Europe

Constable’s painting has become an icon of Englishness. But its first cheerleaders were French

All eyes are on vice-chancellor Habeck as his plans for the party fail to pay off

As US citizens, we can no longer physically return to the ‘land of our birth’, because it no longer exists except in our memories

Nearly half a million hikers arrive in Galicia each year to tackle the Camino de Santiago. But only 1,000 try the lesser-known Winter Way…

Most people in the European capital city don’t want to talk about the war – ignoring the horrors of the Eastern Front is the only way to get by

Ninety-nine-year-old Anna Possi and her bar have put Nebbiuno on the map

In Fanø, a tiny island off Denmark’s west coast, signs of the second world war endure for residents today

Leaving the EU has caused huge tensions on Gibraltar. Now the creators of the mess are campaigning against its solution

Bullfighting may no longer be central to Spanish life, but legends around it continue to be told

To the dismay of tourists and locals, monstrous medusas are thriving in the Mediterranean’s warming waters

Belgians are justly proud of their national drink, and just a little bit fussy about it

In Thuringia’s parliament, what should have been standard protocol was turned into a farce, engineered by AfD

Artificial intelligence is ruining the internet we once loved

Labour’s caution over the EU’s youth mobility proposals is damaging a reset of relations – and is founded in irrationality

The biggest-selling Portuguese music artist in history was instrumental in popularising the fado genre worldwide

The French photographer took half a million pictures in his life. It took only one to restore his reputation and bring him wealth and controversy

The Democrats’ vice-presidential candidate has put Trump on the back foot by pointing out his weirdness. Would this approach have the same effect on Farage?

A shocking case of mass rape has stunned France and started the MeToo movement’s second wave

Flooding from the River Danube has been a horrifying experience – and the clean-up has only just begun.

After centuries of banking tradition, the country that gave birth to banks could be seeing their demise

Transnistria felt like being in a Soviet Union theme park, except everything looked real

Despite leaving for Santander, Britain and all its quirks will not leave me

Photographer Christoph Irrgang returns to the sites where masterpieces were painted to see how much they have changed

EU institutions have got into the nasty habit of making concessions to populists who have spent their lives railing against Brussels

President Erdoğan wants English speakers to pronounce his country’s name differently. Will he succeed?

Thirty years ago, the sinking of the Tallinn-Stockholm ferry killed 852 people. But the truth about the tragedy has yet to emerge

The double whammy of losing the fuel allowance and the hike in first-class post will lead to far fewer cards being sent and received this year

The Outrun, directed by Nora Fingscheidt, tackles alcoholism, sobriety and an outsider’s search for the soul of Europe

Seventy years ago at White City, a thrilling 5,000 metres established the concept of live televised events beamed across the continent

Despite neo-Nazi and antisemitism scandals, the Freedom Party FPÖ won the European elections in June

A combination of deep thinking, a fascination with the everyday and a playful wit produced some of the most groundbreaking fiction of the 20th century

Spanish beef is being celebrated in the best possible way, on the corner of two streets in the City of London