Europe – Page 518 – Prologue Journal

The President, the Soccer Hooligans and an Underworld ‘House of Horrors’

New York Times A grisly trial in Serbia has raised questions about connections between the country’s top leadership and its violent drug gangs. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/magazine/aleksandar-vucic-veljko-belivuk-serbia.html

Your Wednesday Briefing

New York Times Russian pressure on civilians in occupied Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/briefing/civilians-ukraine-manufacturing-united-states.html

Russia Ramps Up Pressure on Civilians in Occupied Ukraine

New York Times Wary of Ukrainian partisans and anticipating a counteroffensive, Russian authorities have “reinforced” counterintelligence units in occupied territory, Ukraine says. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/world/europe/russia-ukraine-civilians.html

Explosion Reportedly Derails Another Train in Russia Near Ukraine Border

New York Times An explosion on Tuesday in Bryansk, along Ukraine’s northern border, sent a locomotive and about 20 train cars off the rails, local authorities said. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/world/europe/russia-train-derailment-ukraine.html

Man Arrested Outside Buckingham Palace as Police Conduct Controlled Explosion

New York Times Amid tension ahead of King Charles III’s coronation, a man threw what police called suspected shotgun cartridges onto the palace grounds, and a bag he carried was detonated as a precaution. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/world/europe/buckingham-palace-arrest-explosion.html

New York Times’s Publisher Warns of Risks to Press Freedom and Democracy

New York Times The free press’s role in supporting human rights and democratic societies is “at great risk” amid increasing levels of violence against journalists worldwide, A.G. Sulzberger said. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/world/europe/world-press-freedom-day-sulzberger-gershkovich.html

At a U.N. event on press freedom, the publisher of The New York Times warns of dangers to democracy.

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/world/europe/world-press-freedom-un-journalists.html

Russia’s border region with Ukraine is shelled again, officials say.

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/world/europe/russia-ukraine-byransk-strike.html

FIFA Says Women’s World Cup Faces TV Blackout in Europe

New York Times Gianni Infantino said matches would not be shown in the continent’s biggest markets this summer unless broadcasters meet FIFA’s demands for higher fees. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/sports/soccer/infantino-womens-world-cup-blackout.html

For King Charles’s Coronation, a Fancy Fish Pie Without the Fish

New York Times For most coronations over the past 800 years, the city of Gloucester in England has presented newly crowned monarchs with lamprey pies. Charles’s pie will be different. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/world/europe/king-charles-lamprey-pie.html