Europe - VoA

1. France adds first nuclear reactor in 25 years to grid

2. Death toll in attack on German Christmas market rises to 5; more than 200 injured

3. Trump adds EU to list of trade partners he threatens with tariffs

4. Amid pope's big Holy Year, overtourism aggravates housing crisis

5. Rising butter prices give European consumers and bakers a bad taste

6. Ukraine strike kills 6 in Russia's Kursk region

7. Musk backs German far-right party in social media post

8. VOA Russian: Moscow ramped up repressions against journalists and LGBTQ+ in 2024

9. VOA Russian: Russian society broadly supports Putin's ideas, including possible nuclear strikes

10. Lithuania faces tough balancing act over ties with China

11. US charges Russian Israeli dual national tied to Lockbit ransomware group

12. Moscow leverages killing of Russian general to spread conspiracy theories

13. At least 2 dead, 60 hurt after car drives into German Christmas market

14. Erdogan says Turkey expects allies to pull support from Kurds in post-Assad Syria

15. Teen stabs 7-year-old girl to death at school in Croatia

16. New US missile defense base in Poland fortifies NATO’s eastern flank

17. Elon Musk considers funding Nigel Farage's populist party in UK

18. Finding home: Ukrainian teens adjust to life in New York

19. Elon Musk backs German far-right party

20. Russia hands 16-year prison term to east Ukraine resident for 'treason'