIEFING

Marathon Man (Notebook | Pope Ails)

The Pope continues with his gruelling workload