The phrase “Sick Man of Europe” has long been used to describe countries facing serious political, economic, or social difficulties. It originally referred to the decline of the Ottoman Empire, ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor, is a man in a hurry. The centre-Right Christian Democrats (CDU) leader has met his deadline of forming a government by Easter, something almost unheard of in ...

Turkey’s present cannot be understood without reference to its quite recent origins. Russian czar Nicholas I is generally credited with coining the expression “the sick man of Europe,” which he used ...

The International Monetary Fund forecasts the German economy will shrink in 2023, which would make it the only G7 economy to contract this year. While Germany fell into recession in the first quarter ...

Could it be that a bearded man in a dress has rekindled Europe’s appetite for democracy? It has emerged that the winner of last weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest, Austrian drag act Conchita Wurst, was ...