Europe

Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval is killed on the battlefield

5:12am November 30, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

The dancer with the National Opera of Ukraine was killed in September. Oleksandr Shapoval had volunteered to fight after the Russian invasion. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 13, 2022.)

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One Tuscan village uses wool-insulated cooking boxes to save on energy costs

4:21pm November 29, 2022

by Sylvia Poggioli

Rising energy prices in Europe have forced some Italians to turn to abandoned cooking methods. One Tuscan village is using wool to insulate cooking boxes that slow-cook food with less energy.

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Encore: London's Victoria and Albert Museum exhibit acknowledges its colonial legacy

4:21pm November 29, 2022

by Willem Marx

A new exhibit at London's Victoria and Albert Museum focuses on African fashion. The exhibit's curator says it's a way for the museum to acknowledge its colonial legacy.

Ukrainian flags fly in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 19, marking the graves of soldiers killed in action following the Russian invasion earlier this year.

A journalist's plea to the West: 'Pay attention to Ukraine and its fate'

1:36pm November 29, 2022

by Terry Gross

Invasion author Luke Harding began reporting from Ukraine in December 2021 and was in Kyiv the night before the Russian invasion began. "There is no mood inside Ukrainian society to yield," he says.

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Why Margrethe Vestager is Silicon Valley's foremost antagonist

5:03am November 29, 2022

by Bobby Allyn

As the European Union's top tech regulator, Vestager has overseen the passage of sweeping privacy and competition regulations. She has spearheaded more than half a dozen legal cases against Big Tech.

Residents hold a remembrance ceremony during the 90th anniversary of a great famine known as the Holodomor, at a museum in Drohobych, Ukraine, on Saturday.

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Ukraine remembers a famine under Stalin, and points to parallels with Putin

6:23pm November 28, 2022

by Greg Myre

Ukraine marked 90 years since a terrible famine that killed at least 4 million of its people. The event was especially poignant this year as Ukraine deals with its present crisis.

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This Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, file photo shows the sun bouncing off the Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. Europol says law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a "super cartel" of drugs traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe.

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A cartel allegedly responsible for a third of Europe's cocaine has been busted

1:39pm November 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

"The scale of cocaine importation into Europe under the suspects' control and command was massive," Europol said, adding that the suspects used encrypted communications to organize drugs shipments.

A woman carrying a bucket walks along the road near Bakhmut, on Nov. 27. As temperatures drop, Ukrainians worked to restore power, heat and water supplies after Russian strikes hit key infrastructure.

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Week in Ukraine: Power back on for many but more Russian strikes expected (Nov. 28)

11:22am November 28, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Music & Culture

Pop star Dua Lipa has been granted Albanian citizenship

5:49am November 28, 2022

President Bajram Begaj recognized Lipa, the daughter of Albanian immigrants, for her musical talents and contribution to spreading international awareness of Albania.

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Albania's president Bajram Begaj grants Dua Lipa, born of Albanian parents, citizenship Sunday.

Pop sensation Dua Lipa has been granted Albanian citizenship

2:14pm November 27, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

President Bajram Begaj recognized Lipa, the daughter of Albanian immigrants, for her musical talents and contribution to spreading international awareness of Albania.