Europe

German local transport emulates a system from the 19th-century. It desperately needs updating and these tickets could be a step in the right direction

Gear up for five European cycling epics

It is the only East Germanic language we have records of – and we only have those because of an accident of history

A new Spanish Netflix series asks what privacy in the modern age looks like, especially when all too often the little we have gets betrayed

A self-confessed “unleashed exhibitionist, chasing headlines”, Collin Dufresne lived the life but on her terms

Ukraine's captain, Andriy Yarmolenko, epitomises his team's cause but a play-off against Wales had a sting in the tale

Just 40% of adults in Europe are a healthy weight. Obesity will cause catastrophic health issues for future generations – not to mention the financial cost

For her first film in English, director Mia Hansen-Løve follows in her hero Ingmar Bergman’s footsteps to a remote Baltic isle

Quartiers nord is Marseille rapper Alonzo's most affectionate tribute to his hometown yet

A new exhibition celebrates Pompeii’s erotic art and artefacts, many hidden from public view since their excavation in the 19th century

Nixon was a potentially great man brought down by Watergate. Johnson, on the other hand, hasn't got an ounce of greatness in him, argues one reader

Fifty years ago, with a couple of vans, children and dogs in tow, Paul McCartney set off to Europe with a new band to realise a dream

Our columnist hopes that digitising Holocaust archives in a new government project will help people “never forget” the horrors of the Nazi genocide

Could understanding contemporary Russian literature have given the west an insight into Putin’s intentions?

As Andy Burnham has been recently saying, UBI is a nettle that Labour should grasp, suggests one reader

In a climate change landmark case, a quiet Peruvian mountain guide and farmer is taking on a German company over its role in melting the Palcaraju glacier

Emissions and temperatures continue to rise, leading to increasingly radical research into limiting climate change. But are they safe?

The early leader of the Dadaist movement blurred the boundaries of style and genre, writing poetry as good as his art, making sculptures as good as his collages

The world watched Paris’s greatest treasure burn. Two years on, restoration is beginning in earnest

Zlatan Ibrahimović could be forced to draw the curtain on an epic career. Meanwhile Italian football more generally is finding its place in Europe's ecosystem

Germany’s latest general elections brought about hyper-expansive change to parliament... literally

A new boxed set provides a rare insight into the life and mind of one of the most popular cultural icons of the 20th century during what were to be his final days

Jason Solomons has been to Cannes 25 times as a reporter, critic and presenter. How would he fare at his first as a producer?

Pierre Levegh’s name is forever linked with a dreadful day almost seven decades ago. As the 70th anniversary approaches, maybe his feat deserves to step out from the shadow of the catastrophe

Former French ambassador to London Sylvie Bermann on Brexit’s aftershocks and the battles still to come with Macron and the EU

Megan Nolan loves a bad rom-com, but this latest Netflix effort is stupid and hateful

The prime minister wasn't born a fascist. But his incompetence and desperation to survive is certainly driving him in that direction

If we harness the productive power of new technology and increase people’s skills across the board our relationship with work could be very different

Norway’s humane approach to rehabilitating prisoners is at odds with many Europe nations. And it is a remarkable success

Heading to Europe for your first post-pandemic summer holiday? Thanks to Brexit, your sun, sea and sand now come with added queues, forms and red tape

War has broken out among Germany's self-appointed intellectual literary elite

Procida is Italy's Capital of Culture 2022. It's not sure it wants to be