EuropeAnalysis
ECB holds rates as euro-area growth stalls
Rates on hold for a third meeting as manufacturing contracts.
Europe
EU, UK, the Balkans and the rest of non-CIS Europe.
EuropeAnalysis
EU leaders weigh a staged path to membership for Ukraine and Moldova
A proposal circulating before the December summit would open parts of the single market to candidates long before full accession. Supporters call it realism; critics call it a waiting room.
Security & DefenseAnalysis
NATO’s eastern flank turns to air defence as a shared priority
Frontline allies argue that integrated air and missile defence is now the alliance’s most urgent capability gap.
Global EconomyAnalysis
Shipping insurance costs ripple through European supply chains
Higher premiums on key routes are showing up in the prices of goods that rarely make headlines.
Security & DefenseAnalysis
The Arctic becomes a test of the new great-power rivalry
Melting ice is opening routes and resources, and drawing navies into waters that were long a zone of cooperation.
Global EconomyAnalysis
The ECB’s quiet case for patience on interest rates
Policymakers are signalling they would rather move too late than reverse course.
Security & DefenseAnalysis
Europe’s defence industry struggles to scale up artillery output
Orders are flowing, but factories, supply chains and skilled workers take years to expand.
Culture & SocietyAnalysis
How Europe’s far-right parties learned to speak to young voters
Short video, cost-of-living messages and a softer tone have changed who turns up at the ballot box.
Culture & SocietyAnalysis
Digital nomad visas and the politics of housing in southern Europe
Schemes designed to attract remote workers now sit at the centre of local anger over rents.
EuropeAnalysis
Ukraine’s accession talks: the negotiating chapters that matter most
Agriculture, state aid and the rule of law will decide the pace, not summit declarations.