With U.S. President Donald Trump having made it clear that he has little use for the trans-Atlantic alliance, Europe is rapidly trying to design a strategy for Ukraine - and for its own future.

Donald Trump has jettisoned the existing world order and the U.S. is backing away from decades-old alliances. Europe has no choice but to fend for itself.

First came the collapse of the Soviet Union, then an economic crisis and now the Russian invasion: Ukraine's population has been dropping for some time. Putin's war has turned the crisis into a catastrophe. An area in northern Ukraine provides a case...

Hundreds of Finns fought with the German Waffen-SS in Ukraine during World War II. New research shows that many of them were convinced Nazis and may have committed atrocities. The finding has triggered a debate in Finland.

Her father is a serial rapist and her mother was his victim. Caroline Darian is the daughter of Gisèle and Dominique Pelicot. Here, she talks about how the case tormented the family and her own certainty that she, too, was abused by her father.

Herbert Kickl, who now has good chances of becoming Austria's next chancellor, has radicalized the FPÖ in recent years. He seems to enjoy his role as the ultimate evil.

The Catholic Church is not exactly known for its tolerance of transsexuals. But after a priest near Rome called the Vatican's attention to the difficulties faced by a group of transsexuals in his parish, Pope Francis stepped in to help.

Together with her lawyers, Gisèle Pelicot watched the videos her husband had made of her being raped. Afterward, she decided the trial had to be open to the public. Our reporter followed the gruesome legal proceedings from day one.

There are a number of women in the prisons of Romania and Moldova who killed their partners in self-defense. Why weren't they helped before it became too late?

Tons of cocaine, bombings and torture: Drug gangs are operating with impunity in northern Europe. And while the Netherlands and Belgium are ramping up their responses, Germany is only just now waking up to the severity of the problem - a wave of viol...

The far-right leader of the FPÖ, Herbert Kickl, is leading in the polls ahead of Sunday's election. His role model is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. What will happen if he wins?

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is a welcome guest in Western capitals - in part because he is helping Europe with its refugee problem. His opponents, though, say he has transformed Albania into an autocratic narco-state.

The Palace of Culture in Warsaw was a "gift from Stalin" to the Polish people. They hated it at first, but slowly learned to love it. The tower has now become the landmark of a self-confident city, and one of the coolest monuments in Europe.

An aging Italian woman has teamed up with a young migrant from Mali to breathe new life into an abandoned village in Calabria. Might it be an antidote to rural flight?

Harry Kane is hoping that his first-ever title will come in the form of a European Championship. Here, DER SPIEGEL speaks with the English star about his team's chances, his first year at Bayern Munich and the art of scoring goals.

Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni are considering joining forces following the European Parliament elections this weekend. A right-wing "super group" could change EU power structures. But would Germany's AfD be part of it?

Two huge companies farm salmon right off the coast of Iceland. Critics warn that escaped farm fish present an existential danger to wild populations in the country. The country's president – and the singer Björk – have entered the debate.

Five years after the fire at Notre-Dame, the iconic cathedral in Paris now has a roof and a tower again. The reconstruction is almost complete in what is no less than a national tour de force that has led to rare unity in a divided republic.

Around 30 percent of the Latvian population are Russian speakers. The government believes they could provide Vladimir Putin with a bridgehead into the country. The atmosphere is growing tense.

Almost 50 people have recently died in drug-related violence in Marseille – even as ever more people are moving there. The government is investing billions in the city, but can it still be saved?