Europe

Upcoming documentary claims Louvre was urged to lie about world’s most expensive painting

150 years ago, a socialist-inspired uprising briefly transformed the French capital, before it was ruthlessly crushed

Kiev calls on UK and Nato for support as Moscow builds up its military on border

EU’s Covid jabs crisis claims first major political scalp

Fresh lockdown measures imposed across continent as mutant Covid strains cause spike in infections

Ban on export of Covid jabs to Britain threatens to slow campaign to inoculate population

More than half of people in France, Germany and Spain believe jab is unsafe

Government set to move migrants out of 58 neighbourhoods to cut risk of ‘religious and cultural parallel societies’

Is the Good Friday Agreement unravelling? How much of a threat are AI deepfakes? And can we really now see round corners?

Tensions over Covid vaccine supplies have escalated into a battle of words between Brussels and London after Ursula von der Leyen threatened to use emergency powers to ban exports of the jabs to the UK

European safety concerns over vaccine remain despite positive data from UK campaign

Voters punish chancellor’s party amid slow Covid vaccine rollout and face mask scandal

Commission points out that system for sharing doses has been ‘well known for months’

Nine European nations pausing jab campaigns amid unproven blood clot fears

Why are we only now learning about France’s atomic legacy? Is social networking changing the rental market. And why are migrants leaving the UK?

Dominic Raab moves to ‘set the record straight’ after accusation by European Council president

Findings pave way for more than 100,000 people affected by carcinogenic fallout to claim compensation

Berlin rolling out UK-developed jab to over-65s after doubts about efficacy disproved

EU threatens legal action over UK plan to unilaterally delay parts of Brexit deal

Coronavirus-detecting canines could pave the way to easing restrictions on large gatherings

A quarter of a million doses will not be delivered after continental export blockade

Bombing of Covid test centre near Amsterdam follows widespread protests in January

Case filed in Germany accuses Saudi crown prince of ‘crimes against humanity’ over persecution of journalists

Former French president sentenced to jail after being convicted of attempted bribery

Austria and Denmark among member states negotiating separate deals to accelerate Covid jab rollouts

Europeans look to Russia and China, as well as private fraudsters, for much-needed doses

European leaders holding emergency meeting as calls for urgent action grow

Regional divisions and flawed reporting of deaths put EU nation at the top of the table nobody wants to lead

People in Germany and France are refusing to be inoculated with the UK-developed vaccine

Row over allegations of extremism in universities stokes growing culture war

PM calls on Europe to deploy its ‘collective ingenuity’ to speed up vaccine development

Ernst August of Hanover has launched legal bid to regain control of ancestral seat from state

Demand comes as Viktor Orban strips last independent radio station of broadcast license

Germany and Austria mandate use of expensive FFP2 masks while WHO backs fabric coverings