Five years after the fire at Notre-Dame, the iconic cathedral in Paris now has a roof and a tower again. The reconstruction is almost complete in what is no less than a national tour de force that has led to rare unity in a divided republic.

Around 30 percent of the Latvian population are Russian speakers. The government believes they could provide Vladimir Putin with a bridgehead into the country. The atmosphere is growing tense.

Almost 50 people have recently died in drug-related violence in Marseille – even as ever more people are moving there. The government is investing billions in the city, but can it still be saved?

Too little and too outdated: If the United States were to abandon its protection of Europe, the German arsenal of weapons would barely be enough to defend the country. Companies like Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann are trying to change the stat...

The EU has placed a Russian internet billionaire on its sanctions list who has criticized Putin's war and turned his back on his home country. Do the punitive measures go too far in cases like his?

For years, the number of homeless people has been rising in Europe. But not in Finland. The country's Housing First program aims to eliminate the problem by 2027. But how?

A bad joke? A pillar of democracy? A museum to past glory? Opinions differ on what, exactly, Britain's House of Lords is. Many would like to see it abolished. But is that such a good idea?

The centrist People's Party has ruled in South Tyrol since 1948. Now, though, the provincial governor is forming a coalition with the post-fascist party Fratelli d'Italia. Many are concerned that it could provide a blueprint for similar partnerships ...

The pilot program in an Austrian town that offers a job to any unemployed person who wants one was widely viewed as a success story. So, why is its future now in question?

A Libyan militia belonging to the warlord Khalifa Haftar hunts down refugees in the Mediterranean and drags them to Libya. DER SPIEGEL reporting shows how Frontex and Maltese officials are involved.

They freeze to death in the forests and drown in the rivers: Many of the migrants who die on the Balkan route are never identified. Relatives are desperately searching for certainty – and some even have to pay bribes to get access to the morgues.

A division has run through France since the Hamas massacre of October 7. The number of anti-Semitic attacks on Jews has risen dramatically. But their top representative, Yonathan Arfi, refuses to hide.

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk appears set to become the country's next leader. With his likely election, it appears possible that a major bastion of right-wing populism in Europe has fallen.

With few controls in place and a lack of transparency, Dutch politician Sophie in’t Veld warns in an interview that the surveillance industry in Europe operates largely without limits. She firmly believes democracy is facing a serious peril.

A clash last week between Kosovo police and Serbian fighters resulted in four deaths and growing fears of renewed conflict. Can the worst still be avoided?

The president of the powerful European Council would like to see Ukraine become an EU member state as soon as possible. In an interview, Charles Michel says that although it won't be easy, Brussels can't afford to lose any more time.

Giorgia Meloni began her career as a fan of Italy's right-wing dictator Benito Mussolini. Her domestic policies are nationalist and far from inclusive. But on the international stage, she plays a moderate. Which is the real Meloni?

In April 2008, NATO deliberated on admitting Ukraine as a new member as a show of strength against Vladimir Putin. Washington favored the move, but the Germans thwarted the plan. A reconstruction of a decision that ended in disaster.

As the climate warms, Copenhagen is likely to see more torrential rain storms like the one that inundated the city in 2011. Since then, the Danish capital has taken action, redesigning parks and streets to quickly drain away vast amounts of water.

It's a spy thriller that has the potential to change the course of international politics: A year ago, a secret commando blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Since then, investigators have been searching for the perpetrators. The lead...