Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said she will not leave office when her term ends because the parliament is “illegitimate”, while the prime minister warned against a “revolution” amid continuing pro-European…
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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…