Europe

Posturing over Northern Ireland threatens the Rock’s status – and its neighbour is eager to take advantage

Plus an expensive doodle, a Swiss overnight stay with a difference and other news across Europe you might have missed

After activists glued their hands to the Autobahn, our columnist explains why a well-run information campaign would do more for climate change than performative protests

For more than 120 years British pigeon fanciers have raced their birds over the Channel. But Brexit has put paid to it

Olaf Scholz is moving at last, but energy dependency and World War II guilt lie behind what could prove a fatal apathy

According to a group of refugee charities, the home secretary's Nationality and Borders Bill will almost double the cost

What is the best way to portray the Holocaust to children? The film struggles to find an answer to this but it's a reminder that Anne Frank's diaries have

CHARLIE CONNELLY on the committed revolutionary behind a scene which endures as one of the major turning points in the history of film

The Grand Tour offered the privileged a taste of Europe’s treasures, yet they failed to embrace foreign languages

Exploring the tiny village the world's most powerful man chose to make his home (briefly)

The ‘Corvid Cleaning’ trial in Södertälje will determine whether the project will be rolled out across the rest of the nation

Africa is finally getting something back from the long, long money trail that has procured its talents for the rich Europeans

An accidental boat trip to a remote island monastery saved the composer and gave birth to his First Symphony

Our columnist explains why former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has become, to some, a bit of an embarrassment

The band who soundtracked the fall of the Berlin Wall are back with a post-Covid anthem

JASON SOLOMONS on one of European cinema's most glamorous stars - and an unlikely affair with his own grandfather

What are its causes? What are the solutions? And, more importantly, why does the West choose to ignore them?

With Briton Dave Ryding going for gold in Beijing, now's the perfect time to celebrate the 44 years of a BBC institution

As Europe grapples with one of its gravest political crises since the end of the Cold War, one might expect Global Britain, free at last from the suffocating embrace of the EU, to be leading efforts to prevent war between Russia and Ukraine. If you believe Boris Johnson, it is. Others are not so sure

Our columnist explains why there is controversy in Germany about the way children are taught in primary school.

CHARLIE CONNELLY on the Viennese artist who shocked the laissez-faire populace of his native city

PETER TRUDGILL on how people with no common native language once communicated, and how that gave birth to the secret slang Polari

The blue-and-yellow business complex will gradually come down over the next two years. The Mayor of Kahramanmaraş hopes this means the city's reputation will then go up.

Never mind the menace lurking on the border, Ukrainians are staying cool, sustained by their historical love of independence.

Long deemed "unmanageable", Mario Balotelli might be the man to rescue Italy's World Cup qualification

How the story of a plane full of doppelgängers became a literary sensation in France. By CHARLIE CONNELLY

A special investigation into the lives of the people who drowned in the Channel.

One of Poland's most fascinating contemporary figures, Darski is leading the charge against the country's restrictive blasphemy laws

As Gordon Ramsay recreates his ground-breaking Savoy Hotel restaurant, SOPHIA DEBOICK savours the life of Auguste Escoffier

CHARLIE CONNELLY on a Jewish actress who considered a kick in the behind from Hitler the luck of her life

PETER TRUDGILL examines the origins of words about who governs us, and finds the oligarchy has been around longer than you’d think

ROB HUGHES on the potential return of Christian Eriksen, eight months after his heart stopped suddenly on the pitch