The city of imminent doom: why the coolest, edgiest TV shows and books are set in NaplesFrom The Hand of God to Mixed by Erry, the novels of Elena Ferrante to the gangster smash Gomorrah, the Italian city is everywhere. What’s the appeal? We hit the ‘paradise inhabited by devils’ to find out.
Black girl at centre of Irish gymnastics race row ‘badly let down’, says ministryIreland’s sports ministry has said that a young gymnast at the centre of a racism row was “badly let down”, as it emerged that the head of the country’s sporting authority told the family last year that the girl’s treatment wasn’t racist.
German housing prices at record lowResidential property prices in Germany have fallen by their steepest decline since data collection began in 2000, with larger cities seeing harsher drops.
Spain has among the EU's highest number of young people out of work and education, but why?In Spain, 17% of the population is neither studying nor working. A figure above the OECD average of 15%. So why is this happening?
Why you should be traveling to Europe in fall, not summer It was the summer where everyone went to Europe. And now it’s fall, when the continent really comes into its own as the leaves – and visitor numbers – start to drop.
Freshwater pearl mussels: Scotland's little-known royal gemsThey're featured on the Crown of Scotland and are rumoured to have led the Romans to invade Britain. Now, a hotel in the Highlands is helping to save the UK's endangered pearls.
Italy's Giorgia Meloni: Not so radical after all?A year ago, Giorgia Meloni's radical right-wing Brothers of Italy party was the biggest winner in Italian parliamentary elections. What has she achieved in her first year in office?
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