The French government’s attempts to calm growing public fury over new legislation deemed a danger to civil liberties was challenged with a new wave of protests across the country on Saturday. A largely peaceful march against the contested global security law and
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have marched through the Armenian capital to call for the resignation of the country’s prime minister because of his handling of the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. In six weeks of fierce fighting that ended with a
The French government has backtracked over plans that would have banned members of the public from sharing images of police officers after numerous protests over the weekend. More than 130,000 people took to the streets to demonstrate against the draft bill and in favour
More than 180 police officers have raided homes in three German states after the German government banned a far-right group. The homes of 11 members of the Wolfsbrigade 44 group were searched in Hesse, Mecklenburg West-Pomerania and North Rhine-Westphalia to confiscate the
Demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Saturday to protest a new proposed law by Emmanuel Macron and his Government. The new security bill would criminalise the dissemination of images of police officers that revealed their identity. Videos surfaced on social media of
Russian lawmakers have pushed forward a bill which will give Vladimir Putin lifetime immunity from prosecution once he leaves office. The controversial proposal to make the president and his family exempt from criminal charges edged closer to becoming a new state law
A row over the historical roots of North Macedonia’s language has led to Bulgaria blocking talks over the newly renamed country’s accession to the EU. During discussions by EU ministers on Tuesday, Bulgaria raised its opposition citing a failure of its neighbour to respect
Public libraries across the Netherlands are removing from the shelves children’s books depicting a black-faced Zwarte Piet, a side-kick to Sinterklaas, in the latest sign that the country is turning the page on a festive figure widely seen as being racist. For at least
The new vessel – a prototype – is called an AUSV, or Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle. It is due to be placed into the Mediterranean Sea as soon as next month. It comes amid a row between Turkey and Greece over hydrocarbon
Thieves have taken high-end goods worth hundreds of thousands of euros from the Paris home of a Saudi princess, a source close to the case has said. The 47-year-old princess, who had not set foot in the apartment since August, discovered on
