Europe

Ukraine’s daring incursion into Kursk shows a dictator in crisis, with the Russian people and China turning their backs on him

The far right AfD is poised for major wins this weekend’s eastern state elections amid rising discontent

The Italian prime minister’s abortion law amendment has sparked fear and anger among women across the country

My relentless pursuit of French fluency and European belonging has had its ups and downs but I realise I am making progress

The redevelopment of a bombed ministry complex in the Serbian capital is set to feature a Trump-Kushner hotel

The late Sven-Göran Eriksson faced scepticism and downright xenophobia from the British press but always remained a true gentleman of football

In the meantime, the Irish literary scene is thriving

Few things in music sound more like the punchline to a joke than a millionaire mouth organist, but Thielemans forged a brilliantly idiosyncratic path

Bombed, suppressed, destroyed… but the work of Ukrainian artists goes on

Hanna Pylväinen’s new novel is a haunting tale of love and conflict set in the Sápmi lands of northern Europe in the 19th century

The exotic world of James Bond was also that of his creator, Ian Fleming

During the singer’s 10-night residency in Munich, she understood exactly what Germans need to hear

Delays for travellers to Europe are about to get much worse with the EU’s new entry/exit system

If you do not like a social media site, do not use it. If it is not used enough, it will eventually evaporate

Since 2017, Omas gegen Rechts (Grannies against the right) has grown into a national and international force

The former Catalan president vanished like the Scarlet Pimpernel, believing he had a duty to evade arrest

The Nordic town of Bodo, the 2024 European Capital of Culture, has everything you could wish for

Ukraine’s invasion of Kursk has exposed yet more flaws at the heart of Russia. Could the dictator’s regime now fall?

How a Frenchman in a ruined château poisoned western politics

Parisians embraced the Games – but it was a different story in one corner of rural France

Will Starmer’s inaction on Brexit help strengthen the cause of Scottish independence?

Boxer Cindy Ngamba, from Cameroon via Bolton, won the Refugee Team’s first medal thanks in part to the value of youth workers

Brecht lived through some of Europe’s darkest times yet still produced some of the 20th century’s boldest, most influential and epoch-defining theatre

Vadim Krasikov is a free man. Putin wanted his hitman back

More Belgian in its culture than French, the north has nothing on the western coast

Valencia’s shores are paying the price of booming seasonal tourism

If opera needs a way to entrance new, younger audiences, this production of Samson needs to get on the road

The long road back to the EU will take years – maybe decades – to traverse. But we must make a start

The small town of Barga in Italy celebrates Burns night in its own way

The islands welcome 14 million holidaymakers a year. Now asylum seekers are frequent visitors, too

In a community shared by the Belgians and Dutch, you can be in bed in one country while the partner beside you is asleep in another

Foreign language teaching in Britain is on the decline, which risks making the country more cut-off and inward-looking than ever before