Europe
Under Review
The Perils of Killing the Already Dead
Fear of what the dead might do to us didn’t start with Dracula, and it didn’t end with him, either.
Page-Turner
In Daniel Kehlmann’s Latest Novel, Everyone’s a Collaborator
“The Director” uses the filmmaking career of G. W. Pabst to map the moral and artistic disintegration of Nazi-occupied Europe.
The Sporting Scene
The Euros Are Like Europe, Only Better
Something is afoot in this tournament, a spectacle that has been explosively enjoyable and peppered with surprises.
The New Yorker Documentary
“Naya” Reconstructs a Celebrity Wolf’s Journey Through Europe
In Sebastian Mulder’s short documentary, a wild animal finds new territory that’s rife with prey and with human conflict.
Shouts & Murmurs
What I Imagine Every European Will Say to Me, an American, When I Explore Europe
“Holland is not the Netherlands,” “Sausages are an always food,” “Your houses are too big,” and other insights from the Continent.
Daily Comment
A “New Era” of NATO Expansion Deepens the Divide Between Russia and the West
Finland and Sweden will join the alliance, spurring debate about the move’s long-term consequences.
News Desk
What the U.S. Could Learn from Abortion Without Borders
A coalition across Europe is resisting Poland’s abortion ban. Its strategy could foreshadow activism in a post-Roe America.
Screening Room
International Coöperation in a Bakery, in “Refuge”
Two filmmakers who set out to make a film about refugees put aside the harrowing in favor of a slice of life.
Books
How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London
From banking to boarding schools, the British establishment has long been at their service, discretion guaranteed.
Comment
Volodymyr Zelensky Leads the Defense of Ukraine with His Voice
At the most consequential hour in Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a comedian has assumed the role of Winston Churchill.
Daily Comment
Pope Francis Is Still Trying to Call Attention to the Migrant Crisis
World leaders have drawn together to combat climate change and COVID, Francis noted, but little has been done to help migrants.
Daily Comment
What Angela Merkel Left Behind
She was the first woman to hold the office of Chancellor—and the first postwar Chancellor to leave the office on her own terms.
A Reporter at Large
The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe
Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the E.U. has created a shadow immigration system that captures them before they reach its shores, and sends them to brutal Libyan detention centers run by militias.
Letter from Europe
The Uncertain Fate of an Alpine Mountain Lodge
Because of melting glaciers, the Rifugio Guide del Cervino, a rustic hangout for skiers and mountaineers, may be located in Italy, Switzerland, or both.
A Reporter at Large
How a Syrian War Criminal and Double Agent Disappeared in Europe
In the bloody civil war, Khaled al-Halabi switched sides. But what country does he really serve?
Q. & A.
Why Conservatives Around the World Have Embraced Hungary’s Viktor Orbán
A sociologist explains why the country’s Prime Minister is “the ultimate twenty-first-century dictator.”
Letter from the U.K.
Enjoying the Plotless Fever Dream of Euro 2020
With COVID on the rise again in Europe, fans pack the stands for shockingly good soccer matches.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
For Biden, Trump Is an Easy Act to Follow in Europe
But no amount of rallying the allies is going to make it easy to meet with Vladimir Putin.
The Sporting Scene
The Audacity and Greed of the Super League
The point of the European Super League was clear: to enshrine a permanent, immovable ruling class of soccer clubs based not on performance but on brand recognition.