Europe – Page 490 – Prologue Journal

This is how Ukraine has survived the war on its power grid.

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/world/europe/this-is-how-ukraine-has-survived-the-war-on-its-power-grid.html

Russia’s Ambassador Says U.S. Threatened Retaliation Unless Evan Gershkovich Is Released

New York Times American officials and The Wall Street Journal have vehemently denied the accusation that Evan Gershkovich was engaged in any kind of spying activity. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/world/europe/russia-gershkovich-ambassador.html

Decades on From Peace, Northern Ireland Schools Are Still Deeply Divided

New York Times The nation’s school system still sees the country’s pupils starkly divided by their religious backgrounds, years after the Good Friday Agreement brought an end to sectarian strife. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/world/europe/northern-ireland-schools-good-friday-agreement.html

Ghosts Past and Present Cross Paths as War Comes to Nuclear Wasteland

New York Times Not everyone evacuated when the Chernobyl nuclear plant melted down in 1986. The few who stayed lived through another calamity when Russian troops marched in. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/world/europe/chernobyl-russia-ukraine-war.html

Exploring Picasso’s Málaga

New York Times Among the best places to discover the celebrated 20th-century Spanish artist is the sun-splashed, seaside city where he was born. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/travel/malaga-spain-picasso.html

Your Friday Briefing

New York Times An arrest in the document leak in the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/briefing/leak-airman-protests-france.html

Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle

New York Times The last three plants in Germany are scheduled to shut down by Saturday, while other European countries are looking to expand nuclear energy. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/world/europe/germany-nuclear-power-plants.html

Jack Teixeira: The Airman Who Wanted to Give Gamers a Real Taste of War

New York Times The group liked online war games. But then Jack Teixeira, an active-duty airman, began showing them classified documents, members say. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/world/europe/jack-teixeira-pentagon-leak.html

Jack Teixeira: The Airman Who Wanted to Give Gamers a Real Taste of War

New York Times The group liked online war games. But then Airman Jack Teixeira, members say, began showing them classified documents. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/world/europe/jake-teixeira-pentagon-leak.html

Pierre Lacotte, Choreographer Who Aided a Defection, Dies at 91

New York Times He befriended Rudolf Nureyev in 1961 while the Kirov Ballet was in Paris and witnessed his headline-making defection at the height of the Cold War. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/arts/dance/pierre-lacotte-dead.html