Europe

Division among EU countries on immigration policy is preventing a unified response – and meanwhile people are drowning in the Mediterranean

The lead singer of legendary rock band Rammstein faces accusations of grooming young fans for his pleasure

With his “music that doesn't disturb” the German became one of the biggest-selling recording artists in Europe

Carl Orff’s choral masterwork Carmina Burana was feted by the Nazis. But was he a willing collaborator or a canny survivor?

The UK used to be the obvious point of entry for art and antiquities coming into Europe. But then we ostracised ourselves

The phrase “once in a lifetime” is thrown around a lot. But this artistic experience lives up to the hype

When the Soviet cosmonaut made her pioneering flight 60 years ago, she was supposed to usher in an era of Soviet “Gagarins in skirts”. What happened?

Silvio Berlusconi was a tax evader, a sleazebag, an enabler of tyrants and mafiosi – and he was adored by half a country

Ukrainian Railways has refused to be shunted aside by Russian aggression, continuing to evacuate people and get them home again, both safely and on time

The overwhelming majority of Brits think a close relationship with the EU is important. Why does the government seem to disagree?

Some Europhobes seem to think Europe’s economic problems vindicate Brexit. They’re wrong – again

Even when it comes to humankind’s favourite pastime - world domination - we can’t claim any clear victory over ants

The question is no longer whether Putin can win, but how many more people will die before he loses

Divided by a continent and a generation, they never met. But a new exhibition shows the ties between Leon Kossoff and Chaïm Soutine

The overriding atmosphere of Loti’s output is one of a lost innocence, a yearning nostalgia for a world before the corrupting influence of Europe

Last month, the city of Marseille lit up to celebrate 30 years since its club’s European Cup win – a victory overshadowed by disgrace

History never seems to pass in Vienna and this will always be the case

The city's graffiti sketches out Georgia's role in the conflict in Ukraine

Jutland, at the edge of the EU, has found itself in the centre of the bloc's response to Vladimir Putin's aggression

Sparks still have a truly unique sound but it's yet to be seen how their latest work will influence musicians this side of the Atlantic

Understandably, many Jews have reservations abut Poland. Today, baseball is helping change that, one game at a time

This week, I swapped motorways for the Rhine. If the EU's plans for licenses materialise, maybe the change will be permanent

The June 1953 uprising by east Germans has become a footnote to history – but not for the few surviving eyewitnesses

Nato’s flag in Ukraine would send a strong signal to Russia. It’s a big step that needs to be taken

So significant was her contribution to Italian film that it led to the addition of a word to the Italian dictionary: borellismo

The electronic boys from Basildon are a national treasure – both at home and abroad

We must take a leaf out of Vienna’s book and reckon with the past of the British empire

The journalist Simon Jenkins claims the Celtic tribe and language did not exist. He is wrong – as Julius Caesar could have told him...

These atypical creatures are causing havoc and holding the city hostage

The fate of Wittenberg’s antisemitic sculpture on the wall of the town church remains in dispute

New series A Small Light explores Miep Gies’s acts of humanity – and it prompted a look at my own family history

There was much to enjoy at Cannes – but the same old players doing the same old things hints that cinema may be due a shake-up