When the UK joined the EU in the 1970s it was known as the 'dirty man of Europe'. The i Paper looks at the data to see if anything has changed ...

Explore the changing European view of the world in the animated history of maps across the centuries. Each map tells a unique story of contemporary knowledge, full of belief and prejudice.

The mission, dubbed Baltic Sentry, follows worry over increased Russian military activity near key undersea communication cables.