Europe

Napoli’s joy at winning Serie A is about much more than their long wait – it is about a history of abuse from their northern rivals

Activism is a normal part of the French experience. In Britain? Not so much

The country thought it was finally putting the financial crisis behind it. But a fatal train crash has thrown the general election into doubt

JJ4, a 17-year-old brown bear, killed a human – and now her fate is being decided by a television phone-in

A meditative masterpiece explores rediscovered friendships and the art of finding simpler ways through our complex world

Today, the first world war is far from forgotten in Flanders, and the English are always welcome

After two mass shootings, we have seen selective empathy and the elevation of a superficial public image over substance. Is that really who we are?

Expat Turks have had the chance to remove Erdoğan and restore democracy in the process. Will they have seized this chance?

A new exhibition explores whether Ancient Greece's labyrinth existed or was a confection of the imagination cultivated over the centuries

Nightmares were the business of Hans Ruedi Giger, who drew on his own to create surrealist art – and the creature at the heart of Alien

The impact Eurovision has is too important to be dismissed as a fluffy amateur festival

Democratic renewal could bring closer links between the UK and EU

Fireworks go on through the night ad Naples celebrates

The German was behind some of the greatest war images ever taken by some of the best news photographers ever to wield a Leica

Taramas is a glorious dip, reliant only on cod’s roe, old bread, oil, garlic, lemon juice and the like. I’m not convinced anything tastes more Mediterranean

One of the greatest Impressionists, Berthe Morisot’s work offered perceptive, unusual glimpses of domestic life

Only one thing has united Turkey’s fractious opposition – hatred of the president. Now they may inherit his financial crisis

The city has unveiled the world’s largest underground rail loop, but its celebrated Metro system is not without its sinister side

A new book eschews cosy nostalgia to explore the fractures that Europe’s picture postcard tourist traps keep hidden

They endured the civil war, persecution and Franco, but the Basques are still singing

The Targa Florio road race pitted drivers against every imaginable danger.. including stray dogs

Post-Brexit, there’s even less use for a royal family than there was when we were an important nation

In Germany today, a lot of stereotypes between the East and the West remain. This is far from healthy

Can the football-mad Italian city achieve the ultimate goal?

The German media can see the damage Brexit has done, even if the Europhobes can’t

After austerity was followed by stability and positivity, the country’s elusive search for sustainable growth is stalling

How sheep can fight the climate crisis

The Dutch cyclist should have fallen to his death after tumbling into a 1,000-foot ravine during the 1951 Tour de France, but emerged in miraculously good shape

My inexplicable inability to call out the bigotry of the far right during an appearance on Question Time nearly a decade ago still rankles to this day

She was on her way to becoming a tennis all-time great. Then, 30 years ago, an attacker changed history

A revelatory collection of Mediterranean antiquities makes for a quietly subversive exhibition in Cambridge

The story of Odysseus’s Italian origins are surprisingly popular and Sicilian tourism companies know how to capitalise on this