Warlikowski’s productions tend toward the visceral. His exploration of the opera’s mythological content led him to profound meditations on the fluidity of space and time, of the real and the unreal.

The debate over the Order of Malta’s status as a “subject of the Holy See” is not new, but Pope Francis’ reforms have caused anxiety for those who understand what is at stake in the Order’s loss of sovereignty.

One of Germany’s largest nitrogen plants, responsible for producing fertilizer and AdBlue supplements for trucks, has halted production, putting crops and supply chains at severe risk.

The parliament was called in for an extraordinary session because the prime minister’s measure would make the government a co-signer for new lines of credit from private financial institutions for energy companies.

The number of troops on the ground is much lower than in the previous 2018 exercise. But the symbolic significance of this event is quite different. It is an explicit display of the Sino-Russian alliance on the international stage.

A group of nine countries, including the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium and Denmark, already warned the EU that it was going too far.