Europe

Early Soviet avant-garde art… and how it was crushed

The mainstream media made some spectacular errors of judgment in the run-up to the EU referendum and were played for fools by the Leave campaign

The remarkable legacy of the late singer, who epitomised both French cool and French angst

The majority of British voters now recognise that Brexit was a disaster. So who is representing our views?

In order to woo Leave voters, Labour has adopted a policy of accepting Brexit, which is exactly what Nigel Farage wants

Macron’s snap election call has triggered turmoil across the country as parties rush to form alliances in time for June 30

The city has problems with aggressive gulls and overflowing rubbish – and the two go hand in hand

Does Belgium’s political limbo and the Netherlands’ far-right surge demonstrate that governments are optional?

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