Malgorzata Gersdorf warns Poland is on the brink of authoritarianism ahead of election

‘Rainbow disease’ remarks and communist era comparison add to clerics’ anti-LGBTI rhetoric

Italian deputy PM and nationalist League party leader to create new bloc in European parliament

Far-right parties from as many as 20 countries are understood to be invited to the event in Milan

Sited on former ghetto, Polin Museum is accused of hosting overly political exhibitions

How the fall of the Berlin Wall began in a beautiful Baltic port city in Poland with the Solidarity movement

The mayor of Gdansk was loved by liberals and loathed by conservatives

Court president Malgorzata Gersdorf goes to work in defiance of judicial reforms

Ruling Fidesz party tipped to win but ‘tactical voting’ could boost opposition

Andrzej Duda vetoes bill that would have demoted some communist-era officials

Murder of reporter Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend triggered government crisis and major protests

Since reporter Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova were found shot dead, prime minister Robert Fico has fought to shield hisparty from any responsibility

Italian election has brought country's former leader back to the centre of its political debate

Europe Letter: Eurosceptical forces in Rome will undermine Franco-German partnership

European Council president visits Hungary after Brussels accord with Theresa May

Reform laws passed by parliament triggered nationwide demonstrations

Jaroslaw Kaczynski makes emotional intervention in judicial dispute amid EU warning

Europe’s Future: Despite setbacks, disillusioned millions still swell populist movements

A turning point for Europe’s left

We’re still all not singing off the same hymnsheet yet

Prime minister Beata Szydlo protests at reappointment of Polish European Council chief

European Council president under fire from his own government for supporting protests

Enda Kenny seeks a new kind of Polish partnership

New president’s stance on Russia and US role abroad are key questions for region

Co-operating with foreigners for mutual benefit disturbs the cultural matrix of tribal loyalty

Warsaw Letter: Country’s ruling PiS party is accused of trampling over the constitution

Sevil Shhaideh would be Orthodox Christian country’s first female and first Muslim leader

Protesters vow to continue parliament sit-in and demand rerun of disputed budget vote

Protests over authoritarianism in Poland persist outside parliament building

Analysis: Protests grow as draconian media law is straw that has broken camel’s back

Opposition sit-in continues in parliament over proposed restrictions on media access

Teargas deployed against protesters as thousands protest rightwing government

Country given three months to reform constitutional court or face disciplinary action

Russian president ‘extremely popular in his home country’ despite drop in living standards

Questions over whether top EU officials did enough to avert Brexit

The Law and Order party is taking control in a way that threatens to set the country back

TVP cheers on the conservative PiS as direct government control takes its toll

European Union criticisms of conservative reform agenda dismissed by foreign minister

Open letter calls for retention of status quo of relatively restrictive abortion legislation

Constitutional tribunal effectively declares war on conservative PiS government