The heart of Auschwitz
The making of an extraordinary memento that survived the concentration camp and a death march designed to bury the truth
The colonial scars of Greenland
The Arctic island nation wants to break its ties with Denmark, and its search for independence has brought up horrific stories from the past
Brexit’s failure and Trump’s fury have turned the tide for the UK and EU
Two new polls show Britons are now firmly aligned with Europe, not the USA
Why are we so scared to accept the EU’s generous post-Brexit deals?
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are making a huge mistake in not openly embracing offers to cut red tape
The rise of Alice Weidel, a German extremist
Could the sleeping giant of Germany’s silent majority mobilise against the AfD?
A walk through Brussels’s vanishing neighbourhood
The Marolles, the city’s popular cultural heart, has been changed by tourism
What does Musk want with Italy?
Elon Musk and Giorgia Meloni seem to have a harmonious friendship – at least in front of the cameras
Zoran Milanović’s landslide in the Balkans
Over the past five years, the president has been acting as the Flavor Flav of the Croatian political establishment
What would EU membership mean for Iceland?
The EU has been a long-running topic of debate and now Icelanders want their say
What our language says about us
This year’s non-word of the year, ‘Bio-deutsch’ (biological German) has caused much controversy
The shock and awe of Mr Benetton
With his work for the fashion brand, the late photographer and art director Oliviero Toscani took the trangressive mainstream
Letters: Alienation is driving populism in the north
We need government to lead, to inspire and to give people hope. Talk in language that ordinary folk use, and actually go and listen and learn
The perpetual outsider who was always the centre of attention
Little blame can be attached to André Roussimoff for exaggerating the truth of his stories because everything about the wrestler and actor was already exaggerated
Bound together, pulled apart: Catalan artists in Paris
At the start of the 20th century, Paris and Barcelona were united by modernist art. Then came a shocking, public suicide
Can Europe find its way through the woods in 2025?
The outlook for Europe appears dangerous. Expanding the single market would change things. But can it be done?
Who will win Germany’s immigrant vote?
The number of immigrant voters could reach a peak at this election but this doesn’t mean that the Social Democrats, Greens and the liberal FDP will benefit
Chewing it over in Sweden
Sweden’s youth show no sign of cutting down on their tobacco habits
Bravery and a bruised ego on the Austrian mountains
I always considered myself outdoorsy until I met the Austrians
Athens’s plan to combat addiction
Could Athens’s new approach to helping users slowly reverse the country’s drug crisis?
Spain’s parrot pandemic
Flocks of green parrots, or monk parakeets, have invaded Barcelona
Estonia’s culture fights for independence from Putin’s Russia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reignited fears in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
Kosovo: where women will decide the election
Though many women are stuck at home, they are now the best educated section of the electorate. If the Kosovan government stays in power, it will be down to them
Musk’s German ally takes the extreme mainstream
Alice Weidel spouts fake facts and demonises Muslims – and she is getting closer to becoming Germany’s chancellor
Beneath the laughter in Greenland, there’s fear
This is not a game or a spectacle – it’s about the fate of a nation whose path towards independence is still unfolding
Does this development mean Starmer is secretly planning to Rejoin?
Mark Francois has sounded the Brexit betrayal claxon over a big change at the Foreign Office
Why Donald Trump wants Greenland
He wants it for the same reason Putin wants Ukraine
The big-time film mogul who saw the importance of making art
Many directors might not have scaled their creative heights without Ponti’s recognition that one could make daring and challenging cinema and still turn a profit
ARD and Germany’s first media scandal of the year
The scandal, which involves toxic masculinity, sexism and cancel culture, asks if this century allows for second chances
Italy’s heroes are fighting the government
Each government pledges to boost resources to the police, fire fighters and other emergency services, but it’s never enough
Letters: Immigration, the thing voters love to hate
In reality, reducing immigration is likely to make any government very unpopular, so the narrative needs to shift so it’s seen as an advantage
Jean-Marie Le Pen: the death of a hate-monger
With his conspiracy theories, pro-Russian propaganda and hatred of migrants, Le Pen inspired a generation of far right leaders across Europe
The Charlie Hebdo attack – ten years on
When the staff of the French satirical newspaper were murdered by extremists, France was united in defiance and grief – but the consensus soon began to fall apart
Inside Serbia’s student revolution
Students have been leading weeks of nationwide protests in Serbia and the regime doesn’t seem to know what to do
Elon Musk enters German politics
The entrepreneur’s foray into European politics and obsession with the AfD is troubling, given his megaphone X
Eurovision’s first breakout success
The daughter of a songwriter and from a long line of composers, the woman born Isabelle Gall was predestined for a career in music
Right place. Right time. What to see and do this year
A feast of festivals, ancient churches, bridge jumping and more make up Europe’s cultural hotspots for 2025
The outsiders rise again
Surprise political forces were the story of 2016. Now the world knows they are here to stay – and Britain should brace itself
Letters: All-out attack is needed to counter the threat of Reform
Farage’s party is the most significant threat to UK democracy in living memory. Failure to learn the political lessons will hand him the keys to No 10
What Eurovision did next
A whole host of alumni from the contest will release new music, and perhaps lift spirits, in 2025
Belarus, the country that Europe forgot
President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, will run against several token challengers on January 26
In Georgia, a president becomes a protester
After the crisis of October’s parliamentary elections, president Salome Zourabichvili has been the country’s most prominent voice of dissent
The Hague explosion was a tragedy waiting to happen
The deadly incident on December 7 has left Dutch law enforcement looking shockingly weak
Turkey celebrates the fall of Assad
Thousands of Syrians living in exile celebrated, including in neighbouring Turkey, which hosts more than 3.5 million refugees
The end of Italy’s largest glacier
The rapid speed at which the Adamello is melting shouldn’t come as a shock; the past two years have been unbearably hot in Italy
Why did Robert Fico go to Moscow?
It’s not the first time the Slovak leader allowed himself to be used as a tool of Kremlin propaganda – it won’t be the last
Georgia’s two presidents
Georgia’s new pro-Moscow president is determined to fight his own people – meanwhile, his pro-EU predecessor has left office and gone into the streets to join the protests
Spain’s cocaine problem
With increased security at the well-known drug ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam, South American drug traffickers have moved operations to the north-west corner of the Iberian Peninsula
Starmer has reached the moment of truth on Europe
Britain has made up its mind on Europe. The PM must do the same, before it’s too late
Magdeburg, Manhattan and the age of rage
The suspects in two acts of violence are united by limitless narcissism posing as just rebellion
The Magdeburg attack and the politics of horror
A torrent of fake news has sprung up around the tragedy – but when the truth finally emerges, Germany’s far right voters probably won’t even hear it