Europe

The uncertainty of the plague years are back in the form of the US president, and we are left wondering who wants to help us

Online trolls who claimed the French president’s wife was secretly a man, have been convicted in a Paris court. Does that mean mis-gendering someone - including trans people - now means jail time?

Former Brussels foreign minister Cathy Ashton says the union would be ‘insane’ to take back the UK without consensus that we wouldn’t leave again

A sleepy Alpine mountain retreat offered shelter for surrealists, LSD prophets and weary hippies

Some Germans revel in a state of emergency during the new year’s celebrations. Should their lawlessness restrict responsible fireworks enthusiasts’ fun?

When it’s freezing and dark, there’s only one thing Icelanders want to do – take all their clothes off and jump in an outdoor pool

Crime, corruption and cruelty show how leaders like Trump and Bukele exploit power, and why they must be stopped

Behind locked doors in museums and archaeological sites, priceless works gather dust while the world waits outside

With a media landscape tightly controlled by Aleksandar Vučić’s ruling party, students are keeping the fight for democracy alive in Belgrade

While Britain struggles to open new factories, Beijing is looking to a future of flying cars. How can Europe emulate what its rival intends, and do it better?

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

Immigration crackdowns are cutting revenues from overseas students - and now some institutions are on the brink

Most politicians remain oblivious to the threat, especially on the left. But they must realise Putin could do to us what he’s done to Ukraine, without firing a shot

A turbulent 2025 unfolded in striking contrasts – from apocalyptic climate disasters and surging global protests to the ever-present threat of war

French right wing MEPs are leading a campaign to ban words like ‘steak’ and ‘sausage’ from vegan food

Terranera, a tiny mountaintop hamlet of 50 residents, doesn't organise its festivities by the Christian calendar or tradition

A new nativity display in the centre of Brussels is so widely detested that it might have to be taken down early

Non-French speakers don’t fully understand the phrase “sales connes”. But we do, which makes the president’s wife using it even more awful

You can’t convince people to have more babies through tax cuts – so how do you reverse a falling birthrate?

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

One restaurant in Bari has done the unthinkable. And it’s not about the money

Two years ago, it happened to the people of Grindavík in Iceland – and yet today, the lights flicker and the boats put out to sea

The Greek capital has experienced an influx of Israeli investment in property – but the graffiti around town suggests severe local antipathy

An attempt to remove the stories of Black GIs from a second world war cemetery in the Netherlands ran into stiff resistance

Small communities across Finland, Estonia and even Ukraine keep the Swedish language alive in unexpected corners of Europe

London police warned off a man with a pro-Israel sign. Meanwhile, his Berlin counterpart won an award

One of Robert Fico’s political allies was in close contact with Epstein – it may be one scandal too many for the Bratislava government

Bart de Wever says he represents his entire country, but he seems more interested in cosying up to the Dutch government

As visitors soak up high art and cheap beer, a billionaire populist chameleon and his far right outriders cronies are ready to turn the Czech Republic upside down

Dominic Fritz came to Timisoara as a volunteer and ended up running the city that toppled Ceaușescu. Now he’s fighting the far right and the weight of history

Gill’s isn’t an isolated case, but a symptom of Europe-wide corruption and demagoguery

Everyone wants to visit the historic city. But without intervention, Dubrovnik could soon face collapse