Europe

Politicians are determined to clean up the city’s fabled sex and drug trade. But some locals aren’t so sure.

Some inventions sounded, and even looked, brilliant, only to fall flat. But that isn’t always the end of the story for great ideas.

A Turkish farmer has claimed that putting virtual reality goggles on his cows causes them to produce more milk

Our columnist explains why Germans still hold the wolf in such reverence.

A war between Russia and Ukraine is a prospect to be avoided at all costs. If it is not, then the human, social and economic impacts across Europe will be devastating.

The world No. 1 men's tennis star won't disappear from headlines just because he's left Australia's shores.

CHARLIE CONNELLY on the chat show staple often described as the closest thing Munich had to royalty.

Freiburg's Christian Streich is similar to a managerial legend in more ways than one

Fifty years on from the flop film version that became a cult classic, taking another ride along with the psychedelic French-British TV sensation for kids

A legal bid by McDonald’s to build a drive-through in close proximity to some ruins in Rome has been ended by Italy's highest court.

A collaboration between avant-folk musician Richard Dawson and his long-time heroes Circle is as original as you might expect

Dinner for One popularised the catchphrase "same procedure as every year". Now it's synonymous with Germany's Covid policy, writes TANIT KOCH.

Georgian photographer DAVIT TABAGARI produces stunning images of the rusting remains of the once mighty Soviet empire in his hometown Tbilisi.

Eighty years ago this month, 15 Nazis met to calmly plot the mechanics of the Final Solution – with implications that still reverberate today.

In laughing off the struggles musicians are facing with touring in the EU due to Brexit, he only made himself appear more out of touch than ever.

CHARLIE CONNELLY on arguably the most enigmatic figure to orbit the strange world of The Beatles

PETER TRUDGILL on a word with many different meanings in the past 700 years

Pile your plate high with tagliolini, tender pickled shrimps and chunks of lobster.

Our columnist argues how the timing of Germany's nuclear phase-out is irresponsible.

New Year's Eve in agricultural Extremadura is not to be refused - just don't head out before 3am

Being a citizen of both the United States and United Kingdom was once a privilege. Now it’s an embarrassment. How did we get here?

Buffeted by the pandemic, Eurostar faced collapse. With little thanks to the UK government, this link to the continent is revived.

Football's authorities need to pay more attention to players' physical and mental burnout, says ROB HUGHES

From a fresh perspective on a classic French tale to a tense drama set on a freezing Russian train, our movie picks for the first third of 2022

Netflix's A Classic Horror Story deserves a wider audience, says MEGAN NOLAN

CLAUDIA PRITCHARD enjoys a European journey in the company of a German genius.

The president's wife is starting legal proceedings over a conspiracy theory that she is transgender.

SOPHIA DEBOICK on the traditional songs of celebration continuing to be sung across Europe

STEVE ANGLESEY on the latest sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain.

The West faces an ultimatum from Russia that could result in actual war. Yet we don’t seem to have noticed. Paris Sorbonne professor of international relations and Russia specialist FRANÇOISE THOM analyses the threat.

New rules and standards on EU trade will make the first set of Brexit measures pale into insignificance.