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Some bargain flights are still available – if you are prepared to fly into neighbouring countries

Every game being played in Germany as we move closer to crowning the winner of the Euros

A “sports crossover” will be built at Ford’s overhauled EV factory later this year.

Where can you watch the Euro 2024 action across Germany?

England's wait for a first major men's trophy since 1966 goes on after substitute Mikel Oyarzabal struck at the death as Spain inflicted a second successive European Championship final defeat on Gareth Southgate's side.

Cologne cathedral, Europe’s biggest collection of pop art and vintage shops are all less than four and a half hours from London by train

Hungarian conductor of modernist music who went on to compose operas with texts ranging from Three Sisters to Angels in America

The 68-year-old was in the German city ahead of his club’s Europa Cup match

As an outsider, I’m delighted by the continent’s local rituals – and their sense of a collective identity that’s more complex than we assume, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

Swap airmiles for endless vistas by jumping on board a train from London to one of these chic destinations

It was a role already earmarked for the 60-year-old prior to his sudden departure from the top engineering job he had occupied since 2006 in January as part of what was billed as a management change “designed to develop the next generation of company leaders” at the Cologne-based organisation, which…