Europe – Page 8 – Prologue Journal

Celeste Caeiro, Whose Flowers Gave a Name to a Revolt, Dies at 91

New York Times In Portugal in 1974, she spontaneously gave red carnations to soldiers on their way to ending a dictatorship in what became known as the Carnation Revolution. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/world/europe/celeste-caeiro-dead.html

Israel Strikes Building in Central Beirut

New York Times The attack came as Israel’s military has been pounding an area just outside the Lebanese capital with some of the heaviest waves of bombardment in months. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/world/europe/beirut-lebanon-israel-hezbollah.html

Israeli Strikes in Central and Northern Gaza Kill More Than 30 People

New York Times As Israel’s military wages a renewed offensive in the northern part of the enclave, Al Bureij and Nuseirat in central Gaza came under attack. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/world/europe/gaza-nuseirat-bureij-israel.html

Russia Launches Major Attack on Power Grid, Ukraine Says

New York Times Ukrainian energy infrastructure was the target of an hourslong attack involving around 120 missiles and 90 drones, officials in the country said. At least five people were killed. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-power-grid.html

At a Ukraine Maternity Clinic, Deaths From an Airstrike Shatter a Community

New York Times It was one horrific day of the war in Ukraine when a missile fell on the Adonis clinic in Kyiv. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/world/europe/ukraine-clinic-missile-russia.html

Vladimir Shklyarov, Star Russian Ballet Dancer, Dies at 39

New York Times The Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, which announced the death, did not say how or where he died. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/world/europe/vladimir-shklyarov-dead.html

Bitter Infighting Clouds Russian Opposition

New York Times Accusations of betrayal have already tarnished the movement once led by Aleksei Navalny. Now, the election of Donald J. Trump, a Putin admirer, further complicates the opposition efforts. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/world/europe/navalny-russia-opposition-divided.html

Their Lives Were Bound by a Fraud Case; Their Fates by a Sinking Yacht

New York Times Mike Lynch and Christopher Morvillo spent 12 years together fighting a legal battle over two continents. Their victory celebration ended in tragedy. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/business/mike-lynch-yacht-sinking.html

Golf Carts, Loudspeaker, Lockboxes: Florence Bans Tourism Headaches

New York Times The popular Tuscan destination is the most recent European city to consider measures aimed at making life in a tourism hot spot more bearable. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/travel/florence-tourism-ban-rules.html

Putin Talks With German Chancellor, Breaking Ice With the West

New York Times The hourlong call centered on what German officials said was a push to end the war in Ukraine. It was the first in two years between Mr. Putin and Chancellor Olaf Scholz. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/world/europe/scholz-putin-russia-germany-call.html