Europe

 A POCALYPSE WOMAN, particular and extremely feminine, but with a warrior nature that makes her different and unique: that’s the woman of Vladimiro Gioia for fall winter 2018. Wars are fought with hits of beauty and...

The “puppet chest” company located in the Bavarian city of Augsburg has been a part of many Germans’ childhood memories. After decades on German TV, it still enchants with theater, museum exhibits and feature films. Monday...

Theresa May was preparing to warn the EU that she would not sign up to “anything that threatens the constitutional integrity of the UK” as Boris Johnsonwas accused of hinting that a hard border could be reintroduced...

Shoppers in the Netherlands will get the chance to visit Europe’s first plastic-free supermarket aisle on Wednesday in what campaigners claim is an turning point in the war on plastic pollution. The store in Amsterdam will open its...

An alarming heatwave in the sunless winter Arctic is causing blizzards in Europe and forcing scientists to reconsider even their most pessimistic forecasts of climate change. Although it could yet prove to be a freak event, the primary...

Federal ministers must exercise restraint in disputes between parties, Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled. The complaint against Education Minister Johanna Wanka was brought by the far-right opposition AfD party. The Karlsruhe-based court ruled Tuesday that Wanka...

Student Anahita Rehbein from the southwestern city of Stuttgart won the Miss Germany 2018 competition on Saturday. “It is a dream come true for me. I could hug the whole world,” she said. The 23-year-old beat out...

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That quote, attributed alternately to the ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu and the Renaissance writer and philosopher Machiavelli, might have been on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mind on...

Arriving for a meeting with EU foreign ministers, Federica Mogherini, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, said Saturday’s UN resolution calling for a 30-day truce was a “necessary and encouraging step, but a first step.” “Now that resolution...

A confrontational film on intimacy and sex, “Touch Me Not” by Adina Pintilie won the most prestigious award of the Berlin International Film Festival. Silver Bears were also awarded in different categories. The Berlin International Film...