Britain’s imperfect dream
Europe Day is here again – and despite the EU’s problems, it is well worth celebrating
Europe Day is here again – and despite the EU’s problems, it is well worth celebrating
In an edited extract, the author of a new book explores the eerie ruins of an abandoned resort in the island’s ‘forbidden zone’
The Tory reign will shortly come to an end, and this bunch of incompetent charlatans will not be remembered fondly
Labour thinks nationalising trains is a vote-winner. But a rail trip through the continent shows delays and strikes are problems there too
Dutch sensation Froukje makes dance music with lyrics about grief, the climate crisis and her own brand of radical optimism
How one night of music inspired Kandinsky’s Blue Rider movement
‘Leitkultur’ called for a consensus on civil norms but it was – intentionally – misunderstood
The military coup hastened the end of the Portuguese empire, and triggered the country’s turn towards Europe
Salemi’s status as capital lasted a mere 24 hours, but the pride its residents feel today is immeasurable.
This year’s contest in Malmö is at risk of being overshadowed by a fear of violence
In the city’s Piazza della Libertà, a few kilometres from the Italian-Slovenian border, thousands of migrants dream of a better world
This could be a turning point in how the country treats questionable men
After years of false starts, the Channel Tunnel opened 30 years ago this week. Yet Brexit shows that it has failed to bring us closer to Europe
Protesters at the Paris Institute of Political Studies have taken a leaf out of Columbia University’s book
During their party conference, the AfD wallowed in self-pity but it was entirely self-inflicted
The Spanish prime minister took five days off to ponder his future – before deciding to carry on as before
Spaniards view the prime minister’s announcement as the latest of his electoral strategies
New Order’s Bernard Sumner has nailed the problem with British politics
Whatever and wherever he played, his deep feeling for the music made the instrument seem like an extension of him
His great contemporaries are gone, but the director is still shaking his fists – and miraculously, his films are getting even better
An exhibition of 150 objects found in the river opens at the Archaeological Crypt on Île de la Cité, Paris
Beethoven’s fascination with the Enlightenment eventually led him to adapt Schiller’s poem An die Freude (Ode to Joy) into his Ninth Symphony
Quo Vadis is fun but Rossellini’s neorealism showed us Rome as it was
In 1974, Portugal had the lowest wages and highest illiteracy in western Europe. Then came the Carnation Revolution
As a queer woman, I feel my identity is as important as anyone else’s. Yet where is my place of safety?
People in Tbilisi are protesting Georgia’s Russification. Instead, they want to be part of the EU
After six gender-based murders so far this year, Greek women now feel such tragedies are inevitable
In 2023, Catalonia’s drought halved wine production and this year is only expected to be worse
In Spargelzeit season, it’s hard to find a restaurant that doesn’t offer a special Spargel menu
In the age of the drone and the ballistic missile, national security does not come cheap
The brain drain of talent from the poorer south to the richer north has created a crisis in the country’s health sector
The Italian will be forever remembered for a wordless walk in a Viennese cemetery
Edvard Grieg may have been Norway’s greatest classical composer, but he actually inherited his name from his Scottish forebears
Thanks to a letter about delivery, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula was finally attributed to its great master
It is sad and diminishing that our government is now effectively telling an important community it is no longer wanted
Readers should keep an eye open for vote-swapping websites in the run-up to the general election
A million of the club’s fans crammed into a city of 350,000 to celebrate their Copa del Rey victory. I was not anticipating to be one of them
Amid all the glories of Paris, the Pompidou Centre stands as a monument to modernism and to the man whose name it bears
The populist prime minster is on a crusade to turn the country’s pubic service broadcaster into a state-controlled institution
Despite not being a Francophile, post-Brexit Britain pushed me to find work and a future in France
Germany should accept the gift of 20,000 elephants from Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, with both remorse and open arms
You Are Not Alone, a powerful new documentary, follows the horrific attack that gripped Spain
In Brooklyn’s Little Odessa, Russians and Ukrainians live side by side, in the shadow of a distant conflict
For years, president Erdoğan won almost every election he contested despite a deteriorating economic outlook
A case brought by Swiss pensioners could be a turning point for the court
A dream provided an epitaph inadvertently appropriate for a man who spent his life producing art and literature that shocked and appalled the unsuspecting
People may assume that the word ‘cravat’ comes from French, but its ultimate linguistic origin is much more complicated
Off the west coast of Norway lies an island luring countless tourists to its shores for its salmon
ECM has been producing stylish jazz since 1969. But with its founder now 80, where do its solemn, spacious sounds go next?
The Judgement of Paris gives up its myriad secrets at the National Gallery