Europe

Despite the CDU achieving one of its worst results ever, the party has managed to keep the AfD out of power – for now

Friedrich Merz is Germany’s new chancellor. But the far right are rising – and waiting for a moment of weakness

It’s only 30 years since a genocide took place in the heart of Europe, but already some are trying to rewrite history

Donald Trump is cuddling up to Putin while telling Ukraine: “First pay me, then feed your children”

Budapest endured Nazi rule, the Holocaust and then Stalin – how can anywhere recover from that?

Ukraine and tariffs mean the EU’s bandwidth is receding - now Starmer must act fast

Trump has shafted Ukraine. Now he threatens the security of the west

A new poll shows opinions shifting on whether the US can still be seen as an ally

The vice president’s arrogant and counterproductive rant in Munich was a lesson in hypocrisy

The debate over the future of the new technology was between the US and EU. The danger for Britain is that we begin to look irrelevant

Eighty years ago, the Allies rained down hell on the city, one of Germany’s cultural capitals

Politicians like Starmer and Scholz govern while looking over their shoulders. Rightists like Trump are more adept at concentrating power and using it

At a time when cyclists had begun to resemble machines, Pantani was almost impossibly human, unable to conceal his emotions

When is a cabbage not a cabbage? When it’s a kool sla. How Dutch influence shaped both ‘coleslaw’ and ‘cookie’ in American English

What might be most enamouring about the gourmet bistro in Trondheim is that it doesn’t share the ludicrous prices of some of its more famous Scandi counterparts

A Leave-voting fisheries owner from the red wall was invited to praise Brexit – but told the channel it had been a disaster for his business

A sumptuously illustrated book of interviews with the director reveals his extraordinary love of the monumental

As Donald Trump begins his sell out of Ukraine, one novelist reflects how, despite Putin’s brutality, Zelensky has held Ukraine together. Is Trump’s America about to change this?

The party has lost its identity and risks sliding into obscurity under the rudderless leadership of Kemi Badenoch

A recent psychological study revealed how the country picks its politicians. The results were nothing short of depressing

The city is a prime example of why Pedro Sánchez has cracked down on people from outside the EU buying property in Spain

Claimed to have aphrodisiac effects, Italy’s most iconic dessert was born inside the brothels of Treviso to ‘refuel’ clients

Once divided on independence from Denmark, the Faroe Islands now see a clear path forward – and it’s largely down to Donald Trump

When the country goes to the polls, the divide will only become more entrenched

The Soviet Union’s negotiating victory at Yalta in February 1945 was secured through vintage wine and roast goose

The country goes to the polls on Sunday – and the people of Kosovo know exactly what they want

Eleven people are dead in the latest outbreak of horrifying violence in Sweden. Can the nation hold together?

Her career as one of the world’s leading operatic sopranos often came second to gushing entreaties to her ravishing appearance

If Donald Trump really wants to take control of this Danish territory, he’ll need to get to grips with Inuit or Old Norse

A compilation of European literature, compiled by the son of Thomas Mann, is a reminder of the continent’s cultural power

One of the highest places of worship in Europe, a cathedral in south-central France happens to be the perfect place to cure fine pork

In the 1990s, Britain fell out of love with its concrete masterpieces – but then it all changed