Kosovo: Police arrest eight people over canal explosion blamed on Serbia

Kosovo’s Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla says police have arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends water to its two main power plants, an incident Pristina labelled…

Romania: Nation vote in parliamentary elections as far right hopes to make gains

Romanians are voting in a parliamentary election a week after the first round of the presidential election saw right-wing candidate Calin Georgescu emerge at the top. Sunday’s vote will elect a new…

Belgium: New law gives sex workers maternity leave and pensions

Under a new law in Belgium – the first of its kind in the world, sex workers will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance, pensions, maternity leave and…

Georgia: President Salome Zourabichvili calls for new elections as protests erupt again

Georgia’s pro-Western president has said she will stay in post until new parliamentary elections are held, as protests continue over the government’s decision to put EU accession negotiations on hold.…

Kosovo: PM Albin Kurti blames Serbia for explosion at canal supplying power plants

 A canal in Kosovo feeding two power plants that generate most of the nation’s electricity has been damaged in an explosion, with the prime minister calling it a “terrorist attack”…

Sweden: PM Ulf Kristersson asks China to co-operate over severed cables

Sweden has formally asked China to co-operate with an investigation into damage to two cables in the Baltic Sea after a Chinese ship was linked to the incidents. The cables…