Europe

The jury is out on Britain’s scheme to help students study overseas

Guru or phoney, even in death Helena Blavatsky's spiritual teachings continued to attract admirers

Ukraine's fight is about more than international law and national self-determination, it's about what sort of world we want to live in

Despite his fence-sitting over Ukraine, Hungarian leader and Putin ally Viktor Orbán has been left with few friends

In agreeing new contracts at Liverpool and Manchester City, Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are putting down roots that are rare in modern life, let alone in the ephemeral world of football

An exhibition highlights the wonders of the Venice serenaded by Canaletto and the dangers faced by the glorious city in the sea

This year's Tallinn Music Week has been a showcase for some of the besieged country's most defiant music acts

May 9 holds a special place in the lives of ordinary Russians. But their president has turned it into a show of force

Everyone loved Ennio Morricone’s film scores.. except the Oscar-winning composer himself, as a documentary reveals

We need a prime minister who isn't driven by a competitive spirit and has a desire to work out what is best for the country. We are unlikely to find those characteristics in a sportsperson

Olaf Scholz's change of heart came overnight. So fast that the chairman of his own SPD parliamentary group missed it

A company is offering the ultimate symbol of wealth - a 52-metre luxury yacht tethered to a 200-metre helium airship

Europe’s most visited tourist attraction had a troubled start to life

The president’s achievements have been underplayed - and they contain lessons for Labour and the Lib Dems

Pack your flags and mark May 8 with a spectacular afternoon of music celebrating our continent

Marine Le Putin lost, Emmanuel Macron won - France will remain Germany's closest ally in Europe

The Russian people need a new national story of democracy - one which they write themselves

What appears to be the inevitable tragedy of Inger Stevens began long before she arrived in Hollywood and long before she left Sweden for the US

Following a former Canary’s flightpath to Krasnodar leads to an ominous sense of history repeating itself

Asparagus is a majestic vegetable and it remains one of the few whose coming into season is duly celebrated each year

In Erik ten Hag Manchester United have appointed a manager steeped in the finest Dutch traditions

Comedy is regarded as the lowest form of writing. It should be considered among the highest

Ivo van Hove, the Bowie collaborator with a taste for the spectacular, returns with a timely, bloody war epic at the Barbican

The Allies beat a Russian blockade in 1948. Now it is incumbent on Germany to help lead a new wave of aid

But, we also need art that exposes us to different ways of thinking about them

Social media has created a world with constant disagreements over objective factual truths. Political leaders abuse this and our prime minister is no exception

The city had always been kind to stray cats. The mayor said they had never gone hungry, but asks if they really need to house them now as well?

If the kings of the Neue Deutsche Härte are calling it a day Germany will lose one of its most paradoxically valuable assets

Audrey Diwan’s powerful abortion drama Happening has completed a clean sweep of major awards for female directors. But, she says, real equality is still far away

A definitive, exhaustive exhibition of the Renaissance artist is a once-in-a-lifetime blockbuster of a show

Brought to its knees by Covid, the UK’s travel and tourism industry is now beginning to feel the full force of Brexit as border restrictions and the end of the VAT reclaim scheme look set to deter thousands of Europeans and others

Emmanuel Macron may have beaten Marine Le Pen in the presidential election, but France has not yet banished fascism