Europe – Page 165 – Prologue Journal

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

Delta Won’t Let Minors Fly Unaccompanied in Wake of Outage

New York Times Pete Buttigieg said on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation had opened an investigation into Delta’s ongoing response to Friday’s global tech outage. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/business/delta-it-outage-flights-minors.html

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Compete at Venice Film Festival

New York Times Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature and new movies from Luca Guadagnino and Pablo Larraín will also debut at this year’s event. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/movies/venice-film-festival-joker-folie-a-deux.html

Tuesday Briefing

New York Times Kamala Harris’s first campaign appearance. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/briefing/kamala-harris-gaza-strike.html

In Georgia’s Depressed Heartland, Pining for the Soviet Past

New York Times While most Georgians support closer integration with Western Europe, many people in industrial areas that collapsed along with Communism in the 1990s express nostalgia for the old Soviet prosperity. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/world/europe/georgia-heartland-soviet-union.html

A U.K. Deportation Plan Cost $900 Million. Only Four People Left.

New York Times Britain’s last Conservative government spent almost a billion dollars on its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, the newly appointed minister for immigration said Monday. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/world/europe/uk-rwanda-deportation-plan.html