Europe – Page 233 – Prologue Journal

Blast Shelters and Drone Jamming: A Russian City Adapts to War

New York Times While in Moscow the fighting feels far away, residents of Belgorod, 25 miles from the border with Ukraine, have learned to duck for cover when the sirens wail. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/world/europe/belgorod-russia-ukraine-war.html

5 Beach-City Travel Suggestions

New York Times Already been to Miami, Honolulu and Sydney? These other coastal destinations are vibrant on land and on the water, reliably offering visitors great beaches and urban adventures. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/travel/beach-city-destinations.html

Monday Briefing

New York Times Israel plans to pause fighting at a Gaza border crossing. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/briefing/israel-fighting-pause-trump-resistance.html

More Than 80 Nations Back Talks to Ease Path to Peace in Ukraine

New York Times Meeting in Switzerland, world leaders backed a joint statement urging more diplomacy, but were divided on how to engage Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/world/europe/ukraine-russia-peace-talks.html

Russian Forces Quash Prison Mutiny Led by Terrorism Suspects, State Media Reports

New York Times The assailants had taken two guards hostage and were killed, the prison service said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/world/europe/russia-prison-hostages.html

Deadly Toll in Greece as Heat Waves Sweep the Country

New York Times Several foreigners have gone missing or been found dead after going out for walks in recent days as temperatures in Greece soar. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/world/europe/greece-heat-wave-hikers.html

Euro 2024 Shooting: Police in Hamburg Shoot Man With Ax

New York Times The shooting took place in Hamburg, in an area packed with thousands of soccer fans, and hours before the Netherlands and Poland were set to play in Euro 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/world/europe/euro-2024-shooting-hamburg.html

Italians Respond to Pope’s Slur by Taking Francis to Pride

New York Times At Saturday’s celebration in Rome, Pope Francis’ image was on cardboard cutouts adorned with flower necklaces. People came dressed as the pope, wore papal hats and said that there was never too much “gayness.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/world/europe/rome-gay-pride-pope-francis.html

Inside the Chechen Units Helping to Fight Russia’s War

New York Times After hundreds of years of enmity with Russia, Chechens are deploying to Ukraine to fight Moscow’s war. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/world/europe/chechnya-russia-ukraine-war.html

On Bloomsday, Celebrating ‘Ulysses’ and Female Creativity

New York Times To help honor 100 years of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” an all-women Irish festival refocuses the annual re-enactment of the novel’s wanderings around the character of Molly Bloom. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/arts/bloomsday-women.html