Europe

One hundred years ago, a malign figure took power in Rome and led a country to disgrace and destruction

After fighting the Nazis in the second world war, Paul Barrière fought to save his outlawed sport

What do European nations spend their money on?

Before the Romans arrived in south-west France along with Latin, people there spoke what we now call Aquitanian

The Norwegian trio’s new album arrives with their legacy secure - but it hasn’t always been that way

Elon Musk’s 'peace plan poll' would trample Ukraine’s right to defend its own people from Vladimir Putin’s onslaught

A new historical drama brings to life the story of a German duchess turned Austrian empress

Why are so many stories that are bad for the government unreported in large sections of the press? Simple. Intellectual corruption

For all the remarkable events and achievements of his life, Brynner was always content for mythologies to propagate around him

Whatever comes next for Russia, it will not be liberal democracy

Trickle-down economics is a big lie and always has been, argues one reader

Denmark’s biggest literary celebrity returns to the remote peninsula where she grew up

The country's nudist clubs are running out of members. Soon, Germans au naturel may become extinct

How an ex-WAG popstar brought and won a case at the European Court of Human Rights

The city of light always looks lovely in films like Mrs Harris Goes to Paris.. but the truth about the French capital is a little different

A guide on the shortest serving leaders in European history. Happy reading prime minister!

The flats of La Vele were supposed to be the emblem of a utopian style of architecture. But they soon took on a very different identity

Putin's aggression is not just aimed at Ukrainians, it's aimed at the West too. But, time is on our side

A new Spanish Netflix dramedy reimagines cancer storytelling with style, wit and grace

Chess has long been a hotbed of gamesmanship. But a new cheating dispute threatens to take the game to new lows

Tory MPs are finally beginning to question whether they are in a toxic relationship with Paul Dacre's newspaper

A recent visit to Algeria was part of efforts to write a new chapter in diplomacy - but the ghosts of France's exploitative colonial past linger on

Brexit is a disaster. But, it may be a very long time before the EU is willing to take another chance on the UK, writes one reader

The comic actor said he’d never join a club that would admit him. Will Liz Truss apply the same rule to Macron’s new European forum?

All eyes are on Robert Habeck. Unfortunately, his energy crisis polices are only snatching the surface of Germany's problems

The city of light has – finally – stopped taking its historic trees for granted and is devising ways of preserving them

The late Hilary Mantel’s connection with Europe brought controversy – and some of her best work

This weekend's Manchester derby is a reminder how, six years after his death, the Dutch master's vision still dominates the game

Having spoken out against the war in Ukraine, Alla Pugacheva could influence the next chapter in Russian history

The Velvet Underground are the ultimate New York band. Yet in their brief lifespan and their afterlife as one of music’s enduring cults, they had a European heart

A European round up of how the chancellor's economic policies were viewed across the continent

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