Europe

Scooter have found themselves at the heart of a minor diplomatic incident between Germany and the UK

Today, tourists in Puglia soak up the sun where Europe's last prehistoric cave lion lived

Forget dating apps, romantics in Spain are pinning their hopes on a less conventional method

Since 2014, at least 377 people have died or disappeared in the western Balkans in search of their European dream

You’ve met Italy’s prime minister Giorgia – now meet her equally controversial sibling Arianna

The west now knows it must, and can, push back against Russia

Stockport County’s Andy Mangan was set to move to Real Madrid. But then Brexit intervened

But we won’t be there to reap the benefits of modernisation

But can a country join that is still part-occupied by Russia?

The Frenchman relished each project with its opportunity for reinvention, presenting a new challenge each time

A major influencer in China visited and sparked a recurrent wave of visitors eager to try the same dishes they did

The small town of Bodø has achieved recognition as the European Capital of Culture 2024. Now, will it also recognise one of its own?

An intelligent and fearless French novel of clear-eyed anger digs deep into contemporary morality

Thirty timeless classics shot on the continent

At the Grand-Synthe camp on the French coast, people are risking everything to reach England. And it’s not for the benefits system

His life’s work has been a catastrophe – and now Hannan’s latest Brexit argument will be music to Putin’s ears

The dark daring of the extraordinary mid-century comics artist and illustrator, Italy’s answer to Norman Rockwell

If Labour does bring in a smoking ban in beer gardens, how many non-smokers will start using them again?

Old mistakes are catching up with the German industrial colossus

When the island’s agriculture sector suffers, its tourism industry soon feels the consequences

The city’s improved cycling infrastructure has caused e-bike sales to shoot up. So, too, have thefts

This international jazz summer school has become a unique utopia for lovers of the genre

Peter Hummelgaard, Danish minister for justice, has blamed the emergence of ‘child soldiers’ on years of failed integration policies in Sweden

Barça’s new manager, Hansi Flick, must understand one simple fact: he is faced with a virtually impossible task

He was the future once, but now French voters are heading for the extremes

The French president’s new choice of PM shows that his political project has ended in failure

One of the first women of celebrity in the modern sense of the word, Elisabeth of Austria was a gifted, vibrant woman imprisoned by contemporary etiquette

What do you get when you mix Ancient Greek with Scottish Gaelic? An almost flightless mountain bird

There are some foods that work to a near-unfathomable degree. This is that: a total, unadulterated masterstroke of a lunch

What is behind the rise in Spain of dark tourism, the trend for visiting places associated with tragedy?

Three architects pitch monuments to massacres in Lara Haworth’s debut novel about who gets to write history