Europe – Page 164 – Prologue Journal

The Ultimate Italy Experience: Making Pasta with Nonnas

New York Times In a small town near Rome, real nonnas teach the dying art of making farfalle, ravioli and other forms with a rolling pin, some flour and eggs. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/travel/pasta-making-italy-grandmothers.html

Germany Bans Islamic Group, Accusing it of Supporting Hezbollah

New York Times The authorities also searched dozens of properties linked to the Islamic Center Hamburg, which has long faced accusations of being a front for the Iranian government. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/world/europe/germany-hamburg-islamist-ban-hezbollah.html

Mediterranean Drought Forces a Hard Choice: Who Gets the Water?

New York Times Parts of southern Italy and other countries in the region are experiencing one of their worst droughts in decades. The authorities say they are working to at least save tourism. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/world/europe/drought-farming-tourism.html

Wednesday Briefing

New York Times Kamala Harris’s rally in Wisconsin. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/briefing/kamala-harris-netanyahu-macron.html

Beefed-Up Olympics Security Thins Out Tourists, Squeezing Merchants

New York Times French businesses had hoped the Games would bring an economic boom, but metal fences and police checkpoints have turned some areas of Paris into dead zones. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/olympics-paris-tourists-small-business.html

Mediterranean Drought Forces a Hard Choice: Who Gets the Water?

New York Times Parts of Southern Italy and other countries in the region are experiencing one of their worst droughts in decades. The authorities say they are working to at least save tourism. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/world/europe/after-losing-crops-to-drought-sicily-fears-losing-tourism-too.html

Ukrainians Are Turning to ‘Death Doulas’ Amid War With Russia

New York Times The work of those who guide people coping with acute grief has grown in importance in war-torn Ukraine, where death has become a daily reality since the Russian invasion. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/world/europe/ukraine-death-doula-russia-war.html

U.K. Royal Family Gets Financial Boost From Offshore Wind and Palaces

New York Times Profits at the Crown Estate doubled thanks to offshore wind deals, while visitors to royal palaces are almost back to prepandemic levels. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/world/europe/uk-royal-family-finances.html

Macron Rejects Left-Wing Group’s Choice for Prime Minister, Lucie Castets

New York Times The left-wing parties stopped quarreling and tapped a little-known civil servant for the job. But President Emmanuel Macron said he would not appoint anyone until after the Paris Summer Olympics. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/world/europe/france-macron-left-wing-prime-minister.html

Brazilian Art Student Switches Coin at the British Museum With a Fake

New York Times The artist aimed to use sleight of hand to point to what he described as the museum’s problematic legacy of colonial-era acquisitions. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/world/europe/british-museum-coin-fake.html