With 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...
View ArticleAt Christmas, A Roman Holiday Revolves Around The Food
The city of Rome may be the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, but as far as bright, glitzy decorations, Christmas there has always been a rather sober affair.And yet at Christmastime, there's one area...
View ArticleA Showdown In Italy Over A Polluting Steel Plant
In an effort to safeguard some 20,000 jobs at a time of rising unemployment,
View ArticleBerlusconi Plots His Comeback: 'You Italians Need Me'
With elections in Italy just weeks away, polls show leftist parties with a comfortable lead.
View ArticleHonoring 'Our Will To Live': The Lost Music Of The Holocaust
For the past two decades, in a small town in southern Italy, a pianist and music teacher has been hunting for and resurrecting the music of the dead.Francesco Lotoro has found thousands of songs,...
View ArticleViolence At Both Ends Of Political Spectrum Threatens Greece
Escalating political violence from both the left and right is raising fears of political instability in debt-burdened Greece. The conservative-led government is cracking down on leftist groups, vowing...
View ArticleFor Greeks, Painful Cuts Keep Tearing At The Social Fabric
Greeks are feeling the squeeze. The social repercussions of three years of austerity measures imposed by international lenders are hitting hard. Thousands of businesses have shut down, unemployment is...
View ArticlePrivatization Of Greek Assets Runs Behind Schedule
In exchange for multibillion-euro bailouts, Greece was required to sell state-owned assets. But the sweeping privatization process is behind schedule.
View ArticleKnights Of Malta Celebrates 900th Anniversary At Vatican
Pilgrims and tourists visiting the Vatican received a special treat Saturday, when some 4,000 members of the Knights of Malta marched in procession to the tomb of St. Peter.The last of the great...
View ArticleBenedict XVI, Vatican's Traditionalist Enforcer, Steps Down
The first German pope in a thousand years is a cold, distant intellectual who never served as a parish priest. Cardinal Ratzinger, the Vatican Enforcer, became Pope Benedict XVI. As successor to John...
View ArticlePope Benedict XVI Was A Champion Of Catholic Tradition
On April 19, 2005, when wisps of white smoke puffed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, the Roman Catholic Church had its first German pope since the 11th century.Just one day before his...
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