
Rising unemployment is pushing Germany’s unemployment insurance fund towards a deficit of €5bn–€8bn. The shortfall comes against a…

When a police force's mistakes always appear to err in the same direction, questions begin to arise about whether they are really …

Markets continue to celebrate record highs, but growing numbers of analysts see a widening gap between asset prices and economic r…

For years, Germany has cultivated the story of a skills shortage. In some professions, the problem is real and severe. Yet three m…

Across Europe, voters look to their politicians and wonder where the great men of history have gone. The answer might lie in voter…

Germany is set to require streaming services and broadcasters to invest a fixed share of their domestic revenues in German and Eur…

PSG won the greatest title in the club’s history. Yet in Paris, it was not the boulevards that celebrated, but the banlieues, as m…

Beijing was briefly the center of world politics in May, hosting first Donald Trump and then Vladimir Putin within the space of a …

German media regulators want approved Public Value journalism to receive greater prominence on social platforms. Presented as a wa…

The number of babies born to couples with one or more parents born outside the UK rose sharply to 40% in 2025, as birth rates cont…

The EU’s party watchdog is targeting Europe of Sovereign Nations, the European political party co-founded by Germany’s AfD. At sta…

The Scottish National Party remains the dominant force behind Scotland’s push for independence, but the scandal over missing refer…

Alexis Tsipras is back with a new left-wing party. The former Greek prime minister is offering familiar political remedies, but Gr…

Greenland has not made its peace with Denmark's colonial past. But faced with the prospect of American annexation, many islanders …

The Priestly Fraternity of St Pius X is pressing ahead with episcopal ordinations without a papal mandate, exposing deeper tension…

While the stereotype of AI companions is that they are used by lonely, single men, a new study suggests their use is higher among …

When EU judges rule that Poland must recognize same-sex marriages contracted abroad, Zakopane Mayor Lukasz Filipowicz offers a pla…

The 2026 World Cup will bring millions of visitors, short-term jobs, bookings and payments to host cities across the United States…

Donald Trump is set to decide on a deal with Iran that could end months of conflict, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and determine the…

The most extreme climate scenario is being pushed out of the center of climate research and policy planning. The forecast that pol…

US lawsuits claim some doctors approved irreversible sex reassignment procedures without proper assessments. Detransitioners seek …

A Belgian court has convicted former MP Dries Van Langenhove of hate speech. The reasoning reaches far beyond the case itself: the…

The European Commission will unlock €16.4bn in frozen EU funds for Hungary after reform progress under Peter Magyar’s new governme…

Analysts expect the labor market situation in China to worsen. Factories are facing higher costs as a result of the war in Iran, t…

Net migration could absorb almost half of England’s new housing supply, deepening pressure on a Labour government already struggli…

The German chancellor’s proposal to make Ukraine an associate member of the European Union keeps alive the hollow promise of Kyiv’…