Oliver Carroll, our foreign correspondent, analyses the prospects and pitfalls of ending the war in Ukraine

   Marco Rubio praises NATO allies in Munich, but most remain wary

   A new model of European integration, without the tears

   Defence spending may kickstart economic recovery, but it will take a while

   Germans and Spaniards say France’s Dassault has made collaboration impossible

   The sex offender corresponded with diplomats, politicians and royals

   He urges the EU to move fast or be swept aside

   Hacks against Polish energy plants suggest the FSB is involved

   Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, examines the targeting of Vladimir Alexeyev

   A checkpoint in Belarus provides a path from occupied territories back to Ukraine

   A meme from the far-right fringe could spell legal trouble for Germany’s AfD

   The nationalist leaders of Hungary and Slovakia are bitterly divided by history

   The 28th corporate regime is meant to be the one to rule them all

   Romans noticed a winged figure’s odd resemblance to their prime minister

   Britain and France are deepening their co-operation

   Talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi could point towards a compromise

   The colonial era is gone but not forgotten

   The authoritarian prime minister, a friend of Donald Trump, trails in the polls. But the rules favour him

   Some new stations are architectural gems

   The old continent must play to its strengths as a large market with stable rules

   A report from Belgorod, where not all residents see Ukrainians as enemies

   One way to show America and China that also-rans have options, too

   Defence spending is rising, but strategic autonomy is years away

   From denial to bargaining to acceptance that the world has changed

   Is Vladimir Putin no longer the biggest gangster on the world stage?

   The world’s second-longest high-speed rail network is the country’s pride

   In freezing temperatures, Russian drones threaten to cut off Kyiv’s power

   If successful, it would mark a big leap for the European space industry

   French and German nationalists are not happy with America’s grab for Greenland

   The American president’s pursuit of Greenland is fraught with danger , Shashank Joshi writes

   Donald Trump’s tariff threats force Europeans to count their arrows

   Donald Trump could gain an island and lose a continent

   Is this the end of the sacred-cow era?

   The manoeuvring to succeed Turkey’s president has begun

   High costs and stagnant spending are putting businesses through the meat grinder

   Fending off Donald Trump may yet prove agonisingly difficult

   The government decries charges of corruption as lawfare

   Ukraine’s gradual retreat is not only in Donbas

   The EU-Mercosur agreement is a big deal in the world of geoeconomics

   In a world of payment apps and digital euros, the coin is staging a modest comeback

   Shutting down Russian-language broadcasting is a gift to the Kremlin

   France’s sorry spectacle of another new year without a budget

   Albin Kurti’s win improves relations with the EU, though not with Serbia

   But who is prepared to pour even more money into making the country safe?

   But American-led peace proposals threaten to hand it to Russia

   But Russian grey-zone attacks may not be the only reason for outages

   Putin is trying ever harder to freeze Kyiv into submission

   Without European followership , America ceases to be a leader

   But western European societies are in denial

   Huge anti-corruption protests provide a chance for reform