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News Articles: Europe

People look at flowers placed on the Promenade des Anglais at the scene of a truck attack on July 18, 2016, in Nice, southern France. A French court on Tuesday convicted eight people charged in connection with the Bastille Day attack that killed 86 people.

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8 in France are convicted of their roles in a Bastille Day truck attack that killed 86

A French court convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice.

December 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Oleksandr Breus, a Ukrainian and onetime French legionnaire, was killed next to his car during the Russian invasion. Oleksandr Holod, who says he witnessed it from his window, describes events as he rides his bike past the charred remains of the vehicle near Nova Basan, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine on June 28.

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  • Investigations

There have been 50,000 alleged war crimes in Ukraine. We worked to solve one

Investigators in Ukraine have opened more than 50,000 inquiries into alleged Russian war crimes since the war began. NPR looked into the death of one man to show the challenges investigators face.

December 12, 2022
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  • Tim Mak
GPB News NPR

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: A weekly recap and look ahead at Russia's war (Dec. 12)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

December 12, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
View of the Chernobyl nuclear power station after the explosion on April 26, 1986, in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

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  • World

Ukraine still fears another Chernobyl-size disaster at Europe's largest nuclear plant

International atomic experts have warned of a potential nuclear disaster with Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant in the middle of a war zone, bringing back terrifying memories of Chernobyl.

December 11, 2022
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  • Julian Hayda
Memorial chairman Yan Rachinsky condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in his acceptance speech on behalf of the organization Memorial in Oslo, Norway on Saturday.

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  • Europe

In acceptance speech, Russian Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate condemns Ukraine war

Yan Rachinsky denounced "the insane and criminal war of aggression against Ukraine" while accepting the award on Saturday.

December 10, 2022
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  • Giulia Heyward
German police help a person into a police car near a shopping mall in the center of the city of Dresden, Germany, on Saturday.

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  • Europe

Hostage situation in Dresden, Germany, ends with suspect dead and hostages freed

German police evacuated parts of the eastern city of Dresden on Saturday morning after a man reportedly took two people hostage at a mall.

December 10, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim
German police help a person into a police car near a shopping mall in the center of the city of Dresden, Germany, on Saturday.

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  • Europe

Hostage situation in Dresden, Germany, ends with suspect dead and hostages freed

German police evacuated parts of the eastern city of Dresden on Saturday morning after a man reportedly took two people hostage at a mall.

December 10, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim
Gloria Lucchesi cooks some local beans that she prepared using the cooking containers, on Nov. 12, in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy.

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  • World

Amid rising energy costs, Italian cooks go old-school to save gas

In a town in Tuscany, some cooks are moving away from the stove to cook meals in boxes with thick wool lining. These portable ovens use the wool's convection properties as a means of slow cooking.

December 10, 2022
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
Gloria Lucchesi cooks some local beans that she prepared using the cooking containers, on Nov. 12, in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy.

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  • World

Amid rising energy costs, Italian cooks go old-school to save gas

In a town in Tuscany, some cooks are moving away from the stove to cook meals in boxes with thick wool lining. These portable ovens use the wool's convection properties as a means of slow cooking.

December 10, 2022
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
A painting by British street artist Banksy amidst destroyed buildings in Borodianka on Saturday. The image shows a young boy tossing a man to the floor. Both are in martial arts attire. The man is widely assumed to be Russian leader Vladimir Putin, a judo enthusiast.

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  • Europe

Life in a Ukrainian town: rampaging Russians, power cuts, a visit by Banksy

Borodianka was largely reduced to rubble by the Russian invasion. It's become a symbol of the devastation inflicted by the Russian forces, and attracted a recent visit by the artist Banksy.

December 10, 2022
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  • Greg Myre
A woman watches an episode of the newly released Netflix docuseries <em>Harry & Meghan,</em> about Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in London on Thursday.

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  • Europe

It's thumbs-down in the U.K. for Harry and Meghan's Netflix Series

Even critics in the liberal media panned Harry & Meghan, the new documentary that attacks Britain's notorious tabloids for invading the couple's privacy and coverage that traded in racist tropes.

December 09, 2022
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  • Frank Langfitt
GPB News NPR

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  • Europe

Ukrainian doctors train for live-saving surgery in the U.S.

Ukrainian doctors are getting a crash course in lung transplants here in the U.S. Patients usually leave Ukraine for the surgery, but the war has increased the need for care back home.

December 09, 2022
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  • Daniel Ackerrman
A police officer observes participants in the demonstration of right-wing extremists and Reichsburger on March 20, 2021 in Berlin. German right-wing extremists and "Reich citizens" are growing in number and present a "high level of danger," according to German officials.

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  • Europe

German far-right groups becoming increasingly organized, says a historian

The Reichsbürger or "Reich Citizens" movement believes Germany's modern democratic government is not legitimate, and has grown in the last year.

December 09, 2022
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  • Mallory Yu
Anna Dobrova, 19, rehearses for a production of <em>The Snow Queen</em> by the Kyiv National Ballet at the National Opera in Kyiv on Sunday. The medley will be performed without music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergei Prokofiev this year.

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  • Arts & Life

Ukraine is calling for a boycott of 'The Nutcracker.' Ballet companies aren't budging

Ukraine's culture minister said his country's allies could stop Russia from weaponizing its culture by temporarily boycotting Russian artists, including The Nutcracker composer Tchaikovsky.

December 09, 2022
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  • Emily Olson
WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, holds a picture of her team as she stands inside a defendants' cage before a court hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow, on Aug. 4.

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  • Politics

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison

Griner was traded for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap did not include former Marine Paul Whelan who remains imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges the U.S. says are false.

December 08, 2022
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  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Charles Maynes
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