Europe

Bullies on a beach
A seaside-villa scandal sparks huge protests in Bulgaria

Bodyguards who shoved an opposition politician could cost Boyko Borisov, the prime minister, his job

A tarnished crown
Spain’s King Felipe is distancing himself from his father

Headlines about ex-king Juan Carlos’s finances and lovers embarrass the monarchy

Attic views
A hotel developer in Athens obstructs the Acropolis

Locals are protesting, and the government has taken their side

Germany’s wurst jobs
After spreading covid-19, a huge European abattoir vows reforms

An outbreak forces German meat wholesaler Tönnies to promise its workers better conditions

Charlemagne
Why the EU is becoming more like a Chekhov play

Legal guns that once gathered dust may soon be fired

Keep pedalling the tandem
The founding partnership behind this week’s EU deal

Macron and Merkel defy those who had written off the Franco-German relationship

A dawn deal
EU leaders agree on a massive, €750bn covid-19 recovery deal

For the first time, the 27 countries will borrow and spend vast sums collectively

A big fiscal deal
The EU’s leaders have agreed on a €750bn covid-19 recovery package

The union will borrow vast sums collectively for the first time

A popular governor grabbed
An unlikely local hero in Russia’s Far East

Mass protests in Khabarovsk may stir distant regions against Vladimir Putin

Charlemagne
How Ireland gets its way

An unlikely diplomatic superpower