A day of drama in the Bundestag
RARELY HAS the Bundestag known such drama. On January 29th, to scenes of uproar, a tiny majority of German mps backed a five-...
Amid talk of a ceasefire, Ukraine’s front line is crumbling
THE FINAL battle for the small Donbas town of Velyka Novosilka dragged on for six days, though the outcome was obvious long b...
The EU is worried about sensitive exports to competitors and foes
NOT SO LONG ago, the countries that restricted outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) were usually relatively poor ones, dr...
Meet Europe’s Gaullists, Atlanticists, denialists and Putinists
Can a country still call itself an ally of America if America is threatening to annex part of its territory? Such a question ...
Magnus Carlsen on why the future of chess lies in freestyle
ON FEBRUARY 7th the inaugural tournament of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will begin on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. My ...
Could supersonic air travel make a comeback?
THE LAST commercial supersonic flight was BA002, from New York to London, on October 24th 2003. Blake Scholl, boss of Boom Su...
Catch up:no survivors in Washington crash; China’s new military command centre
President Donald Trump said that America was “in mourning” after officials confirmed that there were no survivors of a mid-ai...
Catch up:Trump reacts to Washington crash; Israel releases Palestinian prisoners
President Donald Trump said that America was “in mourning” after officials confirmed that there were no survivors of a mid-ai...
Our Big Mac index shows how burger prices differ across borders
The big mac index was invented by The Economist in 1986 as a lighthearted guide to whether currencies are at their “correct” ...
Giorgia Meloni has grand banking ambitions
There are various ways to look at the unexpected €13.3bn ($13.9bn) bid that Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) made for Medioban...