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News Articles: Europe

Amanda Knox arrives flanked by her husband Christopher Robinson, right, at the Florence courtroom in Florence, Italy, on Wednesday.

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  • Law

Amanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy over accusations in roommate's murder

Knox will not face prison time for the slander conviction since she had already served four years before her murder conviction was overturned in 2011.

June 05, 2024
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D-Day veteran and Ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial Ken Hay, 98, who served with the 4th Dorset Regiment, speaks to children during a visit to Rush Green Primary School in Dagenham, England, on Monday, May 20, 2024, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

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  • Europe

As their time runs short, D-Day veterans try to keep their memories alive for others

With even the youngest of those men and women who were involved in the invasion nearing their 100th birthdays and their ranks dwindling rapidly, they feel a special imperative to tell their stories.

June 04, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A demonstrator argues with police officers during a protest against the foreign influence bill at the Parliamentary building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The Georgian parliament has overridden a presidential veto of the "foreign agents" legislation that has fueled Western concerns and sparked massive protests for weeks.

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  • Europe

Georgia's parliament speaker signs divisive foreign influence bill into law

Opponents have denounced the legislation as "the Russian law" because it resembles measures pushed through by the Kremlin to crack down on independent news media, nonprofits and activists.

June 03, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Sunday, June 2, 2024.

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  • World

Zelenskyy accuses China of helping Russia undermine peace summit

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused China of helping Russia in “actively blocking” countries from participating in this month’s peace conference in Switzerland.

June 02, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Feng and
  • Vincent Ni
The CeBit technology fair in Hanover, Germany, March 24, 1990, shows a portable fax machine that weighs 3 kilos (6.6 pounds) and can be connected to any telephone via acoustic couplers.

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  • World

Fax machines permeate Germany's business culture. But parliament is ditching them

Four out of five companies in Europe's largest economy continue to use fax machines. But Germany's parliament has until the end of June to stop relying on the antiquated communication technology.

May 31, 2024
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  • Esme Nicholson
A group of Okalolies head toward a house belonging to one of their own in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean, on Dec. 31, 2023. New Year's Eve, or Old Year's Night as it's known on the island, is a chance for the whole community to come together.

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  • World

The Okalolies of Old Year's Night: Celebrating tradition on the world's most remote inhabited island

"Okalolies" ring in the new year on the world's most remote inhabited island by visiting the population of not quite 250 in masks and making mischief, an annual chance for the community to come together.

May 26, 2024
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  • Nick Schönfeld and
  • Julia Gunther
FILE - Nicki Minaj arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. She tweeted that police told her they found marijuana in her bags.

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  • Europe

Nicki Minaj concert postponed after she was detained in the Netherlands over cannabis

Nicki Minaj's concert in Manchester on Saturday night was postponed after police discovered marijuana in her bags as she was preparing to leave the country.

May 26, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A man waves to a taxi as he leaves the Russian Central Bank headquarters in downtown Moscow last summer. The EU approved a plan this week to use interest from hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of seized Russian assets to help fund Ukraine's military.

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  • Europe

Billions from Russia's frozen assets will go to help Ukraine's military, the EU says

Under the plan, the European Union will send as much as $3.25 billion in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to help finance its military and reconstruction efforts.

May 22, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Editions of <em>Peremoha</em> sit on a table near the archives.

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  • News

A newspaper near Ukraine's border with Russia watches for freed POWs

Only four staffers work at the weekly Perehoma, which means "victory." Its motto: "Don't let ordinary people be erased from history."

May 22, 2024
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  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store speaks during a news conference in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday. Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz has ordered Israel's ambassadors from Ireland and Norway to immediately return to Israel, as Norway said it would recognize a Palestinian state and Ireland was expected to do the same.

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  • Europe

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state

Norway, Ireland and Spain recognized a Palestinian state on Wednesday in a historic move that drew immediate condemnation from Israel and jubilation from the Palestinians.

May 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures as he presents his book "El camino del libertario" in Madrid, Spain, on Friday.

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  • Europe

Argentine president Javier Milei begins unusual visit to Spain, snubbing officials

Before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid, Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei stirred controversy, accusing the socialist government of bringing "poverty and death" to Spain.

May 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a bilateral meeting on Thursday in Beijing, China.

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  • World

Putin and Xi further their embrace to defy U.S.-led pressure

President Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin doubled down on their alliance against the West this week during the Kremlin leader's visit to Beijing.

May 17, 2024
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By:
  • Charles Maynes and
  • John Ruwitch
Children from Cork, Ireland sing "The Spark," in a music video.

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  • Music

This wholesome banger from a group of Irish kids is the spark you need

A shot of pure joy to start off the weekend: a charming video of kids from Cork, Ireland, rapping about finding and following their creative voice.

May 17, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
GPB  NPR

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  • Europe

French police fatally shoot a man suspected of planning to set fire to a synagogue

French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, authorities said.

May 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Rescue workers take Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, to a hospital in the town of Banska Bystrica, in central Slovakia, on Wednesday.

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  • Europe

Slovak authorities charge 'lone wolf' with assassination attempt on the prime minister

Slovak authorities charged a man Thursday with attempting to assassinate the populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying the suspect acted alone in a politically motivated attack.

May 16, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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