What’s happening in Europe, summarised
Our local journalists from across Europe tell you what an exceptionally well-informed friend would tell you: Only the most important and interesting stories from their country. Are you interested?
The European Correspondent is read by members of the European Parliament, historians, bricklayers, retired captains, and many more – and hopefully by you!
What you should know about us
To understand the challenges of our time we have to look beyond borders. But today, no truly European media outlet exists – we are here to change that! The European Correspondent is a not-for-profit organisation, and our top priority is and always will be to create high-quality, independent journalism for our community of readers.
We bring Europe to your inbox
In our newsletters, we cover the big societal challenges, political shifts, and ideas that impact your life in some way, such as the fight against the climate crisis, the rise of the far-right or addressing migration.
To find and tell these stories, we need local expertise – that's why we have local journalists from every European country in our team.
Every day, we send you a newsletter focusing on a different region of Europe. Get an overview of Europe or select newsletters according to your interest.
A typical feature consists of a summary of what happened and a comment from our correspondent offering you the context needed to understand the story. That’s where the local expertise of our correspondents shines.
Get the bigger picture with our daily data visualisations. Our data journalists tell stories with numbers, graphs, and charts.
This is our version of the Eurovision Song Contest. Every day, one of our correspondents recommends one song you have probably never heard of.
Investigations
With our investigations, we dig deeper into stories which deserve to be known across the continent. We publish new investigations whenever one is ready.
Europe’s richest
Who are the richest people in Europe? How do they use their money to influence politics? Where does their money come from?
They stole the past and betrayed the future
Retreating Russian occupation forces looted two museums in Kherson. However, they were aided by eight museum workers.
European journalism is under construction.
The smartest ideas and people rarely come from your home country. The decade-defining events usually happen elsewhere. But their impact is felt across Europe.
Currently, Europe lacks true European media: in Germany alone, more media outlets are devoted exclusively to football than news outlets specialising in Europe. The few newspapers with "Europe" in their name mainly focus on the Brussels bubble and report for lobbyists and business people.
The European Correspondent aims to do journalism relevant to people from Lisbon to Helsinki and Edinburgh to Istanbul. What we do is a work in progress, and we don't expect to reach a final version soon. Together with you, we want to develop the future of European journalism.
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European at the core
Our team consists of correspondents from every European country. We define Europe broadly, and in our reporting, we aim to reflect the continent's various perspectives.
Trial and error
We're constantly testing new formats to identify the best ways to tell the stories of Europe – together with you.
Independence
To ensure that high-quality and independent journalism is always our top priority, The European Correspondent is not-for-profit and relies on donations from our readers.