Turkey European court condemns Turkish law banning insults of Erdogan The ruling followed a 2017 case when a Turkish man was convicted of posting two caricatures of President Erdogan on Facebook. 19/10/2021
France Former aides of Sarkozy on trial for misusing public money Sarkozy is not targeted in this case but has already been convicted of campaign finance violations and corruption verdicts. He's now appealing. 19/10/2021
Spain Survivors of 1981 food poisoning protest at Madrid's El Prado museum The activists had threatened to commit suicide if the Spanish government did not offer more support to victims. 19/10/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina How an ancient Jewish text provoked a modern-day unholy row The Sarajevo Haggadah survived the Inquisition, two world wars and a military siege. Now a 'homecoming' exhibition for the scroll has sparked a dispute over who has the right to display it. 19/10/2021
France French teacher receives death threat with photo of slain Samuel Paty Prosecutors in Marseille say they are investigating but add that there is no evidence the teacher was deliberately targeted. 19/10/2021
Slovenia 'Words are not innocent,' says Dutch MEP, after Janez Janša slur Sophie in't Veld noted that she was singled out in a social media attack by the Slovenian prime minister on the same day a British MP was stabbed to death. 19/10/2021
Czech Republic Czech politics in limbo with hospitalised president too ill to work Milos Zeman, 77, was rushed to hospital on October 10, a day after the country's general election. 19/10/2021
Italy How a COVID pass protest sparked a debate in Italy on its fascist past Violence at the end of a COVID pass protest in Rome reminded some of Italy's fascist era. Others have rejected such comparisons, calling them an exaggerated conflation. 19/10/2021
United Kingdom Johnson's government under pressure as COVID cases continue to rise The UK is is struggling with one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates in Europe, despite the early success of its vaccination campaign. 19/10/2021
Italy Afghan evacuees in Italy fear for relatives left behind under Taliban Afghan refugees in Italy tell Euronews of their anxiety as they wait for news of family members they have left behind. 19/10/2021
Romania Romania in eye of COVID storm with record infections and deaths Romania is facing a surge in infections amid alarmingly low vaccination uptake. 19/10/2021
France Who's who in the race to replace Macron as France's next president? Incumbent Emmanuel Macron has not yet officially declared he is running, Nevertheless, polls put him in the lead. 19/10/2021
USA US Congress pushes back as Donald Trump sues over Capitol riots probe As the defeated president challenges the investigation into the January 6 insurrection by a violent mob of his supporters, a House committee is moving to hold ex-White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt. 19/10/2021
North Korea Tensions revived as North Korea fires new ballistic missile into sea Pyongyang resumed its weapons tests hours after the US reaffirmed its offer to resume diplomacy on the North’s nuclear weapons programme. 19/10/2021
Afghanistan US envoy to Afghanistan quits after chaotic troops withdrawal Zalmay Khalilzad will leave the post this week after more than three years on the job under both the Trump and Biden administrations. 19/10/2021
Portugal Portugal seizes cocaine worth €200m from yacht in Atlantic Ocean The haul is reported to be one of the largest hauls in Europe in recent years and the biggest in Portugal for 15 years. 18/10/2021
Italy Centre-left claims victory in Rome’s mayoral election Partial results indicated that former finance minister Roberto Gualtieri had a wide advantage over his right-wing challenger. 18/10/2021
Kosovo After seven years, a rare trial for EU-funded Kosovo war crimes court The court has indicted six former KLA figures for war crimes, torture and murder Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj are charged with leaking documents. 18/10/2021
Russia Russia to suspend its mission to NATO over expelled envoys Sergey Lavrov said that the move is in response to last week's expulsion of eight members of Russia's mission to NATO. 18/10/2021
Poland 'No one is illegal': Poles protest migrant pushbacks at border "It is simply shameful," said one protester. 18/10/2021
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