Europe

It isn’t easy getting Charlotte Rampling to let anyone in, be they real people or imagined characters on a script page

Why the most celebrated painter of all time is a criminal’s dream come true

We need to tell Putin that if he uses nukes, the West will destroy Russia's military in Ukraine

The new Italian PM’s policies are a mess of contradictions and she will struggle against the country’s liberal instincts and independent institutions

Italy’s new prime minister may turn to the centre right for support in a war against ‘woke culture’

In a fractious region, the European Union must offer a credible alternative to the darker forces that threaten the stability of the Balkans

Politicians love them, but they don’t work and unless you’re a tyrant, they’re unenforceable

Each of Venice’s 1,000 islands carries its own world. What happened when a Londoner (originally from France) moved there?

Our society needs a more measured approach, writes one reader

It's time to raise a glass, the famous beer festival has returned

We want peace and ought to seek it. However, negotiating with a suspected war criminal is far from desirable

Rivers and reservoirs are shrinking, the land is parched. Welcome to Europe in 2050 – if we don’t act now

The percentage per country who have a negative view of the EU

His sabre-rattling is a sign that the invasion of Ukraine has misfired - but what happens next could be even worse

Everyone expects far rightist Giorgia Meloni to be Italy’s next PM. What happens next is uncertain

The only way to defeat them is for the left to link arms with the centre

The Kremlin has been meddling in Italian politics and will be pleased with what it sees

Ukraine has learned lessons from the battlefield but Russia has not. The result is humiliating for Vladimir Putin

In dark times, it is genuinely heartening to see Europeans coming together. We have our differences, but we are, essentially, the same, writes one reader

He has the task of preserving a system that even he knows can no longer be justified

From the Kingdom of Denmark to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, how the other monarchies across Europe function

Sweden’s big parties took up populist talking points to kill off the far right. Instead, the extremists are close to power – and getting worse

Germany isn't a country of royalists, but we turned into a republic of Elizabethans

Populists have struck at the heart of European social democracy

Amid the respect, there was some sorrow for what has been lost - not just the ruler, but her country

There was far more to Anna Maria Pierangeli than what cinema-goers saw on the screen and friends saw off it

In Rome, to remember the past and our common humanity, sometimes you must look down

Another transfer window shows a sport increasingly at wild odds with the lives of those who follow it

In Ukraine a group of artists is confronting the conflict in the spirit of Goya, Dix and Picasso

Directness and realness makes Nathy Peluso stand out among the current crop of female rappers

The big presence at the Venice Film Festival's 90th birthday party was the streaming giant