Tag: Europe

A Polish Priest’s War Against Abortion Focuses on Helping Single Mothers

SZCZECIN, Poland — Abortion has been banned in Poland for 29 years, but that has done little to…

Germans Tip-Toe Up the Path to Energy Savings

AUGSBURG, Germany — Wolfgang Hübschle went into city government expecting a simple life, planning things like traditional festivals…

Crops ‘Stored Everywhere’: Ukraine’s Harvest Piles Up

A small army of combine harvesters rolled across an endless farm field on a recent afternoon in western…

Draghi’s Fall Reverberates Beyond Italy

ROME — Just over a month ago, Prime Minister Mario Draghi of Italy boarded an overnight train with…

Italy’s President Accepts Draghi Resignation, Calling for New Elections

ROME — Italy’s president on Thursday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, dissolved Parliament and called…

Deep in a Covid Wave, Europe Counts Cases and Carries On

ROME — Customers in the Rome bookstore paid no attention to the circular stickers on the floor instructing…

At NATO Summit in Madrid, Debates Underneath the Unity

BRUSSELS — After the collapse of the Soviet Union, some asked whether NATO had any real reason to…

As Russia Chokes Ukraine’s Grain Exports, Romania Tries to Fill In

Stopping at the edge of a vast field of barley on his farm in Prundu, 30 miles outside…

French Nuclear Power Crisis Frustrates Europe’s Push to Quit Russian Energy

PARIS — Plumes of steam towered above two reactors recently at the Chinon nuclear power plant in the…

As European Leaders Visit Kyiv, Putin Cuts Their Gas Supply

BERLIN — As the leaders of Europe’s three biggest economies appeared in Kyiv on Thursday to send a…

How Travelers to Europe Can Deal With the Summer’s Chaos

Adding to the upheaval, aviation workers in Europe have held strikes in recent weeks, demanding better working conditions…

What Europe’s Universal Charger Mandate Means for You

Most of us own multiple types of chargers to replenish our devices. That’s because many products, like Apple…