Europe
The long road to peace
Turkey could soon strike a historic peace deal with the Kurds
But many pitfalls lie ahead
Spanish floods
Floods in Spain cause death and devastation
The storms resulting from the seasonal “cold drop” are strengthened by global warming
Survival mode
Ukraine is now struggling to cling on, not to win
Russia is slicing through Ukrainian defences in parts of the battlefield
Georgia’s election
Georgia’s ruling party crushes the country’s European dream
Russia gloats, while the opposition and the president allege massive fraud
Country cuisine
The world’s most improbable smash-hit cooking show
It’s notching up billions of YouTube views
Charlemagne
Angela who? Merkel’s legacy looks increasingly terrible
16 years of no reforms are taking a toll on Germany and Europe
The disrupter-in-chief
Germany’s populist superstar demands peace with Russia
In an interview Sahra Wagenknecht trashes the consensus on Ukraine—and much more
Blood brothers
North Korea is sending thousands of soldiers to help Vladimir Putin
It shows how far Russia has fallen as a strategic power
The tightrope walker
Giorgia Meloni would make Machiavelli proud
Italy’s prime minister is far more popular than Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz
The other Russian soldiers
The foreigners fighting and dying for Vladimir Putin
Many were tricked into the war in Ukraine
Weekend profile
Maia Sandu, Moldova’s president, dares to stand up to Russia
It will try but may fail to stymie her in an election and referendum this weekend
Reclaiming the centre
Poland’s new modern-art museum wants to give the capital a fresh look
Warsaw smooths its rugged historical edges