Europe

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Turkey has been attempting a balancing act between the two warring nations

A Russian victory over Ukraine would provide proof of the concept that ‘might is right’

An incendiary book that makes the case for meat-eating has opened up a new rift in an already divided nation

Robert Fico’s supporters believed the attack on his life would secure them a major political win. It didn’t happen that way

In a Sicilian pizzeria, take care when arguing over the bill

The iconic French singer has died after a long battle against cancer

Ingrid Bergman said the German possessed more charm in his little finger than most men had in their whole body

How tragedy turned photojournalist Ernst Scheidegger into a recorder of Dalí, Giacometti and more

A choice of reading for the Euros includes the man who prescribed a cure for English football’s problems, a generation early

Continental players brought skill and intelligence to an isolationist British game. Could our politicians learn from that?

Three out of the top five restaurants in the world were Spanish this year. Why?

Farage is wrong: immigrants make a positive contribution to our economy. Why won’t anyone say so?

Brussels has become synonymous with the European Parliament, but the real city is far removed from the exclusive little EU island inside the capital

Voting is the baseline. Both the most ordinary and the most radically effective thing you’ll have the chance to do this decade

The hard right has boomed under Macron – that will be his epitaph

Amid faint glimmers of hope, the European elections showed that a politics the world hoped was long gone is back on the march

Macron is playing a dangerous game by calling an election – and if Le Pen wins, we all lose

For years, the French hard right has cast a perpetual shadow over the country’s politics

The G7 and EU must make up their minds about what to do with €300 billion of Russia’s frozen assets

Georgia Meloni’s favourite swanky hotel is not all it seems

Giorgia Meloni is now apparently allied with both Marine Le Pen and Ursula Von der Leyen – but is she really?

As parties have chosen lead candidates with little or no EU-level experience, the country’s clout in the European Parliament could be reduced

Ligeti’s rigorous antipathy to ideology was maintained throughout his life and extended way beyond his music

A new book tells the story of a German film-maker who tried to break with the country’s past

Brexit and streaming are killing off the tradition of British musicians touring Europe in a van. One who did it says that’s a tragedy

When the artist died in Rome in 1564, he had one more remarkable journey still to make

The new government could use advisory panels made up of ordinary Britons to break the political deadlock on big issues

In Mallorca, native islanders are turning against tourists

The D-day landings didn’t just take soldiers to occupied Europe – they also delivered the trains and rail workers who helped to secure victory

This week’s European elections could leave Italy’s right wing PM as the continent’s biggest power-broker

For most Italians, Europe is a distant, scary and uninteresting concept

A leadership contest between the two is emerging. Each wants to become the great figurehead of the nationalist right in Europe