Changing gender identity: countries that make it easy
Spain has joined a small but growing club of nations that allow people to change their gender on their ID card through a simple administrative declaration.
50 years of EU expansion: who’s in and who wants to join?
The European Union, which will hold a summit with war-battered membership candidate Ukraine in Kyiv, has gone through several waves of expansion in the past 50 years.
Pension age, amount, spending: how France measures up
Why is France trying to reform its pension system and how does the retirement age of 62 compare with other European countries?
Growing concern over unseasonal warm spell in Europe
October morning temperatures topping 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in Spain may have brought cheer to the tourists, but they are provoking concern among environmentalists
Driest July in memory imperils Europe’s crops
As much of Europe bakes in a third heatwave since June, fears are growing that extreme drought driven by climate change in the continent's breadbasket nations will dent stable crop yields and deepen the cost-of-living crisis.
From Denmark to Portugal, Europe ups effort to quit Russian gas
In Denmark, large black pipes are about to be buried in a muddy trench, as construction of a gas pipeline from Norway to Poland resumes following Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Migrants: walls go up around Fortress Europe
Poland has started work on a €353 million wall along its frontier with Belarus. What other border barriers have sprung up across Europe, particularly since the migrant crisis of 2015
Tension in Spain over use of EU recovery funds
The Spanish government is increasingly under fire over its use of the EU's massive economic recovery funds, with critics blasting the distribution of aid as too slow and arbitrary
Spain leads calls for Covid-19 to be treated like flu
Spain is leading calls for governments to start tackling Covid-19 like any other endemic respiratory virus such as seasonal flu, despite WHO opposition and warnings that the approach is premature
Europe kicks off Covid vaccine drive for kids
Several European nations have started vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 in an effort to contain a raging pandemic and keep schools open, while others are still deciding their approach