Europe

Update From Netherlands Tram Shooting

10:57am March 18, 2019

A shooting on a tram on Monday in the Netherlands has reportedly left three people dead. Authorities say the gunman remains at large. Rachel Martin talks to Geert Jan Hahn of Dutch news channel BNR.

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U.K. Reflects On Identity As Brexit Saga Drags On

5:14pm March 17, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

After two years of turmoil and negotiations, Britain's parliament voted to extend the March 29 deadline on Brexit. This political saga has left people in the U.K. fed up with politics.

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A Thwarted Art Theft In Italy

11:24am March 17, 2019

A famous painting was stolen out of a church in a small Italian town last week. But town leaders, tipped off about the planned heist, replaced the original with a copy.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech in front of the National Museum during Hungary's National Day celebrations on Friday in Budapest. Hungary's National Day celebrations commemorate the 1848 Hungarian Revolution against the Habsburg mo

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EU Struggles To Rein In Hungary's Hard-Line Government

9:10am March 16, 2019

by Joanna Kakissis

The center-right European People's Party faces off with its Hungarian partners that keep bashing Brussels and migrants.

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Brexit supporters and opponents shout at each other outside Parliament in London on Thursday, the day that British lawmakers voted to delay Brexit.

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After A Chaotic Week In Brexit Politics, Here's What You Need To Know

12:13pm March 15, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

Brexit has convulsed Britain like no other political event in decades. At the end of a week in which Parliament held key votes, things look considerably different than they did on Monday.

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British Parliament Agrees To Ask European Union For An Extension In Brexit Process

5:42pm March 14, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

In a vote Thursday, the British parliament voted overwhelmingly to delay the Brexit process beyond the country's planned exit date of March 29.

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47 Years After 'Bloody Sunday,' Former British Soldier Faces Prosecution For Killings

5:05pm March 14, 2019

A former British soldier is facing murder charges from Bloody Sunday in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 1972. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with former BBC correspondent Denis Murray.

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An anti-Brexit activist demonstrates outside of the Houses of Parliament in London on Thursday, before a vote on whether to postpone Britain's exit from the European Union.

U.K. Parliament Votes To Postpone Brexit

4:51pm March 14, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Parliament approved a government plan to ask the European Union for an extension until June 30. European leaders will consider the request at a summit next week in Brussels.

Families of victims of Bloody Sunday, in which 13 unarmed protesters were killed in 1972, marched before the prosecutor's announced charges against a former British paratrooper.

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Former British Soldier To Be Prosecuted For 1972 'Bloody Sunday' Killings

3:41pm March 14, 2019

by Dalia Mortada

The veteran was charged with the murders of two people and the attempted murders of four others who participated in a peaceful civil rights protest in Northern Ireland.

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As Deadline Nears, U.K. Parliament Again Rejects Brexit Plan

7:26am March 13, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Frank Langfitt and political scientist Sara Hobolt of the London School of Economics, about Tuesday's Brexit vote, and why it's been so hard for lawmakers to reach a deal.

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