THE EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT

AUGUST 6. 2026

The politics of street art

The city of Brussels spends around €100,000 a year on new murals through its “Call to Walls” programme and sponsors graffiti walking tours.

AUGUST 5. 2026

In Sweden, crime prevention is spelled “football”

Since 2006, so-called night-time football has given some of Sweden's most vulnerable young people somewhere to go after dark.

AUGUST 4. 2026

We need to talk about mosquitoes

Latvia’s mosquito season started late this year. It was an unusually peaceful, bite-free month of June. But around Midsummer , they finally arrived.

AUGUST 3. 2026

Europe's “fur baby” boom

The mall near my house once had a large shop for children's toys and school supplies. One year, it was replaced by a huge, thriving pet accessories store.

If AI made it, it better say so

It’s easy to guess that AI made a video of singing cats or that an AI chatbot is talking us through a customer service problem.

JULY 31. 2026

Young “Kyiv Bats” are helping rebuild the Ukrainian capital

A horrific tragedy occurred in Kyiv on 14 May, when an X-101 missile struck a nine-story residential building in the Darnytskyi district during Russia's…

JULY 30. 2026

One language, four names, and how many translators exactly?

No country is closer to joining the European Union than Montenegro.

JULY 29. 2026

Coral reefs are tougher than we thought

Coral reefs are small but mighty: covering less than 1% of the ocean floor, they support a quarter of all marine species.

JULY 28. 2026

High altitude, low waste

If you're a regular summer hiker, you know the drill: everything that goes up must come down.

JULY 27. 2026

What are EU politicians up to this summer?

Today, the European Parliament goes into its annual summer break until 21 August.

JULY 24. 2026

Why don't we just grow more tofu?

Walk into a German supermarket looking for tofu, and you may find an empty shelf with a price tag still lingering. Germany is experiencing waves of to

Sharing a plate of pasta against fascism

Planning to eat pasta with friends this Saturday? Perfect timing. Tomorrow, 25 July, sharing a plate of pasta together is actually a way of rememberin

JULY 23. 2026

No more social media for French kids

What happened: On Tuesday, France became the first EU country to approve a ban on social media for children under 15. “I committed to it, and n

How European tax systems favour gas over electricity

Currently, electricity is more than twice as expensive as gas for direct use in all EU member states except Finland and S