Europe

Poland says Belarus has turned human trafficking into a business

7:43am October 12, 2021

Belarus is sending migrants across its border with Poland to pressure the EU, and when Poland illegally sends asylum-seekers back across the border, they face mistreatment by Belarussian police.

How a spike in gas prices is giving Putin influence over Europe's energy supply

4:37pm October 11, 2021

by Eleanor Beardsley

The price of natural gas in Europe has skyrocketed in recent weeks, and there are predictions of energy shortages across the continent this winter.

Man in northern Bosnia builds a house that can rotate a full circle

6:41am October 11, 2021

Vojin Kusic says he heard his wife's complaints about wanting a varied view from the windows, which is why he built a house that can rotate 360 degrees at different speeds. It took six years to build.

Human behavior is key to solving urban wild boar invasions

5:17pm October 09, 2021

Wild boars are increasingly becoming a danger and nuisance in European cities. Journalist Bernhard Warner tells NPR's Michel Martin why that is, and what cities are doing to control them.

Journalist Maria Ressa talks to reporters on March 29, 2019, after posting bail at a trial court in Metro Manila, Philippines. This Friday, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ressa and journalist Dmitry Muratov for the fight for freedom of expressi

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The Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists in the Philippines and Russia

6:08pm October 08, 2021

by The Associated Press

The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia.

Norway is seeing a record boom in sales of electric cars, which far outpace gas and diesel vehicles. Here, an electric BMW drives on the street in downtown Oslo.

9 in 10 cars now being sold in Norway are electric or hybrid

12:22pm October 08, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Of all new passenger cars sold so far in 2021 in Norway, less than 5% are powered by gasoline. The numbers push the country closer to meeting its goal of a zero-emission fleet of new cars by 2025.

2021's Nobel Peace Prize winners are revealed

8:44am October 08, 2021

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.

Was Daniel Craig's final James Bond film 'No Time To Die' worth the wait?

5:01pm October 07, 2021

by Bob Mondello

The 25th 007 film will also be Daniel Craig's last as James Bond. But at least you get a lot of him; No Time To Die is almost three hours long.

Why energy prices are surging in Europe

4:59pm October 07, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Andrea Rizzi, global affairs correspondent for El Pais, about the surge of energy prices in Europe and the impact it's having on its citizens.

A visitor walks near barbed wire and prison barracks at the former Auschwitz I concentration camp on Jan. 26, 2020, in Oswiecim, Poland.

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Authorities are investigating antisemitic graffiti found on Auschwitz barracks

12:12pm October 07, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Auschwitz Memorial officials call the vandalism "an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history."