Europe

By Damien Cave and Christopher F. Schuetze As the global economy heats up and tries to put the pandemic aside, a battle for the young and able has begun. With fast-track visas and promises of permanent residency, many of the wealthy…
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By Melissa Eddy, Katrin Bennhold and Christopher F. Schuetze BERLIN - As Germany’s election results came into sharper focus on Monday (27), no party won a decisive majority but the loser was clear: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian…
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By Katrin Bennhold BERLIN — After 16 years of Angela Merkel as their chancellor, Germans scattered their votes across the political spectrum Sunday (26) in the election to replace her, a fractured return that heralds a messier political…
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By Jeremie Richard and Tom Little REYKJAVIK,- Iceland on Sunday (26) became the first country in Europe to have more women than men in parliament, a day after a general election that saw the left-right coalition win a clear majority. Of…
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By Jason Horowitz ROME — Pope Francis on Tuesday (14) rejected in stark terms the use of the cross as a political tool, an apparent swipe at nationalist forces in Europe and beyond that have used the imagery of Christianity for personal…
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By Gaia Pianigiani and Jack Ewing  SIENA, Italy — Last month Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world’s oldest bank, acquired another distinction: Europe’s weakest lender. The bank performed worse than any other in a test of its…
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By Melissa Eddy and Megan Specia BERLIN — European authorities have revised down the number of people missing as waters receded after devastating flooding in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland last week, even as the death…
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By Melissa Eddy BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday (18) met with survivors and thanked volunteers as she made her way through a village wrecked by the extraordinary floods that have killed at least 183 people in Germany and…
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By Steven Erlanger and Somini Sengupta BRUSSELS — In a seminal moment in the global effort to fight climate change, Europe on Wednesday (14)  challenged the rest of the world by laying out an ambitious blueprint to pivot away from fossil…
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By Melissa Eddy BERLIN — Angela Merkel is scheduled to arrive at the White House on Thursday (15) for talks with the fourth US president she has known since becoming German chancellor, on a visit partly about policy and partly about legacy…
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