Europe

Italy’s prime minister has a new look, but have her politics changed?

It’s cheaper to buy beer than bottled water in Czechia but is this about to change?

Slowly but surely, old Europe is giving way to the new

The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne crushed hopes of a homeland for Turkey’s Armenian and Kurdish minorities. Today, hostilities remain

This year’s Festival d’Avignon – a celebration of song, music and dance – kicked off with a rebellion against Brexit

Brexit isn’t working – in fact, it’s causing long-term damage. Everyone knows it. How long can the opposition parties keep quiet?

Eclipsed by contemporaries like Garbo and Dietrich, it’s difficult today to appreciate just what a presence Baclanova was in her heyday

Populist ex-PM Robert Fico is whipping up discontent with mainstream politics and talking of rigged elections. Remind you of anyone?

Links with British industry and French universities – through ‘rugger diplomacy’ – helped to turn Romania into a surprising hotbed of the sport

A Dutch royal residence has been turned into a huge public art gallery – a lesson for other royal families, perhaps?

Full of intriguing quirks and anecdotes, Andrew Martin’s Metropolitain is nothing short of a love letter to a subterranean railway

The 1943 Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in history and left a landscape of apocalyptic destruction. It still holds lessons for the war in Ukraine

Dalí! Hollywood! Rotten eggs! The German electro-rockers pushed more than just musical boundaries

Some on the left will roll their eyes, but redefining patriotism is something Keir Starmer should do. I want to be proud of a forward-looking, multicultural country

Germany’s somewhat comical migration issue has captured the attention of Europe’s media

Researchers have just added another piece to the jigsaw that is a body from the Copper Age

Don't discredit the importance of an EU document mentioning the ‘Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands’

Russia’s recent failed attempt to land a space probe on the dark side of the moon should be a wake-up call for the west

Restrictions are hampering musicians' ability to work in the EU

Through hard work and determination the actress forged an exalted presence in the French screen canon

For the author Maylis de Kerangal, reading one of her books in another language is like hearing a familiar tune on a new instrument

A tour of British and European slang of the past begins with old terms for drinking too much.. and feeling the effects afterwards

The city’s unloved museum of archaeology shines after a makeover that makes its treasure trove of objects sing

The stereotype of hard-working Germans doesn’t hold up under scrutiny – no other country in Europe offers more paid time off

The hostage crisis that gave rise to the idea of a strong bond between captive and captor took place 50 years ago this week. But does the condition really exist?

In Gagauzia, a former Soviet splinter caught between Ukraine and the EU, the pull of old bonds and certainties remains strong

The gathering was a reminder that the broad secularism of north-western Europe is the exception, not the rule

A new government scheme could make Britain appear more attractive to young Europeans. It’s frustrating that it is only now being trialled

The “citizenship wage” created nightmares for the country’s productivity. Its abolishment was needed

Despite feeling both proudly European and international, the island has a close yet complicated relationship with the continent

Spain’s regional parties have been elevated to political kingmakers at the national level

Recent arrests may show that even as the invasion of Ukraine falters, Russia keeps sending its agents to the UK