A kick in the teethAt French insistence, the Macedonians are left out in the coldThe Albanians tooprint-edition iconOct 24
Nitro dissidentsA tiny environmental group wins a huge victoryThe Netherlands is struggling to deal with nitrogen pollutionprint-edition iconOct 24
The Visegrad FourCan the good run of central Europe’s economies last?The extremely open economies are vulnerable to external shocksprint-edition iconOct 24
Digging up a dictatorFranco’s exhumation is both historical duty and electoral stuntSpain has yet to agree on its pastprint-edition iconOct 24
End of the roadGerman Greens push for speed limitsSooner or later, they are probably coming to the AutobahnOct 21
No spoils for ViktorWhy Hungary’s ruling party lost BudapestNot all the capital’s media are owned by the prime minister’s croniesprint-edition iconOct 17
Dreams and nightmaresCatalan nationalists protest as their leaders are jailed for seditionThe Spanish Supreme Court imposes harsh prison sentencesprint-edition iconOct 17
ExplosiveA Nobel prize for a writer some call an apologist for genocidePeter Handke, the 2019 literature laureate, spoke at a warlord’s funeralprint-edition iconOct 17
Zlotys for tots win lots of votesPoland’s ruling populists win againLavish welfare and a divided opposition keep Law and Justice in powerprint-edition iconOct 17
CharlemagneUrsula von der Leyen’s bumpy startWhy the incoming boss of the European Commission is strugglingprint-edition iconOct 17
Easy does itItaly sends a sensible budget to BrusselsAll much less confrontational now that Matteo Salvini is out of governmentOct 16
Dreams and nightmaresCatalan nationalists protest as their leaders are jailed for seditionThe Spanish Supreme Court imposes long prison sentences on Catalan separatistsOct 14
An enemy withinFrance is shaken by the murder of four police officersAlarming details emerge about a bloody killingprint-edition iconOct 10