Europe

Flight of the white coats
Why Balkan doctors head for western Europe

Corruption bedevils those who remain in Romania

Charlemagne
Sprechen Sie Tory?

British Tories and European Christian Democrats don’t get each other. Hence the Brexit shambles

Living on a prayer
The Vatican’s finances have been squeezed by covid-19

But they are so opaque it is impossible to say how badly

Ghost towns and grievances
Azeris return to their ruined old homes

It will be hard to soften the hatred between Armenians and Azeris

Locked and loaded
The EU gives itself a weapon to battle against rule-of-law violations

But will it use it?

Unchained Meloni
The Brothers of Italy are on a roll

Might they team up with the Northern League to form a government of the hard right?

Coming soon
Europe prepares for its first batches of covid-19 vaccines

But supplies and uptake are both uncertain

In vino, virus
The joys and perils of Glühwein gatherings in Germany

Covid-19 cases are rising fast

Diluting the cleanser
The next Romanian government’s weak mandate for fighting corruption

The election result is unlikely to make the country any cleaner

Charlemagne
Why is Europe so riddled with vaccine scepticism?

Anti-vaxxers could hinder the struggle against covid-19

A deal at last
The EU at last agrees on its covid-19 fund and seven-year budget

There was progress on rule-of-law issues, though less than many had hoped

The republic strikes back
Emmanuel Macron unveils a controversial bill to fight Islamism

It will go to parliament next year