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The two sides of a new 100-ruble banknote depict a memorial to sunken ships in the port of Sevastopol, the site of Russia's naval base, and the Swallow's Nest, a mock castle on a clifftop near Yalta.

Russia Marks Crimea Annexation With A Banknote Rapidly Losing Value

4:03pm December 23, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

The 100-ruble note is worth about half of what it was worth in February 2014, just before Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula. The ruble could depreciate even more in the coming year.

Spaniards Snap Up Holiday Hams, Even After Cancer Warning

3:53pm December 23, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Ham is the most popular family gift at Christmastime in Spain. And some Spaniards are feeling defiant after the World Health Organization's warning that processed meats are linked to cancer.

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During a Dec. 5 protest against new highway fees in Moscow, a Russian Communist Party supporter stood in front of a banner with portraits of wealthy businessmen including billionaire Arkady Rotenberg, far left. Rotenberg's son, Igor Rotenberg, controls th

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In A Rare Protest, Russian Truckers Rally Against Putin's Highway Tax

10:55am December 23, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Long-haul truck drivers are protesting new road fees they say will hurt their business. The drivers are part of the blue-collar workforce that normally gives President Putin his strongest support.

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Greeks Forced To Weather Multiple Crises In 2015

5:34am December 23, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Greeks had to confront creditors with an untested leader at the helm, deal with more austerity measures, economic overhauls and take in thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.

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Brits Doing Brooklyn: 'A View From The Bridge' Crosses The Sea To Broadway

7:08pm December 22, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with actor Mark Strong about his Broadway debut playing Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's, A View from the Bridge.

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Number Of Migrants Who Reached Europe This Year Tops 1 Million

7:05pm December 22, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to William Lacy Swing, director general of the International Organization for Migration, which estimates over 1 million migrants have arrived in Europe this year.

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Syrian Migrant Gets Settled In Germany After Tough Journey

4:20pm December 22, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro checks back in with a Syrian man who made the trip to Germany this year. We first met him in the summer when he was in Turkey preparing for his journey.

Hungarian police officers stop a group of refugees near a makeshift camp for asylum seekers in Roszke, southern Hungary, in September 2015.

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The Number Of Migrants And Refugees Arriving In Europe Tops 1 Million

7:06am December 22, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Most of them are from Syria, Africa and South Asia. The International Organization for Migration says this is the highest migration flow since World War II.

Despite Demands To Stop, DJ Plays Wham! Song Repeatedly

6:16am December 22, 2015

A disc jockey in Austria locked himself in a studio and played "Last Christmas" 24 times in a row. He said people weren't in the Christmas spirit and he wanted to change that.

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HBO Documentary Explores Dark Underbelly Of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet

6:07pm December 21, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

Russia's Bolshoi Ballet was rocked following the 2013 acid attack on the company's artistic director. A new documentary airing Monday on HBO, Bolshoi Babylon, looks at the culture of the company and how things got to that point. NPR explores how the paranoia and distrust of management within the ranks of the company is both very Russian and a symbol of the Bolshoi Ballet.