Europe

The old artisanal baker is not as prevalent in France as you might think

Sweden is now a Nato member and Russia is escalating its threats against the country

President Macron said Notre Dame would be rebuilt within five years and would be even more beautiful. And so it came to pass

Academic institutions, such as Leipzig University, must learn how to stand firm and not let intimidation become routine

The Slovak prime minister agrees with Trump about everything — well, almost

The first man-made object in space was built by Germany – and the country’s space programme is now the biggest in Europe

Călin Georgescu is a textbook post-truth politician: a conspiracy theorist, anti-vaxxer, climate change denier, and moon landing sceptic

The country has twice rejected the chance to join the EU, including in a referendum 30 years ago this week with a 52:48 split. Why did they say no? And how’s it working out for them?

I was there when Chirac asked for money that should have gone to Lebanon’s citizens. Now Macron is struggling to save the country from destruction

The forgotten Scottish philosopher’s legacy resurfaced last week when his historic cello was played for the first time in 220 years

The German artist returns with a playful book that shakes things up by bringing the surreal into the everyday

People who were born during the postwar ‘baby boom’ are sick of being tarred with the same brush. One size does not fit all

Following a rise in politically motivated sentences after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, prisoners in Russia and Belarus have come to rely on letters from strangers

The country has an obsession with cleanliness but there are some kinks in its food waste system that need to be ironed out

Despite the new globalised name, speculoos, thankfully, still taste like home

We cannot finesse our way out of the problem that the American people have swung isolationist

The former German chancellor has played it smart again by shrouding her memoirs in secrecy ahead of their release

The 643 villagers of Oradour-sur-Glane were wiped out by the Nazis. Untouched by order of de Gaulle, the place where they lived and died is now a shrine

Her young daughters grieving before a grave she didn’t occupy was not even the worst tribulation to afflict the life of the Hungarian

From Sally Bowles to George Smiley by way of Kreuzberg and Alexanderplatz, the best books about Berlin

How the band may have played a bigger part in the country’s history than is yet appreciated

Two stunning exhibitions at the Helmut Newton Foundation celebrate the great photographer and the city he escaped from

With a declining industrial base, a lack of support for emerging sectors, and a shaky financial landscape, the country’s downturn might be here to stay

An empty square in the centre of the German capital gives a warning from the recent past

My first Berlin adventure began at Checkpoint Charlie. My second began in Islington

Bonhoeffer fought against exclusion and for those who couldn’t fight for themselves

If you love children and happen to live in Russia, the kindest thing you could do would be not to have any

The Spanish press are asking pointed questions about the lacklustre warning system and slow crisis response

In September, the senate suddenly announced 10% cuts to the city’s arts budget

History shows Britain becoming more Europhile when a wild card is in the White House

Ireland’s pubs are struggling but a music festival brings people to the streets

The troubled journalist forged her place in and around a world to which she never quite belonged