Opinion

Our columnist explains why the world is prejudice towards some of the country's dishes, except for their bread

Volodymyr Zelensky has taken us to a new reality which resembles our past more than our future

The New European's editor-at-large tells his fellow podcast host Rory Stewart why Belarus' leader-in-exile had to write for us

When Boris Johnson’s government cut the aid budget in 2020, it dealt a devastating blow to charities and the people they support, but did it also sound the death knell for the UK’s role as an aid superpower?

It's ultimately why he dodged a bullet in failing to land the job as chair of Ofcom

The exiled head of Belarus’s shadow government explains why Alexander Lukashenko must be sanctioned for his part in the invasion of Ukraine

Putin’s horrific aggression will prove a turning point in the history of our continent

Were Putin to remain intransigent and the current negotiations turn out to be just an elaborate ruse, then the UN should reserve the right to shift to more of a peace enforcing role

Just why is the newspaper so keen to ensure that the former speaker is never elevated to the House of Lords?

The former prime minister is finding speaking engagements thin on the ground

Comedian MITCH BENN shares some other events that are, when you think about it, also just like Brexit...

U-turns and new schemes are welcome, but Britain still isn’t welcoming to those fleeing conflict

The vicious conflict in Ukraine could lead to even more deaths from hunger far beyond the country’s borders as grain exports from the region grind to a halt and global food prices soar

How a disastrously expensive baseball signing gave his name to a new form of aleatoric art

If Hobbes is right, perhaps the only way to maintain peace is to have a powerful world organisation that can enforce international laws and punish states that break them

And, the West cannot risk letting the Russian dictator playing it

Paris St Germain's superstar project has failed and the fans are turning their fire on their expensive acquisitions

Public schools produced the prime minister and 64% of his shoddy cabinet. Finland, where all education is free, shames our system. It’s time for a change

Xi Jinping once called Vladimir Putin his best friend. But is their relationship cooling as he realises how much his country stands to lose over Ukraine?

The Home Office is in urgent need of fixing, and Priti Patel is not the woman for the task

Too many Russians have fallen for Putin’s propaganda over Ukraine. It won’t stop his regime falling apart – but that could take years

It is now blindingly obvious that the EU must step up and take responsibility for its own collective security, argues one reader

Rishi Sunak must accept that more borrowing and more spending are essential in his spring statement

The only brutal thing about Aldi and Lidl's expansion is the cut-price competition

The Godfather was hailed as a masterpiece from when it first aired 1972. And, it still is today

If we cut off Russian musicians indiscriminately, are we cutting off their right to the free speech over which this battle is essentially being fought?

There is joy and relief that the British citizens are finally on their way back from years of detention in Iran. But after Britain reportedly finally paid the debt it has owed Iran for decades, what was it all for?

Comedian MITCH BENN ponders why he seems to be the only commentator who hasn't been bought off by the Kremlin

The observation that military force has become less important in how nations wield power was more credible pre-invasion

Boris Johnson declared the UK is leading the way in its willingness to help refugees. Imagining then what Downing Street views as unwilling is incomprehensible