Europe

Western leaders agree harsh economic sanctions as a deterrent to aggression from Moscow

Christmas party linked to dozens of cases of the new Covid-19 variant in Norwegian capital

New government expected to be sworn in next week, signalling end of Angela Merkel’s 16-year rule

Prime minister insists the levy for unjabbed over-60s is ‘health fee’ rather than ‘punishment’

Social Democrat positioned himself as the outgoing chancellor’s ‘natural heir’

The Scandinavian nation has world-beating green credentials – but it is also a fossil fuel giant

Political ‘bulldozer’ hits the skids as Green Party quits governing coalition

Experts question claim that Oxford-developed jab has saved Britain from Europe’s high hospitalisation rates

Tens of thousands rally in violent demonstrations against new Covid-19 restrictions

Restrictions have returned in several European countries as high infection rate sweeps the continent

Dictator forced to find shelter for tens of thousands of stranded asylum seekers

‘Unprecedented’ measures introduced as country records highest infections in western Europe

Democracy is at risk in the Balkan nation, Croatian foreign minister warns

Angela Merkel urges faster jab rollout as incidence rate passes 300 for first time

Duchess of Cornwall marks Armistice Day at Westminster Abbey

Hospitals overwhelmed as jab scepticism undermines efforts to end pandemic

Around 4,000 companies have set up shop in member state since UK left EU, prime minister says

Warsaw fears escalation of armed conflict as hundreds of migrants try to enter EU

Johnson insists the UK’s position on licences granted to small French fishing vessels has not changed

Chinese institutes come under scrutiny as German publisher claims Xi Jinping is ‘sacrosanct and beyond discussion’

Award licences to skippers not boats to unlock talks, French officials say

Social Democrat Andy Grote’s complaint about offensive tweet triggered police raid

Germany and Poland boost border patrols as Minsk hits back at sanctions

Government in talks to sell missiles to ​​Kiev in first ever arms deal

Peter Marki-Zay selected to lead unified diverse opposition against strongman leader

Rumours of ‘Polexit’ fizzling out – but a ‘dirty remain’ could be worse

Corruption scandal forces star of European centre-right out of chancellery – again

Landmark report estimates around 330,000 children were abused by clergymen and officials between 1950 and 2020

Brussels offers better-than-expected proposals for the Northern Ireland Protocol

Suspect appears to have carried out an ‘act of terror’, security services say

The ‘new face’ of the far-right is tipped to supplant Marine Le Pen as main threat to Emmanuel Macron

President rushed into intensive care following defeat of populist PM Andrej Babis

Constitutional tribunal rules that bloc’s laws are incompatible with national government

It could be a protracted wait to find out what form Germany’s next government will take