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Western Europe · December, 2019

Stories about Western Europe from December, 2019

Comics fans in southern Europe celebrated the triple anniversary of cult publications in 2019

Comics fans in several southern European countries celebrated three golden jubilees in 2019: the 50th-anniversary publication of Italian comics series Alan Ford, the ‘Yugoslav Asterix’ Dikan, and Serbian magazine Stripoteka

Written by Filip Stojanovski

31 December 2019

Police violence is increasing in Greece, but government is unconcerned

Authorities are using a heavy hand to deal with squatters

Written by Maria Soulis

Translated by Veroniki Bacharidi-Krikoni

28 December 2019

8 West African countries rename currency in historic break from France — but colonial-era debts persist

The currency change changes nothing about French colonization in Africa

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike, Amanda Lichtenstein

24 December 2019

Interview with Aleksandra Lun, a Polish native who became a celebrated Spanish-language writer

"A language is simply a world that you choose to live in. If you live in that world, you own its language."

Written by Filip Noubel

13 December 2019

Parody song remembers Eastern European fighters in WWII's Battle of Britain

Historians say that, without the help of Eastern European soldiers, Britain would not have beaten the Blitz

Written by Filip Stojanovski

5 December 2019

As NATO turns 70, changing priorities jeopardize security of smaller member nations

Only eight countries among NATO's 29 members contribute the pledged two percent of GDP

Written by Aliide Naylor

4 December 2019

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Western Europe · December, 2019

Stories about Western Europe from December, 2019

Comics fans in southern Europe celebrated the triple anniversary of cult publications in 2019

Police violence is increasing in Greece, but government is unconcerned

8 West African countries rename currency in historic break from France — but colonial-era debts persist

Interview with Aleksandra Lun, a Polish native who became a celebrated Spanish-language writer

Parody song remembers Eastern European fighters in WWII's Battle of Britain

As NATO turns 70, changing priorities jeopardize security of smaller member nations

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