THE EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT

JULY 1. 2026

Off to the gluten-free paradise

For Iva, 29, life has changed drastically since she was diagnosed with coeliac disease about a year ago. Eating out, heating up meals at work, or cook

How to keep cool in a hot Europe

In much of Europe, record-high temperatures became the norm last week. Thermometers climbed over 40C in cities that rarely exceeded 30C until recently

JUNE 30. 2026

Why so slow if so effective

The Save the Homes consortium spent three and a half years working with families in Rotterdam and Valencia to renovate their homes. The project, coord

JUNE 29. 2026

Salmon poop is choking Norway’s fjords

It’s as if the equivalent of the entire Australian population – almost 30 million people – relieved themselves directly into Norwegian fjords. That’s

Oops, Europe's lifelines are too old

Since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Europeans have paid more for their electricity – except in Spain. The average Spanish householdhas actuall

An entire neighbourhood without a single permit

The unauthorised building site is inside an EU-protected Natura 2000 site in Baba Alino, near Varna. More than 300 cubic meters of protected forests w

The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting

Yesterday evening, the United States held its “Freedom 250” celebration – paid for by private companies, organised by the three American embassies in

JUNE 26. 2026

Russia’s war drags on and Europe has not learned its lessons

Lesson 1: War doesn't just happen to other people “Europeans still think that war happens to someone else. This is an illusion. The storm is global, ”

JUNE 25. 2026

Meet Norway, the quiet war profiteer

Oslo's argument is clear: Arctic oil and gas should be viewed as part of Europe's energy-security strategy. As the US-Israel war on Iran disrupts traf

The drag artists defying queerphobia in the South Caucasus

This year’s ILGA report on LGBTQ+ rights in Europe is out, and the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – sits at the very bottom. Alongs

What prediction markets don't get about truth, and football

Who will make it to the World Cup final? When will the United States confirm that aliens exist? Will temperatures in Japan be higher than 30C next Tue

JUNE 24. 2026

Is a longer life just a few metro stations away?

After a pandemic dip, the average EU life expectancy has reached a record high of 81.5 years – but this figure hides a lot of different inequalities.

Meet the highschooler who just got sanctioned by Russia

A 17-year-old British schoolboy was sanctioned by the Kremlin for uncovering how Russia evades Western sanctions using cryptocurrency. “I was sat at t

The EU invited the Taliban to Brussels

What happened: The European Union hosted five representatives of the Taliban in Brussels to discuss potential deportations of Afghan nationals.