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Russia's war in Ukraine keeps unsettling budgets, alliances and tempers across Europe, confirming how unevenly the continent shares its collective fear.

A city built partly to solve a housing shortage is now being sold to the world as a luxury destination too, and both promises have to hold at once.

A $52 million aid reroute favouring friendly Latin American capitals turns Washington's hemispheric obsession into budget policy and hands Europe the bill.

Berlin's leftward swing and the east's rightward lurch have squeezed Friedrich Merz's coalition, leaving Germany's political centre struggling to manoeuvre.

A territory can keep its flag, parliament and legal status while still depending so heavily on an ally that sovereignty starts to feel like a technicality.