Europe

This week, I swapped motorways for the Rhine. If the EU's plans for licenses materialise, maybe the change will be permanent

The June 1953 uprising by east Germans has become a footnote to history – but not for the few surviving eyewitnesses

Nato’s flag in Ukraine would send a strong signal to Russia. It’s a big step that needs to be taken

So significant was her contribution to Italian film that it led to the addition of a word to the Italian dictionary: borellismo

The electronic boys from Basildon are a national treasure – both at home and abroad

We must take a leaf out of Vienna’s book and reckon with the past of the British empire

The journalist Simon Jenkins claims the Celtic tribe and language did not exist. He is wrong – as Julius Caesar could have told him...

These atypical creatures are causing havoc and holding the city hostage

The fate of Wittenberg’s antisemitic sculpture on the wall of the town church remains in dispute

New series A Small Light explores Miep Gies’s acts of humanity – and it prompted a look at my own family history

There was much to enjoy at Cannes – but the same old players doing the same old things hints that cinema may be due a shake-up

Erdoğan’s victory will only hurt his supporters – and the rest of Turkey

Though authorities might deny it, La Liga and the country itself has a racism problem. Now one small club in Madrid has had enough

Russia’s supersonic airliner was a child of the cold war – but a fatal crash 50 years ago ripped through the veneer of Soviet tech superiority

Great writers give us more than just good stories to read, they help us define ourselves and our place in the world

Pirelli’s vast Milan gallery is a temple of daring contemporary art

The island nation in the north Atlantic has a bone to pick with the EU

If the Turkish president scrapes victory in Sunday’s run-off, there are still lessons to be learned about how to fight populist authoritarianism

Does Rome’s first Starbucks threaten Italy’s coffee tradition?

London is embracing the European approach to socialising and hosting guests at home. Why? No one can afford to go out any more

Since the 2008 crash, Spain has been remaking itself. But, the tradition of Flamenco remains unchanged

The British Embassy Cricket Club has a star-studded past which, despite its name, has nothing to do with the British embassy

The rivalry and respect between Manet and Degas

Germany's Green Party is facing a public backlash as their policies struggle to gain support and voters ditch them in their droves

After the disaster of Jeremy Corbyn, Labour has one goal – winning the next election and finally getting rid of the incompetent Tory government

Young people will spend their lives in the shadow of the problems discussed at the G7 summit. Is real help at hand?

It's time for Putin to cut his losses. Except he doesn't see it this way

All roads in Hungary still lead to its populist PM – but after missteps over Ukraine and EU funding, for how much longer?

The Austrian’s life was defined by a single event lasting 55 seconds

Romans, in particular, become stressed when dishes are vandalised. Serve this to a Roman nonna and she may well try to conquer you again

As Russian rockets rained down on Ukraine, the contest’s political genie was finally let out of the bottle

Germany has returned 1,117 looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, but who really owns them?