Tag: Europe
Russian Pavlyuchenkova advances to 1st major final in Paris
PARIS — Tour veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia advanced to her first Grand Slam final by beating unseeded Tamara Zidansek at the French Open...
Fans are allowed at Euro 2020, even if stadiums aren’t full
LONDON — A full house doesn’t mean a full stadium for this year’s coronavirus-impacted European Championship.
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Budapest orchestra performs live concert from moving truck
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Budapest Festival Orchestra wants its audience back.
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Gottfried Boehm, architect of concrete churches, dies at 101
BERLIN — German architect Gottfried Boehm, who was famous for his concrete brutalist-style church buildings, has died at 101.
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5 Poles sue government seeking faster steps on gas emissions
WARSAW, Poland — A Polish environmental group says five members of the public are separately taking the government to court this month, to demand...
Prince Philip ‘wasn’t really looking forward’ to centenary
LONDON — On what would have been Prince Philip's 100th birthday, his youngest child said he would not have been looking forward to any...
Russia fines Facebook, Telegram over banned content
MOSCOW — Russian authorities on Thursday ordered Facebook and the messaging app Telegram to pay steep fines for failing to remove banned content, a...
EU lawmakers say Morocco put children’s lives at risk
BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers on Thursday accused Morocco of endangering the lives of children in an attempt to put political pressure on Spain,...
Man who slapped French President Macron to go on trial
VALENCE, France — A 28-year-old man who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron will be tried on Thursday, facing possible jail time and a fine...
Police at nerve center in The Hague share Euro 2020 intel
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Policing a 24-team soccer tournament in 11 cities scattered across 10 countries was always going to be tough even before...