Italy’s first report on Catholic clerical sex abuse finds more than 60 cases
Investigators into Catholic clerical sex abuse warn of ‘dark field’ beyond cases examined
Are centre-right parties in Europe opening the door to far-right populists?
In Austria, Sweden and Finland, conservative parties are making Faustian pacts with their more extreme opponents
Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning ‘the centre cannot hold’
Liberal democratic leaders out or embattled in office; the right on the rise ... Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning that ‘the centre cannot hold’
German opposition leader’s hopes of becoming chancellor hang in the balance as economic plan fails to convince
For long-time Berlin watchers, the most likely electoral outcome is a return to the Merkel era with another CDU-SPD grand coalition
Musk says ‘things will get much worse’ for Germany unless voters rally behind far-right party
Billionaire made comments in live-streamed conversation with Alternative for Germany’s co-leader Alice Weidel on X
Austrian far-right leader demands coalition talks with ‘no tricks’
Herbert Kickl says he is ready for talks with centre-right People’s Party, 100 days after his Freedom Party topped polls in election
Angry Austrian protests as far-right leader begins coalition talks
Reversal of position by Austria’s president sets stage for nationalist, Eurosceptic Freedom Party led by Herbert Kickl to be senior coalition partner
Austrian far-right party poised for power after centrist coalition talks collapse
Freedom Party led by Herbert Kickl set to be senior coalition partner after poll-topping election win
Musicals for grown ups: Stephen Sondheim presents ‘life deconstructed and laid bare, in all its confusion and disarray’
Queen’s University Belfast academic Richard Schoch says the American composer’s works are high art that explore the human condition with precision, and remain fresh for each new generation
As Dublin stagnates, Warsaw reinvents itself as a modern European capital
The Polish capital has metamorphosed from a grey postwar wasteland to a colourful, citizen-friendly city building for the future with public spaces and metro lines
Magdeburg city authorities and police in blame game over security breach at Christmas market
Leaked security plan shows original emergency entrance used by driver was to be 4m wide and blocked at all times - but in reality it was 6m wide
The old order of globalisation may be collapsing – and bringing Germany with it
German car giants, threatened by Chinese rival, employ 7% of total workforce and contribute about 5% of the annual tax take
German police facing claims of missed opportunities to collar Magdeburg-attack suspect
Officers unable to locate eventual suspect at workplace, a hospital near Magdeburg, and failed to follow up, according to media reports
Flowers, candles and a deathly silence at Magdeburg Christmas market
Police holding a ‘completely atypical’ suspect after Friday’s tragedy that killed five people and left many others in critical condition
German authorities received multiple warnings over Christmas market attack suspect
Nine-year-old boy and four women were killed by man who drove car into a market in Magdeburg on Friday