Europe

Once the rockets are up

Vladimir Putin fires a new missile to amplify his nuclear threats

The attack on Ukraine is part of a new era of missile warfare

Charlemagne

A rise in antisemitism puts Europe’s liberal values to the test

The return of Europe’s oldest scourge

The Germans don’t do it better

Once dominant, Germany is now desperate

As an election looms its business model is breaking down

German election 2025

Germany election 2025 tracker: who’s ahead in the polls?

Follow the latest voting intention ahead of the election

Attack ’em

Ukraine can, at last, use its Western missiles inside Russia

Joe Biden wants to send North Korea a message

The struggle with Russia

Ukraine’s secret army in France

A new force is being marshalled to take on the Kremlin’s men

An imploding star

Italy’s oddest political party is splitting

Six years ago it was Italy’s biggest

Sexy at 60

How older French women are redefining the aesthetics of ageing

Wrinkles could once wreck a public career in France. Not any more

Dividing dodgy spoils

The war in Ukraine has rattled both sides of Cyprus

Russians and Ukrainians have both used the island as a banking haven: not so easy now

Kanzlerdämmerung

The sun begins to set on Olaf Scholz’s chancellorship

The contours of Germany’s coming election campaign are coming into view

Charlemagne

Elon Musk threatens to widen the rift between Europe and America

Musk is from Mars, Europe is from Venus

The war in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky faces a power struggle in 2025

As morale ebbs in Ukraine there is talk of a change at the top