Europe

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

A new museum in Giza reminds us of Europe’s deepest origins

As the coalition falls, the chancellor was pushed to call an election earlier than he planned

It's likely that the public officials responsible for the collapse of the Novi Sad train station will evade accountability

The present inhabitants of Overloon and Venray definitely do not forget the battle to liberate their villages

A rudderless EU ignored Trump’s threat and is now terrified and alone. It has two choices – go into overdrive or become irrelevant

A city’s reputation lies in tatters

Spain is ready to halt its ‘golden visa’ scheme, closing off another route for Britons to settle in the EU

German politics is now a dysfunctional mess and it’s all Olaf Scholz’s fault. With Trump looming, the timing couldn’t be worse