Greece Prepares To Give Elections Another Go
Debt-burdened Greeks go to the polls Sunday to choose between an establishment party, and continuing harsh austerity measures, or a leftist party that vows to replace the current bailout deal with less...
View ArticleIn Greece, The Election May Have Been The Easy Part
European leaders and global markets expressed relief after Greek conservatives' narrow parliamentary election victory over leftists who had vowed to ditch the tough austerity terms of an international...
View ArticleEuro Mini-Summit Takes New Focus
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. With the eurozone crisis well into its third year, the leaders of the four major eurozone countries tried once...
View Article'Super Mario' Challenges The Idea Of Who's An Italian
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View ArticleItalians Commemorate Costa Concordia Wreck
Last January, the captain of the Italian mega-cruise ship Costa Concordia committed an apparent act of maritime bravado a few yards from the shore of a Tuscan island.
View ArticleWhistleblower Law Unlikely To Help Italy's Migrants
Italy recently approved a decree that would grant work and residence permits to migrants who blow the whistle on bosses who exploit them in the economy illegally.But in places like the southern region...
View ArticleItaly Worries Sicily's Woes Could Have Ripple Effect
In antiquity, Sicily was known as Greater Greece. Now, the eurozone crisis has led to sharp spending cuts and, with an economy based on public sector wages, Sicily is being called Italy's Greece. The...
View ArticleItalian Yacht Owners Weigh Anchor To Dodge Taxes
Italy has a public debt of nearly 2 trillion euros, and it's cracking down on its notoriously wily tax evaders. Owners of luxury yachts are a prime target, with tax police launching dockside raids to...
View ArticleItaly's Fiat Woes A Symptom Of Industrial Malady
Automaker Fiat announced its commitment to remain in Italy after a meeting Saturday between the company's CEO and the country's president.Fiat had threatened to shut down its operations in Italy unless...
View ArticleGerman Catholics' Path To Heaven Comes With Taxes
Germany's bishops have a clear message for the country's 25 million Catholics: The road to heaven requires more than faith and good intentions; it requires tax payments, too.Last month, German bishops...
View ArticleWith A Database, Germany Tracks Rise Of Neo-Nazis
The spread of neo-Nazi influence in Germany came to light fully last year with the shocking discovery of a neo-Nazi terrorist cell responsible for the worst right-wing violence since World War II.At...
View ArticleGerman Lawmakers Move To Quell Uproar Over Circumcision
Circumcisions have been virtually suspended in Germany for the past four months. The practice was effectively banned after a regional court in Cologne ruled that circumcision amounts to assault.That...
View ArticleItalian Women Call For Action Against 'Femicide'
Already this year, 105 women in Italy have been killed by husbands or boyfriends –- present or former.Vanessa Scialfa, 29, was killed by her partner in Sicily. Alessia Francesca Simonetta, 25, was...
View ArticleCatalan Vote Could Amplify Independence Fight
Voters in Spain's northern region of Catalonia go to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election that is shaping up as an unofficial referendum on secession. The current Catalan president has pledged...
View ArticleSeparatists Make Gains In Catalan Elections
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now let's catch up on a vote in Catalonia, Spain's most economically powerful region. That region gave overwhelming support to pro-independence parties in elections on...
View ArticleCat Fight In Rome: Beloved Shelter Faces Closure
Anyone who has visited Rome and its antique monuments has also seen their four-legged residents: the many stray cats that bask in the sun amid the ruins.One site in central Rome is known as "cat...
View ArticleSpain's Economic Woes Take A Toll On The Media
Three years of euro-zone recession have badly hurt Spain's media sector, where some 8,500 journalists have lost their jobs. Dozens of newspapers have closed and the remaining publications are sharply...
View ArticleSpain's Crisis Leads To Rise Of Grass-Roots Groups
A year and a half ago, recession-ravaged Spanish society reacted to the economic crisis with the "Indignados," a mass protest that inspired the worldwide "Occupy" movement.The "angry ones" are long...
View ArticleFamilies Of Spain's 'Stolen Babies' Seek Answers — And Reunions
Allegations of the existence of a secret network of doctors and nuns who stole newborn babies and sold them for adoption are reviving a dark chapter in Spain's recent history.More than 1,000 people...
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