Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete culture europe ireland media music theguardian.com-
‘Embodying the zeitgeist more than ever’: German sitcom character Stromberg revived for Merz era culture comedy films europe germany social media theguardian.com-
Folktales review – taking on tyranny of social media as teens learn to live like hunter-gatherers culture documentary films europe film society theguardian.com-
Frozen-in tenor: Italian mayor apologises over Pavarotti statue stuck in ice rink culture europe theguardian.com-
I Only Rest in the Storm review – beguiling postcolonial blues in Guinea-Bissau culture africa drama films europe film life and style theguardian.com-
Bridge to the past: JR to wrap Pont Neuf again, 40 years after artistic forebears culture art art and design europe france theguardian.com-
Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers culture books europe theguardian.com-
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88 culture broadway comedy europe film theguardian.com-
New film adaptation of Camus’s L’Étranger opens old colonial wounds culture books europe film france theguardian.com-
‘Is this doable?’: why political paralysis threatens an ambitious Brussels arts complex culture art art and design europe heritage theguardian.com-
Troll 2 review – mythical Scandi-kaiju runs amok in mayhem-filled mockbuster culture action and adventure films europe film media theguardian.com-
‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future culture europe theguardian.com-
‘No topic is too difficult’: children’s series on life in communist East Germany wins an Emmy culture europe germany television television radio theguardian.com-
Four more people arrested in connection with Louvre heist culture europe france museums theguardian.com-
Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81 culture europe film germany theguardian.com-
‘An inner duty’: the 35-year quest to bring Bach’s lost organ works to light culture classical music europe germany music theguardian.com-
‘We’ve got to release the dead hand of the past’: how Ireland created the world’s best alternative music scene culture europe hip hop indie ireland theguardian.com-
‘Suffering, betrayal, impending doom’: Spain’s alienated youth – in pictures culture art and design europe photography theguardian.com-
Angoulême comics festival in crisis as creators and publishers declare boycott culture books europe france theguardian.com-