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STEFANIE DAZIO

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Dazio covers Northern Europe from Berlin for The Associated Press. She previously covered crime and criminal justice from Los Angeles.
People protest against Trump's policy towards Greenland in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Europeans reeling as Trump imposes tariffs on 8 countries over Greenland dispute
Europeans are reeling from U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that eight countries will face 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland.
49 mins ago
Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen speaks during a protest against Trump's policy towards Greenland in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Thousands march in Greenland to support Arctic island in the face of Trump’s threats to take it over
Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump.
9 hours ago
Houses covered by snow are seen on the coast of a sea inlet of Nuuk, Greenland, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
FACT FOCUS: Trump repeats false claims when discussing Greenland’s security in the Arctic
U.S. President Donald Trump has made an American takeover of Greenland a focus of his second term in the White House.
January 14
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, left, speak on April 27, 2025, in Marienborg, Denmark. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)
Rubio plans to meet with Danish officials next week to talk about US interest in Greenland
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration reiterated its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island.
January 8
Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in the Arctic Ocean in Nuuk, Greenland, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
White House says military ‘always an option’ in Greenland as European leaders reject US takeover
The White House says the U.S. military is “always an option” for acquiring Greenland, despite European leaders rejecting President Donald Trump’s comments about taking over the island.
January 7
FILE -Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
Why Greenland is strategically important to Arctic security
Greenland’s strategic location above the Arctic Circle makes it a focal point in global security and trade debates.
January 8
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, left, speak on April 27, 2025, in Marienborg, Denmark. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)
Danish prime minister says a US takeover of Greenland would mark the end of NATO
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance.
January 6
People light candles near the sealed off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. (AP Photo/ Antonio Calanni)
Swiss investigators believe sparkling candles atop wine bottles ignited fatal bar fire
Investigators say they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a Swiss ski resort when they came too close to the ceiling of a bar crowded with New Year’s Eve revelers.
January 3
People light candles near the sealed off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. (AP Photo/ Antonio Calanni)
What to know about the Swiss Alpine bar fire that killed 40
Swiss investigators believe sparklers on Champagne bottles started a deadly fire at a bar in an Alpine ski resort.
January 4
A hearse drives past as police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar and lounge during New Year's celebration, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
About 40 people dead and 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year’s celebration
About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, during a New Year’s celebration in a Swiss Alpine bar, police said.
January 2
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacts during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Maryam Majd)
US officials say Washington has agreed to give Ukraine security guarantees in peace talks
U.S. officials say Washington has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year war, and more talks are likely this weekend.
December 16, 2025
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures while speaking as he takes part in a joint news conference with the Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed willingness to drop Ukraine’s NATO bid in exchange for Western security guarantees.
December 15, 2025
FILE — Russian ambassador in Germany Sergey Nechayev, center, attends a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the end of World War II 77 years ago at the Soviet War Memorial at the district Treptow in Berlin, Germany, May 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
Germany summons Russian ambassador over alleged sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference
An official says Germany has summoned the Russian ambassador following accusations of sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference.
December 13, 2025
People enjoy in a public pool in Helsinki, Finland, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here’s how to find light in the darkest months
The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter. Despite little to no daylight, people who live in parts of northern Europe have learned how to cope mentally and physically with the annual onset of the winter blues.
December 7, 2025
Surfer ride on an artificial wave in the river 'Eisbach' at the 'Englischer Garten' (English Garden) downtown in Munich, Germany, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Munich’s famous river wave has vanished after a cleanup. Surfers hope it will return soon
Germany’s famous river-surfing wave has disappeared, leaving Bavarian surfers high and dry for the first time in decades.
November 5, 2025
Police officers work by a basket lift used by thieves Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025 at the Louvre museum in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
How a German freight lift became an unexpected social media star in the Louvre heist
The Louvre Museum heist was a classic case of German efficiency. That at least is how a German freight lift manufacturer jokingly portrayed it in an ad.
October 24, 2025
Ross Colquhoun wakes up his wife Mary E. Brunkow to talk about her winning a Nobel Prize in medicine for part of her work on peripheral immune tolerance, in Seattle, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Your phone rings, and it’s a number from Sweden. Do you answer? A Nobel Prize winner didn’t
This year’s Nobel Prize science winners got the good news from early morning phone calls and door knocks.
October 11, 2025
Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry Heiner Linke makes a demonstration, next to Secretary General of the Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren, and Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry Olof Ramstrom, right, after they announce Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi, on screen behind, as the recipients the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Nobel Assembly of the Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)
Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to discovery that could trap C02 and bring water to deserts
Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside.
October 9, 2025
3 alleged Hamas members arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting attacks on Jewish institutions
Three alleged members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas have been arrested in Germany. Officials say they are suspected of plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions.
October 2, 2025
Security people stand on the area of the Oktoberfest that stays closed after a bomb threatening in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Oct.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Police say Oktoberfest reopens after a security sweep due to a bomb threat
German police have completed a security sweep at the Oktoberfest fairgrounds and reopened the famed beer festival after an hourslong closure.
October 2, 2025
A reindeer calf rests at a farm in Lulea, Sweden, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Malin Haarala)
Sweden’s plans to mine rare-earth minerals could ruin the lives of Indigenous Sami reindeer herders
An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land in northern Sweden and altering ancient reindeer migration routes.
September 7, 2025
Rays of sunlight filter through the clouds illuminating the Esrange Space Center, a base deep in the Swedish forest and a part of Europe's hope to compete in the space race in Kiruna, Sweden, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Malin Haarala)
A base deep in the Swedish forest is part of Europe’s hope to compete in the space race
For decades, Europe has relied upon the U.S. for its security among the stars. But the Trump administration’s “America First” policies, plus a commercial market that’s growing exponentially, has prompted Europeans to rethink their approach.
September 1, 2025
A person holds a sandwich at the Stejk Street Food food place in Kiruna, Sweden, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Malin Haarala)
High above the Arctic Circle, these Philly cheesesteaks are filled with moose and reindeer meat
In the far north of Sweden, locals and tourists alike chow down on Arctic cheesesteaks, their hoagie rolls piled high with moose and reindeer meat.
August 28, 2025
Construction machinery is parked next to the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish, in Kiruna, Sweden, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, after the completion of its move along a 5-km. (3-mile) route east to a new city center as part of the town's relocation.(AP Photo/Malin Haarala)
A historic Swedish church embraces inclusion with minority languages
The members of Kiruna Church primarily worship in Swedish, their country’s main language. But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region’s minority languages – Northern Sami, Finnish and Meänkieli.
August 21, 2025
People look at the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish, in Kiruna, Sweden, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, a day before it will be moved along a 5-kilometer (3-mile) route east to a new city center as part of the town's relocation.(AP Photo/Malin Haarala)
This Swedish church is being moved down the road before a mine swallows its town
One of Sweden’s most beloved wooden churches is being moved as part of the relocation of the town of Kiruna.
August 20, 2025
Ian's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
Britain, France and Germany threaten to reimpose sanctions on Iran as nuclear program deadline nears
The top diplomats of Britain, France, and Germany are threatening to reimpose sanctions on Iran. The warning came as an end-of-the-month deadline nears for the country to resume negotiations with the West over its nuclear program and cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
August 14, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attend a video meeting of European leaders with US President Donald Trump on the Ukraine war in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, ahead of the summit between the US and Russian leaders. (John MacDougall/Pool Photo via AP)
Trump warns of ‘severe consequences’ if Putin does not agree to stop war after summit
President Donald Trump says there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war against Ukraine after the two leaders meet for a summit later this week in Alaska.
August 14, 2025
Finland Moomins Fans celebrate the 80th anniversary of the publication of the Finnish children's classic, "The Moomins and The Great Flood," and the birthday of the author Tove Jansson, in Tampere, Finland, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Tommi Ojala)
Fans celebrate the 80th birthday of the Moomins, Finland’s most lovable literary cartoon family
The Moomins, Finland’s most famous literary cartoon family, are celebrating their 80th birthday this year.
August 12, 2025
A woman walks by a store selling Rolex watches, on Grendelstrasse, Wednesday, April 16, 2025 in Lucerne, Switzerland. (Urs Flueeler/Keystone via AP)
Switzerland, the land of luxury brands, could see prices skyrocket from Trump’s 39% tariffs
Switzerland is home to some of the world’s most recognizable luxury brands. It now faces a 39% tariff as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war.
August 2, 2025
This handout picture provided on Thursday, July 31, 2025 shows Nazi graffiti sprayed onto the entrance door of the 'Das Hoven' cafe in Berlin, Germany. (Danjel Zarte via AP)
How an LGBTQ+ cafe’s neon sign became a beacon for hate in Berlin
A Berlin cafe known as a safe space for LGBTQ+ people has become a target for hate and homophobic attacks.
July 31, 2025
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