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Bavaria’s legendary beer festival has returned to the Theresienwiese, drawing visitors from across the globe for sixteen days of tradition, spectacle, and celebration in the heart of Munich.
Millions of visitors are expected to descend on Munich’s Theresienwiese for Oktoberfest 2026. Here is what organisers and city officials say everyone should know before they arrive.
A decade after the Brexit referendum, the Last Night of the Proms became a canvas for lingering European sentiment, as EU flags reportedly outnumbered Union Jacks inside the Royal Albert Hall.
The construction of a commercial business park on former Nazi concentration camp land in Austria has sparked widespread anger, with survivors’ groups and historians demanding stronger legal protections for the site’s remaining traces.
A Saxon pastor’s reflections on the gap between personal wellbeing and collective despair highlight how digital echo chambers and relentless crisis coverage are fracturing communities across Europe.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly preparing to return to the United Kingdom this month, with Harry said to be motivated by a desire to reconcile with King Charles III, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment.
Falling water levels in Rome’s Tiber River have uncovered the stone pillars of an ancient Neronian bridge near Castel Sant’Angelo, as Italy’s drought pushes the river to historic lows.
The family of British academic Jason Arday, who died a week after resigning from Cambridge University amid plagiarism allegations, has condemned what it calls a deliberate campaign of harassment against him in his final weeks.
The village of Konotopie in Poland has completed a Virgin Mary statue recognised as the tallest in Europe, with hopes the landmark will attract pilgrims and boost the rural community’s profile.
Bartłomiej Kubkowski walked ashore at Dziwnów on Sunday after swimming 160 kilometres non-stop from Sweden to Poland, setting a world record and raising nearly €200,000 for cancer causes despite battling hallucinations in the final stages.