Europe – Page 454 – Prologue Journal

Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Pushes Forward, Village by Village

New York Times As Ukraine pushes slowly forward in its counteroffensive, it’s relying heavily on the effort of hundreds of small-scale assault groups, each tasked with attacking a single trench, tree line or house. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-counteroffensive.html

No Charges Filed Over Death of Adama Traoré in France

New York Times Adama Traoré, 24, died in 2016 shortly after three officers pinned him to the ground during an arrest. His case became a symbol for activists protesting police violence in France. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/europe/france-police-adama-traore.html

Body Is Found in Search for Missing British Poet

New York Times The police said they had found a man’s body after a search for Gboyega Odubanjo, 27, who was last seen on Saturday at a music festival in England where he was set to perform. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/europe/gboyega-odubanjo-dead.html

What I’m Reading: Buried Secrets

New York Times In countries that have emerged from brutal 20th-century dictatorships, the past isn’t staying in the past. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/europe/what-im-reading-buried-secrets.html

Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented Electric Scooters

New York Times But the city is adding bike lanes, and scooter companies are shifting their focus to electric bikes. E-scooters killed three people and wounded 459 others in Paris last year. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/europe/paris-escooter-ban.html

French Citizen Killed After Straying Into Algerian Waters

New York Times The man was among a group including French-Moroccan dual citizens vacationing in northern Morocco when their water scooters, low on fuel, drifted and the coast guard opened fire. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/europe/algeria-french-citizen-jet-ski.html

Russia, Belarus and Iran Are Invited to 2023 Nobel Prize Ceremony

New York Times The executive director of the Nobel Foundation said it was reversing course from a year ago in an effort lower tensions at a time of growing geopolitical divisions. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/europe/russia-belarus-iran-nobel-prize.html

As Ukraine’s Fight Falters, It Gets Even Harder to Talk About Negotiations

New York Times Discussion of a negotiated Plan B, should Ukraine fail to win a total victory, has become more unseemly than ever and is now nearly a taboo, say those who have tried. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/europe/ukraine-fight-negotiations.html

Europe’s ‘Tormented History’ Drives an Ambitious Macron Protégé

New York Times Clément Beaune, who had a double coming out as a gay man with Jewish roots, wants to be mayor of Paris, revive the center-left and build the united Europe he cherishes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/europe/france-politics-clement-beaune.html

Textbooks for Russian High Schoolers Try to Justify Ukraine War

New York Times The textbooks, which cover Russian history from 1945 to present, also reimagine the brutality of Joseph Stalin’s policies. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/europe/russia-textbooks-ukraine-war.html