Europe – Page 373 – Prologue Journal

A Special Christmas Briefing

New York Times Wishing you and your family an excellent holiday. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/briefing/special-christmas-briefing-2023.html

Manchester United Sells 25 Percent Ownership Stake to Jim Ratcliffe

New York Times The billion-dollar deal leaves the team’s unpopular owners, the Glazer family, in control of the club, but it delegates important responsibilities to their new partner. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/world/europe/manchester-united-sale-jim-ratcliffe.html

Abandoned Cemetery of Algerians Highlights Painful Episode for France

New York Times Family groups have been calling for the excavation of land believed to hold the bodies of at least 50 children — the sons and daughters of Algerians who fought for France — who died in internment camps. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/world/europe/rivesaltes-camp-france-algeria-harkis.html

He Was Ready to Die, but Not to Surrender

New York Times How a Ukrainian soldier escaped from the embattled Azovstal steel complex in Mariupol and sneaked 125 miles to Ukrainian territory. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/world/europe/ukraine-mariupol-azpvstal.html

Ukraine Accuses Senior Defense Official of Embezzling $40 Million

New York Times The Ukrainian authorities said they had uncovered a scheme for the purchase of artillery shells at inflated prices, amid a wider effort to tackle wartime corruption. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/world/europe/ukraine-defense-official-arrest.html

Putin Quietly Signals He Is Open to a Cease-Fire in Ukraine

New York Times Despite its bravado in public, the Kremlin has indicated its interest in striking a deal to halt the war — so long as it could still declare victory. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-war-cease-fire.html

Brexiteers Vowed to ‘Take Back Control’ of U.K. Borders. What Happened?

New York Times Record numbers of legal immigrants came to Britain from outside the E.U. in recent years. Some on the right call that a “Brexit betrayal.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/world/europe/uk-brexit-migration-sunak.html

Overlooked No More: Ethel Lindgren, Anthropologist of Reindeer Herding Cultures

New York Times She is best remembered for importing reindeer to the Scottish Highlands centuries after they were hunted to extinction. About 150 roam there today. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/obituaries/ethel-lindgren-overlooked.html

Antonio Negri, Philosopher Who Wrote a Surprise Best Seller, Dies at 90

New York Times He became famous twice: first in 1979, for his imprisonment related to the murder of a former Italian premier, and then 20 years later, for his influential book “Empire.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/world/europe/antonio-negri-dead.html

It’s OK to Call It Soccer

New York Times The football-vs.-soccer debate is not about language at all. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/world/europe/football-soccer.html