Europe

The West must help Ukraine to defeat Putin, but a total Russian collapse could spell disaster

The conflict remains the front line in the battle between democracy and autocracy

The fatal shooting of a Baroness, allegedly by her stepson, has captured the public imagination

A military confrontation between Wagner and the Russian army is a real possibility. We should be careful what we wish for

New poll shows 79% think trade deals with Australia and New Zealand are bad

And almost 80% of all respondents want a closer relationship with the EU

For all life threw at her, the writer never lost the last sliver of an innocence battered irreparably by events outside her control

Our diplomats are working quietly to reconcile with the EU. Just don’t expect Britain to rejoin any time soon

One of Britain’s leading historians explains how the roots of the decision taken seven years ago were laid decades before that

Europe’s first celebrity is celebrated in a treasure trove of objects at Paris’ Petit Palais

A master documentarian returns to Ukraine to show the effects of Putin’s bloody invasion on the lives of ordinary people

The language can be found in some unexpected places, none more so than medieval “New England” on the Crimean peninsula

Over the course of a year, a couple created a bracing, bizarre series of Polaroids taken in the bars of the Dutch capital

Europe is edging closer to nuclear war. How would we behave in the world that remained?

The devastating bacteria Xylella has killed 21 million olive trees in Italy. Now it is threatening more species, in more countries

Seven years since the referendum, how have the “promises” made by the most prominent Brexiteers panned out? Here’s a rundown of the 10 most spectacular untruths

Post-Brexit travel rules are killing any hopes of la dolce vita

Europe is once more witness to invasion, destruction and war. Can, or even should, we ever put such horrors behind us?

Moscow is in a hurry to get into Georgia – again

The Tate is the latest museum to try to marry art and food together. It may be too high a price to pay

The ethnic tension between Serbs and Albanian Kosovans must be handled with extreme caution

After local election humiliation, Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez is risking everything on a national poll that could usher in Isabel Díaz Ayuso and the alt-right

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?