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News Articles: Europe

Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's Prime Minister, at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's prime minister says, if passed, $60B U.S. aid package will be critical

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal discusses on NPR's All Things Considered how further U.S. aid would make a difference on the front lines, and the state of the war in general.

April 20, 2024
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  • Andrew Limbong,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
  • and 1 more
Surviving children of the Auschwitz concentration camp, one of the camps the Nazis had set up to exterminate Jews and kill millions of others. Research into the appropriate way to "re-feed" those who've experienced starvation was prompted by the deaths of camp survivors after liberation.

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  • News

What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today

The modern study of starvation was sparked by the liberation of concentration camp survivors. U.S. and British soldiers rushed to feed them — and yet they sometimes perished.

April 20, 2024
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
The grass pea — Lathyrus sativus — is hardy and drought resistant. It tastes like a sugar snap pea, although if that's all you were to eat its natural toxin could make you sick. But breeders might be able to address that issue.

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  • News

What are 'orphan crops'? And why is there a new campaign to get them adopted?

The grass pea is one: a hardy crop that can thrive in a drought. An agriculturist is spearheading an effort to diversify what farmers grow as climate change threatens staples like corn and wheat.

April 19, 2024
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By:
  • Dan Charles
Tens of thousands of people watched as dozens of colorfully decorated boats toured the Dutch capital's historic canals Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in the most popular event of a six-day Pride Amsterdam festival that attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the city.

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  • Europe

Amsterdam was flooded with tourists in 2023, so it won't allow any more hotels

Twenty-six hotels that already have permits can move forward, but after that a hotel can only be built if one shuts down. Tourists spent about 20.7 million nights in Amsterdam hotels last year.

April 19, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute in London to announce a new London Growth Plan to boost economic growth on April 3.

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  • World

Why London's Muslim mayor needs the same security as the king

London Mayor Sadiq Khan talks to NPR about being a Muslim politician in Britain — and his fears around a second possible Donald Trump presidency.

April 17, 2024
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By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
People watch as fire and smoke rise out of the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen.

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  • Europe

Fire ravages 17th-century Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, toppling the iconic spire

Passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables as a fire raged through one of Copenhagen's oldest buildings on Tuesday.

April 16, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Members of European Parliament participate in a series of votes as they attend a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, April 10, 2024.

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  • Europe

EU lawmakers approve an overhaul of the bloc's migration laws

European Union lawmakers have approved a major revamp of the bloc's migration laws, hoping to end years of division and deprive the far right of a vote-winning campaign issue ahead of June elections.

April 11, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Dancers wearing Chechen national costumes perform to celebrate the reelection of Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured in the background) in Grozny, Russia in September 2021.

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  • Europe

Chechnya is banning music that's too fast or slow. These songs wouldn't make the cut

Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya will only allow music between 80 and 116 beats per minute, though it's unclear how the rule will be enforced.

April 09, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
President of the European Court of Human Rights Síofra O'Leary, center, speaks Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France.

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  • Climate

European court rules on cases seeking to force countries to meet climate goals

Europe's highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that its member nations have an obligation to protect their citizens from the ill effects of climate change.

April 09, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
People demonstrate outside the European Court of Human Rights Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France.

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  • Climate

Is climate change action a human right? A European court will rule for the first time

Europe's highest human rights court began its session Tuesday on a group of climate change cases aimed at forcing countries to meet international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

April 09, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, on June 27, 2023.

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  • Europe

Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant increase accident risk, IAEA head says

The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency on Sunday condemned a Ukrainian drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

April 08, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini smiles at his headquarters after a presidential runoff in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Pellegrini is a close ally of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico known for his pro-Russian policies.

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  • Europe

Pro-Russia candidate Peter Pellegrini elected Slovakia president

A close ally of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico beat a pro-Western career diplomat to become Slovakia's new president, and succeed Zuzana Čaputová, the country's first female head of state.

April 07, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Members of the public join a walking vigil through the streets of Falmouth, England, for British aid worker James Henderson, organized by Palestine Solidarity Cornwall, April 3. Three British men working for World Central Kitchen were killed along with four colleagues when their clearly marked vehicles were targeted by Israeli military strikes.

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  • World

Why a majority of Britons want the U.K. to halt arms exports to Israel

Countries including Canada, the Netherlands and Spain say they're suspending arms sales to Israel. After an Israeli strike killed British World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, will the U.K. too?

April 04, 2024
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By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab and
  • Lauren Frayer
Reading glasses are easy to come by in Western countries. But getting a pair in the Global South can be a challenge. A new study shows the surprising benefits that a pair of specs can bring.

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  • Global Health

Glasses aren't just good for your eyes. They can be a boon to income, too

That's the finding of a new study in Bangladesh, which gave reading glasses to hundreds of people and then measured their earnings.

April 04, 2024
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  • Gabrielle Emanuel
Serhii Chaus, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, arrives at a bread delivery location on the outskirts of town. Chaus goes daily into the embattled town to deliver supplies and meet residents who choose to stay there as Russian forces are approaching the area.

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  • Europe

A mayor in Ukraine aids his town's few remaining people, as Russia closes in

Russian attacks have driven out most of Chasiv Yar's residents. NPR accompanies the mayor on a routine visit to check on those who remain.

April 04, 2024
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  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Claire Harbage,
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