Europe

Immigration crackdowns are cutting revenues from overseas students - and now some institutions are on the brink

Most politicians remain oblivious to the threat, especially on the left. But they must realise Putin could do to us what he’s done to Ukraine, without firing a shot

A turbulent 2025 unfolded in striking contrasts – from apocalyptic climate disasters and surging global protests to the ever-present threat of war

French right wing MEPs are leading a campaign to ban words like ‘steak’ and ‘sausage’ from vegan food

Terranera, a tiny mountaintop hamlet of 50 residents, doesn't organise its festivities by the Christian calendar or tradition

A new nativity display in the centre of Brussels is so widely detested that it might have to be taken down early

Non-French speakers don’t fully understand the phrase “sales connes”. But we do, which makes the president’s wife using it even more awful

You can’t convince people to have more babies through tax cuts – so how do you reverse a falling birthrate?

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

One restaurant in Bari has done the unthinkable. And it’s not about the money

Two years ago, it happened to the people of Grindavík in Iceland – and yet today, the lights flicker and the boats put out to sea

The Greek capital has experienced an influx of Israeli investment in property – but the graffiti around town suggests severe local antipathy

An attempt to remove the stories of Black GIs from a second world war cemetery in the Netherlands ran into stiff resistance

Small communities across Finland, Estonia and even Ukraine keep the Swedish language alive in unexpected corners of Europe

London police warned off a man with a pro-Israel sign. Meanwhile, his Berlin counterpart won an award

One of Robert Fico’s political allies was in close contact with Epstein – it may be one scandal too many for the Bratislava government

Bart de Wever says he represents his entire country, but he seems more interested in cosying up to the Dutch government

As visitors soak up high art and cheap beer, a billionaire populist chameleon and his far right outriders cronies are ready to turn the Czech Republic upside down

Dominic Fritz came to Timisoara as a volunteer and ended up running the city that toppled Ceaușescu. Now he’s fighting the far right and the weight of history

Gill’s isn’t an isolated case, but a symptom of Europe-wide corruption and demagoguery

Everyone wants to visit the historic city. But without intervention, Dubrovnik could soon face collapse

Thirty years after the Srebrenica massacre, the country remains suspended between beauty and grief

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

For obvious reasons, understanding why the masses fell for the fanatics would be the much more worthwhile research today

It is a decade since the worst terror attack in French history left 132 dead. Where people died, Parisians now drink beer and smoke cigarettes

Organised crime gangs have started recruiting teenagers online to carry out hits on their rivals. There are a worrying number of willing assassins

Ten years on, a new drama shows how seven hostages came face-to-face with death

A harsh, intrusive Danish-style immigration system won’t win right wing votes for Labour and will enrage the party’s traditional supporters. When will this government learn?

From Helsinki to Buenos Aires, one man’s obsession with the art and architecture of our underground railways

After last year’s devastating floods, reconstruction work is underway in Paiporta but its progress has been politicised

Like Trump, the chancellor has also been redecorating. His, however, is less golden glitter, more a nod to history

We have a lot to learn from Poland. If only Keir Starmer were paying more attention