Europe

Cruelty on demand? Outrage over livestreamed death of F...

Humans enjoying the suffering of others is as old as the ancient Romans baying f...

A Pro&Russian government in Moldova will facilitate off...

Moldovan authorities have denounced what they call “unprecedented” Russian inter...

Ukraine admits Russian army has entered central Dniprop...

Ukraine admitted for the first time on Tuesday that Russian forces had entered t...

Macron, Merz, Tusk to visit Moldova to back its 'securi...

The leaders of France, Germany and Poland are to visit Moldova on August 27 in a...

'Netanyahu not under pressure from US, Mideast, Int'l c...

Protesters in Israel on Tuesday torched tires, blocked highways and clamored for...

'If Iran could invite IAEA back to doing what it was do...

Senior officials from Iran and Europe's top three powers are meeting in Geneva t...

Belgium revolutionises status of sex workers, but not e...

On December 1, 2024, Belgium became the first European country to regulate prost...

Human ancestor Lucy gets first European showing in Prague

The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely le...

Does a new far&left splinter party spell bad news for S...

It's always exciting when a new party bubbles up in Sweden, even if they tend to...

Swedish parties agree to raise pensions when economy is...

All of Sweden's parliamentary parties have agreed to introduce a 'gas pedal' to ...

Swedish word of the day: kavaj

Today’s Swedish word of the day is kavaj, the word for a blazer or suit jacket, ...

Arts & activism: Every human has 'a right and respo...

As the legendary Nigerian artist Fela Kuti once declared, “Music is our weapon,”...

The Bright Side: 3&million&year&old remains of human an...

The  ancient remains of the human ancestor Lucy, who lived 3.18 million years ag...

French suspension of US package deliveries over tariffs...

France’s state-owned La Poste suspended the shipment of business parcels to the ...

French academic Vinatier faces fresh espionage charges ...

A Russian court is set to announce new espionage charges on Monday against a Fre...

Spain: Europe's leader in wastewater recycling

Spain recycles 15 percent of its wastewater, compared to less than 1 percent in ...

TELL US: What are your experiences of retraining in Swe...

Sweden's tradition of adult education goes back at least 150 years and the count...

'We are devastated': Volvo engineer’s family forced out...

José Naves Moura Neto, a Brazilian IT engineer working at Volvo, tells The Local...

UK promises to improve 'broken' asylum system amid wave...

As anti-migrant protests continued outside hotels housing asylum seekers on Sund...

Ukraine's security gurantees top the agenda on its inde...

As Ukraine on Sunday marked its independence day, the focus was on security guar...

'Low key atmosphere' as Ukraine celebrates independence...

Ukraine launched a wave of drone strikes on Russia Sunday, triggering a fire at ...

34 years ago, the making of an independent Ukraine

In 1991, in response to a coup attempt by hardline Communist leaders attempting ...

Wooden Swedish church successfully relocated

The 113-year-old Kiruna Church in northern Sweden has completed its 5km relocati...

Is Trump’s Ukraine gambit 'sending a signal to the worl...

Ukraine launched a wave of drone strikes on Russia, triggering a fire at a nucle...

Ukraine marks its independence day as peace push shows ...

Ukraine celebrated its independence from the Soviet Union Sunday, three and a ha...

The Bright Side: Welsh corgis from all over Europe go h...

They may have little legs, but the corgi dogs taking part in this year's race ha...

Downed Ukrainian drone causes short&lived fire at Russi...

A Ukrainian drone shot down by Russian air defence systems caused a short-lived ...

Bosnia's Serbian statelet calls referendum on federal c...

Lawmakers in Bosnia's Serb-dominated region of Republika Srpska voted on August ...

'You go to Ukraine': Paris summons Italian ambassador a...

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini made mocking remarks toward French ...

So you moved to Sweden. Are you an immigrant, a foreign...

Ex-national security chief on trial, and the words we use for people who have mo...

Inside Sweden: When does summer in Sweden actually end?

The Local's Deputy Editor Becky Waterton rounds up the biggest stories of the we...

Russia rejects Zelensky talks, Trump says setting up su...

Russia on Friday ruled out an immediate meeting between President Vladimir Putin...

Mosquito&borne diseases: 'As world warms, parasites, di...

Europe has registered a record number of outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses s...

War in Ukraine: Russia says European troops in Ukraine ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday the presence of European tr...

Bayeux Tapestry not too fragile to loan to UK, French o...

A petition to block France from transporting the medieval Bayeux Tapestry to the...

The Bright Side: Panda twins Leni and Lotti celebrate f...

Meng Hao and Meng Tian, better known as Leni and Lotti, were born at the Berlin ...

French, German post offices restrict package deliveries...

French and German postal services on Friday announced restrictions on the delive...

Wildfires keep raging across Iberian peninsula

Wildfires continue to devastate Portugal and Spain, with nearly 300,000 hectares...

MAP: What income do you need to buy a house in each Swe...

The middle-class Swedish dream of 'Villa, Volvo, Vovve' (detached house, Volvo, ...

'Unfair privilege': Flights in Europe up to 26 times ch...

Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has slammed the fact that budget flights...

Swedish jihadist appeals life term for Jordan pilot bur...

Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem on Thursday appealed a life sentence handed down i...

Macrons' defamation suit designed to 'deter' Owens from...

In a dramatic legal salvo, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitt...

Ukrainian national arrested over 2022 Nord Stream pipel...

Italian authorities have arrested a Ukrainian national suspected of coordinating...

'Hugely disappointed': EU gets 15% tariff on cars but f...

The US and EU unveiled details of a trade deal Thursday lowering tariffs on Euro...

'Shocking, not surprising': Death of French influencer ...

French authorities are investigating the death of a man during a live video stre...

Italy arrests Ukrainian suspected of involvement in Nor...

Italian police said Thursday they had arrested a Ukrainian man suspected of bein...

Russia launches hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukra...

Russia lauched hundreds of missles and drones at Ukraine in an overnight attack,...

'Power of the regulator: Holding platforms to account w...

French streamer Raphaël Graven, 46, known as Jean Pormanove on social media, die...

War in Ukraine: Russia says European troops in Ukraine ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday the presence of European tr...

What we know about Sweden's delayed plans for tougher w...

The year-long disagreement among the government parties on whether to raise the ...