Europe – Page 40 – Prologue Journal

Britain’s Flawed Jobs Reports Leave Economists ‘Second-Guessing’

New York Times Officials are grappling with an incomplete picture of Britain’s labor market as the national statistics agency strains to improve data quality. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/business/britain-jobs-data.html

Notre-Dame Holds First Public Mass in Years: ‘Fire Has Not Conquered Stone’

New York Times Sunday was the first opportunity for worshipers to return to the cathedral, beloved by the faithful and secular alike, since the 2019 fire that devastated it. “Despair has not conquered life,” its rector said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/world/europe/notre-dame-reopened-mass.html

Bogged Down in Ukraine, Russia Pays a Price in Syria

New York Times With the fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, Vladimir V. Putin has suffered one of the biggest geopolitical setbacks of his quarter-century in power. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/world/europe/russia-syria-assad-putin.html

43,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Since Russia Invaded, Zelensky Says

New York Times The tally differs sharply from estimates by U.S. officials and military analysts, who have said the number is closer to 70,000. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/world/europe/ukrainian-war-dead.html

A Sneak Peak Inside Notre-Dame Before Its Reopening

New York Times Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic for The New York Times, visited the Paris landmark last summer amid the restoration. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/insider/notre-dame-behind-scenes.html

The U.S. Couple Donating to Notre-Dame Restoration Efforts

New York Times A couple from North Carolina are part of the second-largest group of donors to the huge fund-raising effort to restore the famous cathedral: Americans. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/world/europe/notre-dame-restoration-american-donors.html

Ukraine’s Aggressive Draft Efforts Are Facing a Backlash

New York Times After being left for dead by Russian soldiers, Mykola Kulichenko doesn’t think he should be forced to serve. His experience highlights the vagaries of Ukraine’s aggressive mobilization. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/world/europe/ukraine-army-draft-mykola-kulichenko.html

With Pageantry and Dignitaries, France Unveils a Reborn Notre-Dame

New York Times Five years after a ruinous fire, the reopening of the cathedral restored it in full glory to the Paris skyline and delivered a much-needed morale boost for France. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/world/europe/france-notre-dame-reopening.html

Trump Attends Notre-Dame Ceremony in First Foreign Trip Since Election

New York Times At the ceremony, the president-elect took a seat next to President Emmanuel Macron of France, with whom he has had a rocky relationship. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/world/europe/trump-notre-dame-reopening-paris.html

In Romanian Village, Anger Fuels Support for Ultranationalist ‘Messiah’

New York Times A presidential election has been called off, but the discontent that propelled the surging campaign of a rightist firebrand rages on. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/world/europe/romania-election-georgescu-nationalism.html