http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/region/europe/The latest news, analysis and reporting about Europe from the Online NewsHour and its Web site, the feed is updated periodically with interviews, background reports and updates to put the news in a larger context.en-usTue, 10 Nov 2009 15:03:23Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:03:23Copyright ©2009 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. All Rights Reserved.144144http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rss.jpghttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/july-dec09/berlinwall_11-09.htmlMon, 09 Nov 2009 18:46:00 ESTOn the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germans celebrated the event that came to symbolize the end of the Cold War. Jeffrey Brown reports.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/11/20-years-after-the-fall-nostalgia-builds-for-east-german-design.htmlMon, 09 Nov 2009 14:27:39 ESTNostalgia for the East -- or 'ostalgie,' a portmanteau combining the words ost ('east') and nostalgie ('nostalgia') -- has taken hold in contemporary, unified Germany. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/europe/july-dec09/wall_11-09.htmlMon, 09 Nov 2009 12:30:00 ESTTwenty years ago, the Berlin Wall came down, signaling the demise of the Cold War. As world leaders gathered to mark the historic event at Brandenburg Gate on Monday, a historian, pollster and German correspondent discussed what the events meant.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/europe/slideshow_camp/index.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:00 ESTSachsenhausen Memorial, located about an hour's drive north of Berlin, holds the remnants of Germany's first large concentration camp. Sascha Klepzig, a German student, takes groups through the tree-lined site.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/july-dec09/rendition_11-04.htmlWed, 04 Nov 2009 18:43:00 ESTAn Italian judge on Wednesday convicted 23 Americans in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan. Ray Suarez speaks with a Los Angeles Times reporter for more on the landmark case.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/health/july-dec09/burnham_11-04.htmlWed, 04 Nov 2009 15:15:00 ESTIn the past few months, American politicians and press have portrayed Britain's National Health Service in two very different lights: as an example of effective universal health care and, on the other hand, as a morass of long lines and rationing.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/europe/july-dec09/berlinwall_11-03.htmlTue, 03 Nov 2009 17:30:00 ESTOn Aug. 12, 1961, Robert MacNeil, then a junior correspondent for NBC News, was dispatched to Berlin to cover the unfolding events that would lead to the construction of a wall separating East and West Germany.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec09/extremism_10-23.htmlFri, 23 Oct 2009 18:20:00 ESTA heated debate over political extremism in the United Kingdom came to a head this week when the leader of the British National Party appeared on a BBC show.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/europe/july-dec09/bbc_10-23.htmlFri, 23 Oct 2009 17:30:00 ESTThe debut of far-right British National Party leader Nick Griffin on BBC's political-debate show "Question Time" launched protests, along with a debate over media freedoms.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec09/greenland_10-19.htmlMon, 19 Oct 2009 18:20:00 ESTScientists dig deep into Greenland's ice to unearth the history of climate change. Climatologist and Climate Central correspondent Heidi Cullen reports.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/insider/health/july-dec09/systems_1013.htmlTue, 13 Oct 2009 10:00:00 ESTAs part of a series looking at health care in other countries, Ray Suarez traveled to the Netherlands to explore the innovative universal Dutch system. Two experts answered your questions on what lessons the United States can take from other countries' health care systems. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/europe/july-dec09/russia_10-13.htmlTue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 ESTDuring a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the threat of more sanctions against Iran would be counterproductive.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/europe/july-dec09/turkey_10-12.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2009 18:30:00 ESTOver the weekend, Turkey and Armenia's foreign ministers signed an accord to establish ties between the two countries and open their shared border, but an occupied territory in Azerbaijan remains a major sticking point for final approval.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/europe/slideshow_stasi/index.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2009 10:30:00 ESTThe East German secret police, known as the Stasi, arrested Eberhard Zahn in 1953, accusing him of being a spy. He was held for seven years in various facilities including one that kept the prisoners isolated. Zahn said he kept his sanity by reciting Shakespeare.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/international/july-dec09/nobel_10-09.htmlFri, 09 Oct 2009 18:11:00 ESTJeffrey Brown speaks to Scott London, co-editor of "Nobel Lectures in Peace," about the selection process for the Nobel Peace Prize.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/10/conversation-hilary-mantel-winner-of-the-2009-booker-prize.htmlFri, 09 Oct 2009 10:17:03 ESTHilary Mantel took home the coveted Man Booker Prize this week for her novel, "Wolf Hall," a detailed look at the contemptuous court of Henry VIII during the English Reformation. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/white_house/july-dec09/nobel-links_10-09.htmlFri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 ESTPresident Barack Obama woke up Friday to the news that he'd won the Nobel Peace Prize just nine months into his presidency. He wasn't the only one surprised.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/healthcare1_10-07.htmlWed, 07 Oct 2009 18:16:00 ESTIn the last of a series on health care in the Netherlands, Ray Suarez reports on how the European country maintains low health care costs while delivering a high standard of care. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/netherlands_10-06.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2009 18:26:00 ESTIn the first of a series on health care abroad, Ray Suarez looks at how the Netherlands achieved a massive health care overhaul four years ago. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/globalhealth/july-dec09/insurance_1006.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2009 16:35:00 ESTRay Suarez and a NewsHour reporting team traveled to the Netherlands in September to explore the country's innovative universal health care system, which has gained attention as a potential model for U.S. health care reform.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/europe/july-dec09/warsaw_10-06.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2009 13:45:00 ESTMarek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, died Friday at age 87. A journalist and friend recalls his life from his home in Warsaw in this Reporter's Podcast.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/july-dec09/nobelphysics_10-06.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2009 11:58:00 ESTThe three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Tuesday all developed new ways of harnessing light for different technological applications that are now used all the time, every day, all over the world.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/europe/july-dec09/ireland_10-05.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2009 15:50:00 ESTIrish voters Friday overwhelmingly approved the Lisbon Treaty -- a set of European Union reforms, including the creation of a new position of president, aimed at elevating the EU's global profile.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/middle_east/july-dec09/iran_10-01.htmlThu, 01 Oct 2009 16:41:00 ESTIran agreed to open its newly disclosed nuclear enrichment facility to international inspectors Thursday, but President Barack Obama warned that the nation must follow its words with action.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/business/july-dec09/olympics_10-01.htmlThu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 ESTAs the International Olympic Committee prepares to anoint a host for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games Friday in Copenhagen, cities vying for the honor are unlikely to receive much of a direct economic boost as host.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/europe/july-dec09/germany_09-28.htmlMon, 28 Sep 2009 10:30:00 ESTAs German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives work out final details with coalition partner the Free Democrats, analysts foresee few major foreign policy shifts in the new government and therefore little upheaval in relations with the U.S.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/europe/july-dec09/germany_09-27.htmlSun, 27 Sep 2009 18:50:00 ESTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed victory for a new center-right government Sunday after elections propelled her Christian Democratic Union party and the pro-business Free Democrats to a majority.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/international/july-dec09/iran_09-25.htmlFri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 ESTIran has revealed the existence of a secret uranium-enrichment plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday, a development that could heighten fears about Tehran's ability to produce a nuclear weapon.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/international/july-dec09/un_nuclear_09-24.htmlThu, 24 Sep 2009 11:32:00 ESTThe U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-sponsored resolution Thursday aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/international/july-dec09/obama_un_09-23.htmlWed, 23 Sep 2009 11:11:00 ESTIn his first address to the U.N. General Assembly, President Barack Obama bluntly said world leaders who once accused the United States of acting alone must now join with him to solve global crises rather than "wait for America" to lead.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/international/july-dec09/obamaun_09-22.htmlTue, 22 Sep 2009 10:34:00 ESTThe United States is a serious and determined partner in combating global warming, President Barack Obama told world leaders Tuesday as he sought to show U.S. resolve ahead of crucial climate change talks in Copenhagen in December.