Eleanor Beardsley

NPR correspondents in Berlin, Paris and London talk about escalating tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine.

European leaders are working their own diplomatic avenues to end the tensions and worry that talk of a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be deepening divisions among them.

Officials in Europe are working toward a common approach to address Russia's threat against Ukraine. France's president says the EU must use every tool in its diplomatic tool box.

"You have to find ways to live a normal life," says a mother of four in Kyiv. She and her family keep their car full of fuel and plan to take refuge in a village outside the capital if Russia attacks.

Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces were set up to train part-time reservists but last year the drills were opened to ordinary citizens — to foster popular resistance if the military is overwhelmed.

Russia's army is vastly stronger than even the new and improved Ukrainian armed forces, because of that Ukrainian civilians are training to fight a guerrilla war if Russian troops invade.

As Europe strives to curb greenhouse gas emissions, France is expanding nuclear power — setting itself at odds with Germany over what constitutes clean energy.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to correspondent, Eleanor Beardsley, who has been traveling around Ukraine.

Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine has a large Russian population, but opinion has turned against Russia since the Kemlin stirred up a separatist war in the nearby Donbas and is threatening invasion.

While Russia, the U.S. and NATO allies talk about the future of Ukraine this week, Ukrainians contemplate the threat of further Russian invasion, and whether the West will have their backs.

The question of what fully vaccinated means might be changing as booster shots are becoming more important. More data, and new policies, are emerging in the U.S. and around the world.

After abruptly closing in March 2020, France's alpine ski resorts have reopened. But this year you'll need more than just goggles and a lift pass.

The World Health Organization predicts "a tsunami of cases" as the omicron variant fuels a surge of COVID infections. More than a million cases a being reported globally every day around the world.

A holiday musical review celebrating the work of Cole Porter is playing to rapturous audiences in Paris.

Health experts worldwide are warning that the battle against the Omicron variant is far from over. Three NPR correspondents provide the latest on the pandemic from Europe and South Asia.

The Netherlands has gone into a strict lockdown over the Christmas and New Year to try to contain the omicron variant. It's the country third lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic.

An extreme-right TV commentator has thrown the political world in France into turmoil by launching a presidential campaign ahead of next April's election.

Relations between the U.K. and France have taken a dive. Their leaders have had troubles getting beyond personal friction which has now become public.

The trailblazing U.S.-born star and civil rights activist was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was inducted into the Pantheon. She first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s.

The remains of American-born singer and WWII hero Josephine Baker are to be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris. She's the first Black woman to get France's highest honor.