Europe

The Tory reign will shortly come to an end, and this bunch of incompetent charlatans will not be remembered fondly

Labour thinks nationalising trains is a vote-winner. But a rail trip through the continent shows delays and strikes are problems there too

Dutch sensation Froukje makes dance music with lyrics about grief, the climate crisis and her own brand of radical optimism

How one night of music inspired Kandinsky’s Blue Rider movement

‘Leitkultur’ called for a consensus on civil norms but it was – intentionally – misunderstood

The military coup hastened the end of the Portuguese empire, and triggered the country’s turn towards Europe

Salemi’s status as capital lasted a mere 24 hours, but the pride its residents feel today is immeasurable.

This year’s contest in Malmö is at risk of being overshadowed by a fear of violence

In the city’s Piazza della Libertà, a few kilometres from the Italian-Slovenian border, thousands of migrants dream of a better world

This could be a turning point in how the country treats questionable men

After years of false starts, the Channel Tunnel opened 30 years ago this week. Yet Brexit shows that it has failed to bring us closer to Europe

Protesters at the Paris Institute of Political Studies have taken a leaf out of Columbia University’s book

During their party conference, the AfD wallowed in self-pity but it was entirely self-inflicted

The Spanish prime minister took five days off to ponder his future – before deciding to carry on as before

Spaniards view the prime minister’s announcement as the latest of his electoral strategies

New Order’s Bernard Sumner has nailed the problem with British politics

Whatever and wherever he played, his deep feeling for the music made the instrument seem like an extension of him

His great contemporaries are gone, but the director is still shaking his fists – and miraculously, his films are getting even better

An exhibition of 150 objects found in the river opens at the Archaeological Crypt on Île de la Cité, Paris

Beethoven’s fascination with the Enlightenment eventually led him to adapt Schiller’s poem An die Freude (Ode to Joy) into his Ninth Symphony

Quo Vadis is fun but Rossellini's neorealism showed us Rome as it was

In 1974, Portugal had the lowest wages and highest illiteracy in western Europe. Then came the Carnation Revolution

As a queer woman, I feel my identity is as important as anyone else’s. Yet where is my place of safety?

People in Tbilisi are protesting Georgia’s Russification. Instead, they want to be part of the EU

After six gender-based murders so far this year, Greek women now feel such tragedies are inevitable

In 2023, Catalonia’s drought halved wine production and this year is only expected to be worse

In Spargelzeit season, it’s hard to find a restaurant that doesn’t offer a special Spargel menu

In the age of the drone and the ballistic missile, national security does not come cheap

The brain drain of talent from the poorer south to the richer north has created a crisis in the country’s health sector

The Italian will be forever remembered for a wordless walk in a Viennese cemetery

Edvard Grieg may have been Norway’s greatest classical composer, but he actually inherited his name from his Scottish forebears

Thanks to a letter about delivery, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula was finally attributed to its great master