Demographics
BUSINESS
Estonia’s Digital Success Cannot Fix the Demographic Dread
A poll this week found two thirds of Estonians considering leaving, as births near historic lows and Russia remains the neighbour nobody forgets.
BUSINESS
Youthful Economic Leverage: Africa’s Coming Negotiating Power
At a point at which wealthy states grey and workforces shrink, Africa prepares to use its youthful population as a powerful tool for global negotiation.
EUROPE
MarÃa Branyas Morera: The Quiet Lessons of a Long Life
Spain’s oldest citizen, MarÃa Branyas Morera, lived to 117—witnessing Europe’s wars, rebirth, and the quiet dignity of endurance across three centuries.
EUROPE
Italy: Meloni’s Victory With a Age Old Caveat
Citizenship reform in Italy fails: low turnout, migration fears, and demographic crisis deepen EU-wide debate on identity and workforce.
EUROPE
UK Population Growth Expected to Top Europe by 2035
Population growth, in the UK, will be the highest in Europe for the first time by 2035 with a rise of five millon owing to high net migration.
Popular
Denmark Thinks it’s Solved Gen Z’s Tech Problem
Denmark's screen rollback in schools is being sold as a cure for Gen Z overload, but its real significance is simpler: one country has decided that less tech can mean more authority.
Slovakia Overtakes France in Nuclear Power Share
A tiny reactor project outside Bratislava is about to push Slovakia past France on nuclear power, just as Europe's neutral states rethink it.
From Haro to Tehran, Festivals Stage Power and Belief
From Spain's wine battle to Tehran's funeral pageantry and Trump's July 4, public ritual is where belief, identity and power perform themselves most visibly in 2026.
Ireland Takes EU Chair as Climate Politics Heats Up
Ireland assumes the EU presidency just as a heatwave forces Europe to confront a question its climate politics was not designed to answer: how to keep people cool without abandoning the logic of decarbonisation.
King Charles Recasts the Crown for a Different Britain
King Charles is not changing the monarchy's doctrine — he is changing its tone, and in an institution that survives by symbolism, that distinction carries real weight.
