Opinion

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

The Labour government risks holding back a sector with huge economic potential. Can the UK’s digital entrepreneurs flourish without help from No.10?

A Kyiv gallery has defied Russian missile attacks to stage a visceral but tender art competition for artists under 35

The city’s working class banlieues have produced superstars like Kylian Mbappé and Thierry Henry. Could they now take Paris Saint Germain to the next level?

This supposedly heart-warming yuletide classic is the story of a NIMBY preparing to impose a radical moral agenda on his selfish neighbours

The strategically important city of Pokrovsk is in Putin’s sights. The government should do everything it can to stop him - starting with donating surplus MoD equipment to Volodymyr Zelensky

A honeymoon on the continent changed everything for American artist Helen Frankenthaler, whose work is being celebrated in Florence and Bilbao this year

Britain has made up its mind on Europe. The PM must do the same, before it’s too late

The suspects in two acts of violence are united by limitless narcissism posing as just rebellion

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

The culture war argument over abortion helped Trump get back into the White House. Now Farage wants to use the same trick – can it work over here?

Nigel Farage rushed to judgement again - and got it wrong again

The Christmas tree in the Umbrian town of Gubbio in central Italy is so big, you can even switch the lights on from space

Labour is a swirl of competing interest groups and right now “the Deliverers” are in charge. But will they be able to see off Reform?

The trial that shocked France and the world is a pivot point for relations between the sexes. Men everywhere must learn from the verdict

News editor of the Jewish News, Justin Cohen, on a meeting that changed his thinking on how to make progress in the Middle East

The former Green and Tory MPs lay out their vision for the end of Brexit and the future of European Movement UK

Reform’s leader will regret his dalliance with Elon Musk – even if it nets him $100m

First, Labour had “missions” and then it came out with “milestones” – but what it doesn’t have is a plan for government, and it seems incapable of making one

From the Sun to the Times, the papers and Boris Johnson are losing their marbles over Keir Starmer trying to get Britain a better deal

Refusing to negotiate with Europe to allow Brits greater access to the continent is a bewildering position for the government to take

Norway is testing an extraordinary new format for its party leadership debate

Like its most famous car maker, German industry has been left behind. And with Trump in the White House, things could get a lot worse

Much has been said about the increasing polarisation of people in the social media age. We need to remember that no man is an island

In many cases over the last 12 months, the people who looked like winners also turned out to be losers

Zelensky has done all he can. But as the final sell-out approaches, the west has not done nearly enough

Forget polling and lifetime party loyalty – all that’s gone. In their place we have a broken system, Reform as the main opposition party, and a growing threat from disinformation

2024 marked a milestone for Germany’s biggest demographic cohort

Looking back on 12 months in Brexit, our only hope is that the government comes to its senses – because Trump is on his way

In recent years Panettone, Italy’s iconic fluffy traditional Christmas cake, has seen many twists on its traditional flavour

Madame Pelicot’s bravery in shining a light on shame has provided inspiration and courage for others who have been violated by men

During the festive season, the usually risk-averse Swiss suddenly throw caution to the wind