Europe – Page 418 – Prologue Journal

Terence Davies, 77, Dies; Filmmaker Mined Literature and His Own Life

New York Times With a poetic sensibility, “Distant Voices, Still Lives” echoed his Liverpool upbringing, and “The House of Mirth” put Edith Wharton’s novel on the screen. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/movies/terence-davies-77-dead.html

Hamburg Airport Suspends Flights Over Threat to Iranian Plane

New York Times All fights were suspended for more than an hour, but after what security officials said was a vigorous search, the airport reopened. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/world/europe/hamburg-airport-suspends-flights.html

Zelensky Compares Hamas’s Assault on Israel to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

New York Times The Ukrainian president said in a speech to NATO that “terror will have no allies” if the world unites against hostage-taking and other acts of aggression. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-russia-israel.html

El Anatsui Builds Monumental Art From Daily Life

New York Times As his newest sculptures fill Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, the Ghanaian artist is returning to his roots and thinking about his legacy. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/arts/design/el-anatsui-tate-modern-london.html

What to Know as the U.K. Appeals a Ruling on Its Asylum Policy

New York Times Britain’s Supreme Court determined earlier this year that the Conservative government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/world/europe/what-to-know-uk-appeals-asylum-policy.html

Monday Briefing

New York Times The Hamas-Israel war has entered a new phase. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/briefing/hamas-israel-war-afghanistan.html

Green Energy Casts a Shadow Over a Cherished English Landscape

New York Times Residents of East Anglia fear that planned power lines for offshore wind projects will blight their rural idyll. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/business/energy-environment/green-energy-east-anglia-britain.html

Bavarian Election Results Signal Trouble for Scholz’s Government

New York Times The election served as a midterm report card for Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and the grades were not good. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/08/world/europe/bavaria-elections-germany-scholz.html

In Hroza, Ukraine, ‘All My Relatives Are Dead’

New York Times In Hroza, Ukraine, where one-sixth of the hamlet was killed in a missile strike, officials and survivors have begun the daunting task of identifying and burying the dead. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/08/world/europe/hroza-ukraine-attack.html

Poland’s Ruling Party Uses Germany as Boogeyman as Tough Election Looms

New York Times Poland’s Law and Justice party is using Germany as a punching bag to rally its base for the election on Oct. 15, a tactic driven by the country’s de facto leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/08/world/europe/poland-election-nazis-germany.html