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Greece's Left-Wing Prime Minister Takes Charge

12:14pm January 27, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Alexis Tsipras has been sworn in as Greece's new prime minister, but there are doubts about whether he can fulfill his campaign promise to increase public spending while ending austerity measures.

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Looking At How Greece's New Government Will Fare In Eurozone

12:14pm January 27, 2015

As Greece's Syriza party takes charge, NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute For International Economics, about what this means for Greece and the Eurozone.

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A soldier from the Swedish army participates in a military exercise at Hagshult Airbase in Sweden in November.

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Russian Threats Expose Europe's Military Cutbacks

11:27am January 27, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

A series of military confrontations and growing tensions between Western Europe and Russia show how ill-prepared European countries are after years of cutbacks.

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LRA Rebel Commander Appears Before International Criminal Court

11:27am January 27, 2015

At a hearing in The Hague, Dominic Ongwen faced war crime charges. As the top Ugandan rebel commander of the Lord's Resistance Army, he's accused of forcing child soldiers to beat, maim and kill.

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Investigation Into Paris Attack Leads Authorities To Spain

9:00am January 27, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

In the wake of attacks in Paris, part of the investigation into terror cells in Europe has led to Spain. One of the Paris gunmen, Amedy Coulibaly, is believed to have visited Madrid in the days before he burst into a kosher market, killing four people.

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Weekend Shelling Kills 30 People In Eastern Ukraine

7:48pm January 26, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to Shaun Walker, Moscow bureau chief for The Guardian, who is covering renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine. The latest shelling killed 30 people in the port city of Mariupol.

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Newly sworn-in Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras enters his new offices in Athens on Monday.

Greece's Left-Wing Prime Minister Takes Charge

3:31pm January 26, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Alexis Tsipras, who led Syriza to a momentous win in the parliamentary election, was sworn in today amid fears about what his win means for the country's bailout agreements with the European Union.

Alexis Tsipras, center, leader of Greece's Syriza left-wing main opposition waves to his supporters after voting at a polling station in Athens on Sunday.

Anti-Austerity Leftists Win Greek Election

8:12am January 26, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The leftist Syriza party, which has vowed to roll back EU-mandated austerity measures, have edged out the ruling center-right party of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.

Greek Voters Usher Leftist Party Into Office

8:03am January 26, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Greece's radical left Syriza party is the first anti-austerity party to win elections in Europe, throwing into doubt whether the troubled country stays the course on an international austerity plan.

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After Brief Respite, Conflict In Ukraine Flares Back Up

6:38pm January 25, 2015

After a holiday lull, the war in Ukraine has reignited and is spreading amid signs that Russian troops have been flowing into the region. NPR's Arun Rath talks with Corey Flintoff from Kyiv.

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