IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

How should one handle the 47th U.S. president? Kiss the ring, resist, offer deals and wait for exhaustion to set in.

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Europe logistic projects since the Chinese Belt Road. Ukraine and Italy will play a part in the India-Middle ...

Spain attracted one of the highest numbers of international tourists last year, and its economic growth has left the UK and ...

By contrast, the German economy contracted by 0.2% in 2024, while France grew by 1.1%, Italy by 0.5%, and the UK by an ...

Over the past few weeks the new US president, Donald Trump, has repeatedly claimed that the United States should “take back” ...

At a gathering in Madrid, members of Europe’s far-right parties set aside any trepidation they might have about President ...

The Six Nations wooden spoon is heading Wales’ way again after it lost to Italy 22-15 and earned more unwanted records in ...

How the worldwide clampdown after the 9/11 attacks had deepened problems for illegal migrants from Punjab, with many being detained or deported ...

A 47-year-old Ukrainian who terrorized the Romans was expelled from the Italian capital.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Europe's longest-serving head of government – and the most polarizing. In an NZZ ...