A moment to remember: November 1989 shows people celebrating the opening of the Berlin Wall | EPA Brussels Sketch Where were you when Greece … ? The EU isn’t made for defining moments. Then Alexis Tsipras came along. By Tim King 7/2/15, 5:30 AM CET Updated 7/2/15, 4:58 PM CET One of the ways that Greece’s Alexis Tspiras offended the European Union’s natural order this week was by seeking to create a rendezvous with destiny: A vote on July 5 that would, in effect, determine the boundaries of the eurozone. Some of the shock felt in Brussels can be put down to wounded amour-propre — a feeling of personal rejection.…

Activists at an anti-fracking camp in Blackpool, England. | GETTY Shale’s slow but certain death Why the fracking bonanza isn’t hitting Europe. By Sara Stefanini and Kalina Oroschakoff 7/9/15, 5:30 AM CET Updated 7/9/15, 11:08 AM CET It’s a scene that has become synonymous with a movement that has spread across the world, from California, to Sussex, to Bulgaria, to Algeria, to Queensland. A Colorado man turns on his kitchen tap and strikes a match, lighting a quick and angry flame. “Whoa, Jesus Christ,” he proclaims, jumping back. The Gasland film came out in the U.S. in 2010, when terms such as “shale” and “fracking” were still relatively obscure in…

The striker could have sealed the game but consigned his team to a crushing loss when passing up a presentable opportunity Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyamg was devastated after the Gunners crashed out of the Europa League against Olympiacos. The Gabon international thought he’d won the tie for the London side after a sensational bicycle kick deep into stoppage time. However a characteristic defensive lapse allowed the Greek team to score in the 119th minute, and they won on away goals. More teams The Gabon striker missed a gilt-edged chance to seal the tie, and that, plus the cruel nature of the defeat weighed on him after the game. “Very, very…

Petr Nečas. | EPA EASTERN APPROACHES Dirty rotten Bohemians Recent acquittal in a high profile Czech case underscores a troubling trend with its roots in the chaotic privatization of state-run industries in the 1990s. By Benjamin Cunningham 6/13/15, 5:30 AM CET Updated 6/13/15, 8:56 AM CET PRAGUE — Jana Nečasová may have directed military intelligence to spy on the Czech prime minister’s wife, but despite the resulting recordings being played in open court, she isn’t going to prison on charges of abuse of power. Though she still faces charges of bribery and tax evasion, the May 29 acquittal of the woman who had been Prime Minister Petr Nečas’s chief of staff, his…