Europe : NPR https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1124 Europe en Copyright 2021 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:11:01 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 Europe https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1124 Russian President Putin Self-Isolates Due To A COVID-19 Outbreak Among His Staff The Russian leader will attend an upcoming regional meeting via teleconference, the Kremlin said. Putin said he got his second COVID-19 vaccine in April, but received the shots off camera. Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:11:01 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036917449/putin-russian-president-covid-19-self-isolation https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036917449/putin-russian-president-covid-19-self-isolation

The Russian leader will attend an upcoming regional meeting via teleconference, the Kremlin said. Putin said he got his second COVID-19 vaccine in April, but received the shots off camera.

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]]> Charles Maynes This Is The Candidate To Beat In The Race To Become Germany's Next Leader Social Democratic Party leader Olaf Scholz, the front-runner in the polls to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is credited for transforming Hamburg when he was the city's mayor. Tue, 14 Sep 2021 05:03:24 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036596126/election-germany-candidate-hamburg-olaf-scholz https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036596126/election-germany-candidate-hamburg-olaf-scholz

Social Democratic Party leader Olaf Scholz, the front-runner in the polls to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is credited for transforming Hamburg when he was the city's mayor.

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]]> Rob Schmitz 'Ted Lasso' Has Been A Hit In America. Here's How It Landed Across The Pond The comedy about a relentlessly optimistic American football coach running a London soccer team has attracted British viewers with its comic look at the transatlantic culture clash. Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:38:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/13/1036696839/ted-lasso-has-been-a-hit-in-america-heres-how-it-landed-across-the-pond https://www.npr.org/2021/09/13/1036696839/ted-lasso-has-been-a-hit-in-america-heres-how-it-landed-across-the-pond The comedy about a relentlessly optimistic American football coach running a London soccer team has attracted British viewers with its comic look at the transatlantic culture clash.

]]> Frank Langfitt Pope Francis Makes Veiled Critique Of Anti-Migrant Policies In Hungary Visit Pope Francis urged Hungary on Sunday to "extend its arms towards everyone," in a veiled critique of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's anti-migrant policies. Sun, 12 Sep 2021 10:05:43 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/12/1036427870/pope-francis-makes-veiled-critique-of-anti-migrant-policies-in-hungary-visit https://www.npr.org/2021/09/12/1036427870/pope-francis-makes-veiled-critique-of-anti-migrant-policies-in-hungary-visit

Pope Francis urged Hungary on Sunday to "extend its arms towards everyone," in a veiled critique of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's anti-migrant policies.

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]]> The Associated Press Climate Change Destroyed A Way Of Life On The Once-Idyllic Greek Island Of Evia This summer has seen forest fires across southern Europe, which scientists say were worsened by climate change. Evia lost its forests, the island's source of livelihood and joy. Sat, 11 Sep 2021 09:46:09 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/11/1033718496/climate-change-forest-fires-greek-island-evia-greece https://www.npr.org/2021/09/11/1033718496/climate-change-forest-fires-greek-island-evia-greece

This summer has seen forest fires across southern Europe, which scientists say were worsened by climate change. Evia lost its forests, the island's source of livelihood and joy.

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]]> Joanna Kakissis Whatever Happened To ... Pandemic Wedding Plans Of A Malawian And A Nederlander? Patrick Phiri of Malawi met Fiona ten Have of the Netherlands met and fell in love. He proposed to her. She said yes. But the pandemic stymied their wedding plans. How are they doing now? Sat, 11 Sep 2021 07:01:37 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/09/11/1035601540/whatever-happened-to-pandemic-wedding-plans-of-a-malawian-and-a-nederlander https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/09/11/1035601540/whatever-happened-to-pandemic-wedding-plans-of-a-malawian-and-a-nederlander

Patrick Phiri of Malawi met Fiona ten Have of the Netherlands met and fell in love. He proposed to her. She said yes. But the pandemic stymied their wedding plans. How are they doing now?

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]]> Nick Schonfeld Prince Andrew Is Served With Papers In A Civil Suit Over Sexual Assault Allegations Attorneys for Virginia Giuffre say the documents were handed over to a police officer on duty at the main gates of Andrew's home. The move requires the British royal to respond within 21 days. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:59:56 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1036152465/prince-andrew-civil-suit-sexual-assault-virginia-giuffre https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1036152465/prince-andrew-civil-suit-sexual-assault-virginia-giuffre Attorneys for Virginia Giuffre say the documents were handed over to a police officer on duty at the main gates of Andrew's home. The move requires the British royal to respond within 21 days.

]]> The Associated Press After More Than 500 Days, Denmark Has Ended Its COVID Restrictions The country's high vaccination rate — more than 80% of people older than 12 have had the two shots — has enabled the government to lift all domestic limits. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:22:55 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1036136246/covid-denmark-eu-restrictions https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1036136246/covid-denmark-eu-restrictions

The country's high vaccination rate — more than 80% of people older than 12 have had the two shots — has enabled the government to lift all domestic limits.

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]]> The Associated Press Former French Models Come Forward With Abuse Allegations Against Gerald Marie A group of former models are in France giving testimony against a former prominent figure in the fashion industry, who they say raped and abused them. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 04:52:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035814641/former-french-models-come-forward-with-abuse-allegations-against-gerald-mari https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035814641/former-french-models-come-forward-with-abuse-allegations-against-gerald-mari A group of former models are in France giving testimony against a former prominent figure in the fashion industry, who they say raped and abused them.

]]> Birth Control Will Soon Be Free For Many People In France Until They're 25 All contraceptive methods were already free for girls up to 18 years old, and that is being expanded to all women up to 25. The health minister didn't address contraception methods for men. Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:59:16 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035458635/france-free-birth-control https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035458635/france-free-birth-control

All contraceptive methods were already free for girls up to 18 years old, and that is being expanded to all women up to 25. The health minister didn't address contraception methods for men.

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]]> The Associated Press A Fire At A Field Hospital Set Up To Treat COVID-19 Patients Kills 14 People The blaze broke out late Wednesday in the western city of Tetovo, where the hospital had been set up following a recent spike in infections in the region that left local hospitals full. Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:07:02 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035450638/north-macedonia-fire-covid-field-hospital https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035450638/north-macedonia-fire-covid-field-hospital

The blaze broke out late Wednesday in the western city of Tetovo, where the hospital had been set up following a recent spike in infections in the region that left local hospitals full.

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]]> The Associated Press 'Into The Forest' Tells Story Of One Family's Escape From Nazi-Created Zhetel Ghetto While the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising is well-documented, pockets of Jewish resistance surfaced in smaller ghettos across Nazi-occupied central-eastern Europe too. Zhetel is one such place. Tue, 07 Sep 2021 07:46:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034739946/into-the-forest-tells-story-of-one-familys-escape-from-nazi-created-zhetel-ghett https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034739946/into-the-forest-tells-story-of-one-familys-escape-from-nazi-created-zhetel-ghett

While the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising is well-documented, pockets of Jewish resistance surfaced in smaller ghettos across Nazi-occupied central-eastern Europe too. Zhetel is one such place.

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]]> J.P. O'Malley The Paris Trial For The November 2015 Attacks Is Set To Begin On Wednesday The Nov. 13, 2015, attacks on the Bataclan theater and elsewhere killed 130 and injured hundreds. "From then on, everybody felt vulnerable," says a victims' advocate. The trial will last nine months. Tue, 07 Sep 2021 05:01:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034719286/paris-trial-isis-bataclan-attacks https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034719286/paris-trial-isis-bataclan-attacks

The Nov. 13, 2015, attacks on the Bataclan theater and elsewhere killed 130 and injured hundreds. "From then on, everybody felt vulnerable," says a victims' advocate. The trial will last nine months.

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]]> Eleanor Beardsley France And Russia Are In A Tussle Over Who Gets To Call Champagne ... 'Champagne' French law says only sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region can use the name. A new Russian law reserves the name for bubbly produced and sold in Russia. Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:14:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1031324658/france-and-russia-are-in-a-tussle-over-who-gets-to-call-champagne-champagne https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1031324658/france-and-russia-are-in-a-tussle-over-who-gets-to-call-champagne-champagne

French law says only sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region can use the name. A new Russian law reserves the name for bubbly produced and sold in Russia.

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]]> Rebecca Rosman The U.S. Air Base At The Heart Of America's Biggest Airlift Here's what it's like at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, where many of the tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated from Kabul over the past few weeks are awaiting travel to the United States. Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:50:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1030307280/afghan-refugees-airlift-ramstein-air-base-germany https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1030307280/afghan-refugees-airlift-ramstein-air-base-germany

Here's what it's like at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, where many of the tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated from Kabul over the past few weeks are awaiting travel to the United States.

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