David Hockney Goes High-Tech February 22, 2023 he is taking that to the next level. NYT > World > Europe NYTimes The British artist has always embraced new ways of working. With an immersive digital extravaganza +
Poland, Long Leery of Foreigners, Has Welcomed Ukrainians February 22, 2023 has accommodated far more refugees from neighboring Ukraine than any other nation. NYT > World > Europe NYTimes once one of the world’s most ethnically and culturally homogeneous The country +
In Northern Ukraine, a Different Sort of War Game February 21, 2023 NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Russian forces are shelling border areas there to tie up thousands of Ukrainian troops that might otherwise defend against attacks farther south. +
One Year Into War, Putin Is Crafting the Russia He Craves February 19, 2023 In Ukraine NYT > World > Europe NYTimes President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion has met setback after setback. But its effect at home has been very different. +
Chinese Official Calls U.S. Response to Balloon ‘Absurd and Hysterical’ February 18, 2023 NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Wang Yi spoke at the Munich Security Conference as suspense mounted over whether he might meet on the sidelines with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. +
Where Culture Flows Along London’s River Thames February 17, 2023 has become a focal point of the city’s arts and culture scene. NYT > World > Europe NYTimes the host of this year’s British Academy Film Awards The Southbank Center +
Russia Has Lost Half Its Tanks in Ukraine War, Report Says February 16, 2023 A report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies said Russia’s tank and artillery fleets had suffered “significant attrition” in the war. NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
6,000 Ukrainian Children Are Being Held in Russian Camps, Report Finds February 15, 2023 according to researchers. Children as young as four months old are being held in “integration programs” designed to Russify them NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
Champions League or Super League? No One Wins. February 13, 2023 NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Proponents of a European superleague do not lack for opposition. Those on the other side rarely have to explain why the status quo is worth saving. +
Russia tightens a claw around Bakhmut, as Wagner fighters claim another village. February 13, 2023 NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
Ronald S. Lauder Reaches Agreement on Klimt Painting With Jewish Heirs February 10, 2023 Mr. Lauder restituted the painting and then repurchased it from the relatives of an art collector who fled Europe in 1941 to avoid Nazi persecution. NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Under the agreement +
Russia’s Wagner Mercenary Group Says It Has Stopped Recruiting Prisoners February 09, 2023 many soon after arriving on the battlefield in Ukraine NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Russian rights advocates and Ukrainian officials say. Thousands of released convicts have been killed +
Turkey Earthquake: Time Is Running Out to Find Survivors February 07, 2023 an expert said. The logistics of finding survivors in Turkey and Syria are daunting. NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Rescues typically happen within three days of an earthquake +
After the Quake: Photos from Turkey and Syria February 06, 2023 NYT > World > Europe NYTimes The deadly earthquake was felt in at least four countries with most of the casualties and the heaviest damage reported in Turkey and Syria. +
Monday’s earthquake was as powerful as the strongest recorded in Turkey in 1939. February 05, 2023 a hotbed of seismic activity NYT > World > Europe NYTimes sits on the Anatolian Plate Turkey which borders two major faults as it grinds northeast against Eurasia. +
What’s the Correct Color of Bees? In Austria, It’s a Toxic Topic. February 04, 2023 In the Austrian state of Carinthia NYT > World > Europe NYTimes those honey producers judged “too dark” risk eradication. where the law favors light-colored local bees +
Corporate Lawyer’s Unlikely Mission: Defend and ‘Humanize’ a Hated Terrorist February 03, 2023 NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Stanislas Eskenazi volunteered with Brussels’ legal aid service typically helping petty criminals. But now he is representing Belgium’s most-wanted man. +