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European newspapers give ample space to a meeting later in the day between Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, and Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president. The two leaders,...

European markets rally after yesterday's losses; diplomatic activity over Syria gaining speed. European markets rallied this morning after losses of some 4% in trading on...

Riots in London and tumbling stock markets. The spread of rioting and looting across the UK dominate the front pages of most European newspapers today.

Spain's prime minister returns from holiday early, while Silvio Berlusconi seeks to allay market fears. Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, has called...

Former European commissioner returns to Brussels. Welcome back to Günter Verheugen, who was a European commissioner from 1999-2010, and has since become non-executive...

It is impossible to prevent future economic crises, but it is possible for European decision-makers to minimise the damage. “Never again” is the mantra that many...

There are a few possible benefits, though all of them could disappear. Are things really as bad as they seem in the European Union? Or are we allowing the mood, as well as...

Volcanic eruption is proving a major test for EU law, while many travellers have still not returned home. Some airline passengers are still stuck on the other side of the...

The US ambassador to the EU has close ties to Obama and a background in telecommunications. US President Barack Obama may have come to power talking of overcoming domestic...

The slow pace of reform and poor relations between Bosnia's Serbs and the international community have held back the country's bid to join the EU. “Every elected political...

The next city to host a meeting of the G20 is at the forefront of ‘green' building design. In September the leaders of the world's 20 major economies go to Pittsburgh,...

Crescent & Star is a book about a country that has seen major upheaval in recent years – and will face many more changes in the future. It is open to debate whether Turkey...

From the Philippines to Egypt and Mali, this is a colourful description of how the US has attempted to ‘democratise' the world. US President George W. Bush's soaring...

The days of American indifference to global warming should soon be over. Whether it is Barack Obama or John McCain who becomes the 44th president of the US, the days of...

The co-ordinated international effort to reassure the markets and to put a floor under the market has so far failed, with Wall Street suffering its biggest fall since the...

How to lose friends and alienate people. If it had been cooked up in the Kremlin department of fiendishly clever geopolitical plots it could hardly be more damaging. First,...

The memoirs of the UN's former chief war-crimes prosecutor are generating lurid headlines, but its true value lies in what it will tell historians and what it reveals about...

France's initiative may be the best chance in decades to make real progress in defining European and transatlantic defence, but there are limits. If Nicolas Sarkozy,...

The Czech humourist Karel Capek saw himself as the defender of a kaleidoscope of distinct, miniature worlds. “The creator of Europe,” he wrote in a letter to the New York...

During the Second World War Finland committed the cardinal error of making an alliance with Hitler to fight Soviet Russia. It was what the English call “Hobson's choice”....