Europe

Yevgeny Prigozhin (left) serves food to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a 2011 dinner at Prigozhin's restaurant outside Moscow.

'Putin's Chef' Has His Fingers In Many Pies, Critics Say

5:58pm January 30, 2019

by Greg Myre

Yevgeny Prigozhin, a high-end caterer with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is accused of interfering in the 2016 U.S. election and is linked to Russian mercenaries in Syria and Ukraine.

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Irish Border Continues To Be A Sticking Point In A Brexit Deal

7:23am January 30, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks to Irish columnist and author Martina Devlin about the key issue in the ongoing Brexit negotiations: the border that separates Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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Actress Catherine Deneuve Sells Off Wardrobe Designed By Yves Saint Laurent

6:17pm January 29, 2019

by Eleanor Beardsley

French actress Catherine Deneuve once told fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, "my most beautiful love affair is with you." Now she's auctioning off more than 100 of her YSL haute couture ensembles.

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Britain's Parliament Finally Agrees On A Way Forward On Brexit

5:11pm January 29, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

British Prime Minister Theresa May says she will ask the European Union to reopen negotiations on the agreement on the U.K.'s exit, despite the E.U. saying the agreement could not be changed.

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The Russian Justice Ministry has issued a proposal to exempt officials from corruption charges under certain conditions.

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Russia Proposes Easing Laws On Corruption, Saying It's Unavoidable Sometimes

2:23pm January 29, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The proposed rule from the Justice Ministry says officials and public figures could be exempt if "objective circumstances" made it impossible for them to comply with corruption laws.

Alice Dwyer plays the young Hanni Lévy in The Invisibles, which focuses on the lives of four German Jews who stayed in Germany during World War II and survived.

'The Invisibles' Reveals How Some Jews Survived Nazi Germany By Hiding In Plain Sight

12:58pm January 29, 2019

by Eleanor Beardsley

"You just had to ignore the fear in your gut and push it away, become someone else," recalls one Jewish survivor, now 94. "I had to act like a regular Berliner. And this is what saved me in the end."

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British Parliament To Vote On Amendments To Brexit

11:51am January 29, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

The U.K. parliament votes on the future path for Brexit Tuesday — whether to open the door to a delay, or press the European Union to compromise.

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How British Prime Minister Theresa May Became The Person Trying To Wrangle Brexit

4:57pm January 28, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with writer Sam Knight of The New Yorker about British Prime Minister Theresa May, and how she's handling the job of leading the U.K. through Brexit.

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José Roselló and Victoria Garcia take part in a vigil last Thursday for their son, Julen, whose body was found over the weekend in a borehole in Spain's Málaga province.

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Funeral Held For 2-Year-Old Boy Who Fell Into Borehole In Spain

4:39pm January 28, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Julen Roselló disappeared on Jan. 13 near the village of Totalán in Málaga province. "All of Spain shares in the infinite sadness of Julen's family," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said.

The painting in its original place at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.

Mural Attributed To Banksy Stolen From Paris' Bataclan Concert Hall

2:40pm January 28, 2019

by Milton Guevara

The mural — painted on an exit door — was believed to be a memorial to the victims of a 2015 terror attack that killed 90 people at the Bataclan.