World Apr 08 How Sweden and Denmark represent opposite Scandinavian COVID-19 responses In Scandinavia, Sweden is experiencing a rising death toll from COVID-19 -- as well as growing doubt about the country’s more relaxed approach to handling it. Meanwhile, neighboring Denmark is set to ease some of its lockdown restrictions after a…
World Mar 30 At Greek refugee camp, there are few defenses against COVID-19 threat Human rights activists and medical nonprofits are calling on the Greek government to evacuate overcrowded refugee camps on islands in the Aegean Sea, where an outbreak of COVID-19 would likely cause humanitarian catastrophe. Concerns are especially grave regarding Moria camp…
World Mar 20 Coronavirus pandemic finally hits home for the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom just days ago, the attitude toward the novel coronavirus pandemic was “keep calm and carry on.” Now, however, the stakes are higher -- and the national feeling more grim. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered pubs…
Health Mar 10 British government worries about virus outbreak, but residents carry on In the United Kingdom, novel coronavirus has killed six people as of Tuesday, with another 370 infected and quarantined. The British government is watching how the illness spread quickly and pervasively in Italy, fearing the same could happen in the…
World Mar 02 WATCH: Dinghy carrying refugees off of Aegean island confronted by Greek forces A video surfaced on social media that appeared to show a Greek coast guard boat intimidating a dinghy full of migrants by passing close by at high speed. A child drowned after the dinghy capsized.
World Feb 27 Kosovo offers Europe a test run for handling of former jihadis Today, hundreds of foreign Islamic State fighters languish in Syrian and Iraqi jails. President Trump would like to follow the example set by Kosovo, which has reclaimed its jihadis for trial. But many European nations fear the fighters will commit…
World Feb 19 Yearning for ‘peace,’ when a Greek refugee camp has become hell Five years into Europe's migration crisis, the conditions in the notorious Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos are hellish. Refugee children are especially vulnerable, facing hunger, bad sanitation and the threat of violence. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports…
World Feb 17 In these parts of Greece, crisis is building between residents and migrants Amid growing unrest in Greece, the government there is temporarily halting construction of permanent detention centers for asylum seekers. Tens of thousands of migrants have been stranded in the country for more than four years, since its border with Macedonia…
World Feb 10 In Denmark, Auschwitz survivors lament the rise of anti-Semitism January marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, but there is growing concern throughout Europe that anti-Semitism is on the rise. Historically tolerant Denmark, for example, has seen a resurgence of neo-Nazi groups opposed to immigration. Special correspondent…
World Jan 27 The lessons of Auschwitz, 75 years after its liberation Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps marked the 75th anniversary of their liberation Monday, gathering at the rail depot where Jews from across Europe disembarked cattle trucks to be murdered in Nazi gas chambers. Polish President Andrzej Duda urged Holocaust…