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-usThu, 26 Nov 2009 16:45:01Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:45:01Copyright ©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/updates/europe/july-dec09/british_11-26.htmlThu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESTA British inquiry opened this week looking into the country's participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Paul Davies of Independent Television News describes testimony that the Bush Administration mentioned Iraq on the day of the 9/11 attacks.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/north_america/july-dec09/climate_11-25.htmlWed, 25 Nov 2009 13:17:00 ESTPresident Obama announced Wednesday he will make an appearance Dec. 9 at the Copenhagen climate summit on on his way to pick up the Nobel Peace Prize. The NewsHour spoke with a panel of experts about expectations for the summit.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/europe/july-dec09/eupod_11-20.htmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:00 ESTAfter weeks of internal negotiations, the European Union selected two "low-key consensus builders," as they have since been described, over big-name picks to lead the newly organized body.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/11/conversation-frederick-wiseman-director-of-la-danse.htmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:02 ESTDirector Frederick Wiseman has documented a wide range of people's everyday routines and the goings-on inside institutions. A "big ballet fan," and a sometimes-resident of Paris, Wiseman recently turned his camera to one of France's most important cultural institutions: the Paris Opera Ballet. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/11/artist-jeanne-claude-has-died-at-74.htmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:22 ESTArtist Jeanne-Claude, who with her husband Christo, created public art installations around the world, has died. She was 74. Her family said she died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/july-dec09/bosnia_11-18.htmlWed, 18 Nov 2009 18:42:00 ESTAlthough Bosnia and Herzegovina has repaired physically from its bloody civil war, its citizens are experiencing political and social challenges. The report is part of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting's Fragile States project, a partnership with the Bureau of International Reporting. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/11/tonight-on-pbs-no-subtitles-necessary.htmlTue, 17 Nov 2009 12:19:00 ESTAiring tonight on Independent Lens is "No Subtitles Necessary," the story of two Hungarian filmmakers who reconfigured the landscape of American film in the 1960s and 70s. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/11/conversation-robert-edsel.htmlWed, 11 Nov 2009 12:16:55 ESTRobert Edsel's "The Monuments Men" tells the drama that largely took place behind the scenes of the great sweep of destruction, violence and final triumph of the second world war: the systematic looting of art by the Nazis, and the response and rescue effort by the United States and its allies. http://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.