Historian Dominic Sandbrook examines why in the popular imagination the 1970s are lampooned and despised as the era of Edward Heath, the decade of the donkey jacket, and the age of the Austin Allegro.

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Was the 1970s really such a grim decade?

Croatians are set to vote on joining the organization, which has become mired in a debt crisis that threatens its very essence in the decade since the country first applied for membership.

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Croatia Wavers Over European Union as Allure Fades

In the decade since 9/11, many senior al Qaeda leaders and operatives have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere, yet still all of these countries remain fragile at best and collapsed at worst.

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Bin Laden assassinated, not martyred

In the decade since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, private intelligence firms and security consultants have peeled away veterans from the top reaches of the CIA, hiring scores of longtime officers in large part to gain access to the burgeoning world of intelligence contracting.

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CIA’s brain drain: Since 9/11, some top officials have moved to private sector

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has been named film of the decade at the First Light Awards.

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Azkaban named film of the decade

The UK joins forces with France and Germany to demand a freeze in the EU budget until the end of the decade – but critics say he should have held out for a reduction.

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Cameron in EU budget freeze pact