Europe

With more than 100m albums sold, the Anglo-Italian could afford to be sanguine about critical coolness towards his work

Good borscht cannot be cooked quickly - so if you don’t have time now, save this recipe until you have enough

Photos quickly become burned into memory and can trigger a stronger human response than words or cool statistical analysis

Putin is rallying both Russians and foreign auxiliaries to a cause under one message - might is right

The school has had a role in shaping British public life for the worse, writes one reader

Restrictions on freedom of movement after Brexit have left British competitive cyclists struggling to gain the experience they need to make it

Ukraine’s artists boost morale at home and awareness globally via impromptu concerts and viral videos. But others are heading directly into battle

PM Mark Rutte has apologised for atrocities in Indonesia, but some are still nostalgic for days of empire

Not for the first time in recent history, Barcelona is playing beautifully while living on bank loans that almost defy financial gravity

Our columnist explains why the world is prejudice towards some of the country's dishes, except for their bread

Volodymyr Zelensky has taken us to a new reality which resembles our past more than our future

Peter The Great and Nicholas II were part of a centuries-long effort to suppress the language

The Norwegian singer's new album is an undeniably dreamlike, immersive experience

The establishment, where the Russian leader developed a liking for German beer, has now also taken down its shrine to the president

A superb new film may be disowned by its director – because it is set in Russia

The New European's editor-at-large tells his fellow podcast host Rory Stewart why Belarus' leader-in-exile had to write for us

When Boris Johnson’s government cut the aid budget in 2020, it dealt a devastating blow to charities and the people they support, but did it also sound the death knell for the UK’s role as an aid superpower?

A Netflix biopic of the woman considered Poland's Marilyn Monroe fails to delve in any satisfying way into the interesting story it has to tell

The exiled head of Belarus’s shadow government explains why Alexander Lukashenko must be sanctioned for his part in the invasion of Ukraine

Former Indian ambassador to Germany Gurjit Singh explains his country’s position on Ukraine - and why he wants to see a strong Europe

Putin’s horrific aggression will prove a turning point in the history of our continent

Were Putin to remain intransigent and the current negotiations turn out to be just an elaborate ruse, then the UN should reserve the right to shift to more of a peace enforcing role

U-turns and new schemes are welcome, but Britain still isn’t welcoming to those fleeing conflict

The vicious conflict in Ukraine could lead to even more deaths from hunger far beyond the country’s borders as grain exports from the region grind to a halt and global food prices soar

Lili Damita began her life as a revue star, ended it as a broken-hearted recluse and married Errol Flynn in between

If Hobbes is right, perhaps the only way to maintain peace is to have a powerful world organisation that can enforce international laws and punish states that break them

Pour yourself a drink and learn how a Ukrainian cocktail maker is using his brand to fundraise for humanitarian work in his home country

And, the West cannot risk letting the Russian dictator playing it

Paris St Germain's superstar project has failed and the fans are turning their fire on their expensive acquisitions

It is now blindingly obvious that the EU must step up and take responsibility for its own collective security, argues one reader

Largely forgotten in his own country, Murray Head remains an adoptive hero in France

The only brutal thing about Aldi and Lidl's expansion is the cut-price competition