Europe

Few nations can boast a cultural figure so enmeshed with the very essence of their national identity as Taras Shevchenko, writes CHARLIE CONNELLY

PETER TRUDGILL explains how Catherine the Great’s ‘Greek Project’ led to the naming of Khersón

Putin will never subjugate those who, despite their fears, stand up and defend their families, homes and democracy itself

Ukrainian cuisine has not been recognised enough in the UK. There is no better time than now

The water shortage in Extremadura is becoming critical, writes PETER BARRON

Designed to produce ephemeral pop stars, Pop Idol produced some acts who have kicked against expectations

In a reclaimed tobacco warehouse in Umbria once used to squirrel away his favourite paintings, Alberto Burri’s work now reaches out to a wider audience

One of the best ways to understand the national psyche is to delve into its rich library of literature

A leading light of contemporary French cinema, Jacques Audiard is now trying to redefine the nouvelle vague aesthetic for a new century

During the Brexit debate, the very idea was enough to make Leavers foam at the mouth. Now, the case for a joint European military looks very different

DR ROBERT KRAMER, professor of psychoanalysis at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, explains the drive for immortality that brought war to Ukraine

Already in financial crisis, Turkey is heavily dependent on Russia for fuel, food and tourism money. Is this a tipping point for its president?

A disjointed Conservative party would create future opportunity to rejoin the EU, says one reader

News from across Europe you might have missed, including reality hitting Italian TV contestants and a surprising find in a mop bucket

The same day Putin's invasion began, Karneval was due to start, and it did. But, it soon changed into Germany's largest demonstration for Ukraine so far

Absolute power makes you think you can do what you like, where you like, how you like. It is a power no truly democratic leader will ever enjoy

The Promise has an excellent cast but the plot is subsumed by the standard demands of a detective show

Chelsea’s future is uncertain and manager Thomas Tuchel finds himself asked questions about war and morality instead of tactics and injuries

We are all Ukrainians... for now. But as fuel costs rise and a drawn-out war looms, how long will the West’s resolve last?

The editor-in-chief of Ukrainian news platform 24tv.ua left Kyiv two days before Russia invaded on a scheduled holiday. On February 24, she was woken at 6am by calls from her friends telling her war had started. She is now safe in Lithuania but in regular contact with friends and colleagues in Ukraine’s capital

The tear-filled voice of a Ukrainian interpreter translating Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech has shone a spotlight on the skilled linguists who bring the words of world leaders to us in real-time

The crisis offers an opportunity for the UK and EU countries to realise that all people fleeing war and oppression are “like us”. It’s one that is unlikely to be seized

Even a cursory reading of the Russians would have explained to many in the West why Putin was going to invade Ukraine, says WILL SELF

CHARLIE CONNELLY on a charming and bewitchingly charismatic medical practitioner whose methods were declared hokum after long keeping the elite mesmerised

While some in sport suck up to Vladimir Putin, others are reacting correctly to the threat of the obliteration of life on our continent

The Kremlin strongman is now an isolated, out-of-touch world pariah and increasingly unpopular at home. Could he be toppled?

Hannah Kent’s most ambitious historical novel yet is a queer love story about migration from claustrophobic convention

Two 1990s films made by a future Putin ally explain the national obsession with humiliation that led to Ukraine

A chart star alongside the likes of Iggy Azalea and Justin Bieber, Karen Marie Ørsted, aka MØ, is now striking out on her own

If we don't stop with sanctions and retool our economy, we will be even more complicit in the next atrocity we enable

While Putin's invasion challenges not only Ukraine's democracy but our own democratic system, we have found ourselves in a war between truth and lies