Poland Poland: Media freedom fears as TVN24's licence extension is suspended Poland's National Broadcasting Council has suspended the extension of the licence of the independent TVN24 television channel prompting fears over independent media in the country. 29/07/2021
Netherlands Cargo ship that blocked Suez Canal finally arrives in Rotterdam Better late than Ever! 29/07/2021
Poland Hackers stole €230k by emptying cashpoints across Europe, say police The hackers, both from Belarus, connected electronic devices to cash machines to get them to release thousands of euros. 29/07/2021
Poland Berlin-bound train partly derails in Poland; 8 injured Two cars fo the train derailed when the train hit the truck in Kolbaskowo, a village on Poland’s border with Germany. 29/07/2021
France UK quarantine for French travellers is 'discriminatory', says minister France's Europe Minister blasted the UK's decision to keep a 10-day quarantine for French travellers as "excessive and frankly incomprehensible from a health point of view." 29/07/2021
Japan Officials in Tokyo alarmed as COVID cases hit record highs Tokyo reported 3,177 new cases on Wednesday, up from 2,848 on Tuesday, setting an all-time high and exceeding 3,000 for the first time. 29/07/2021
France France's Macron sues billboard owner for depicting him as Hitler The offending poster portrays Macron in the uniform of Nazi leader Hitler, with a small moustache, a lock on his forehead and the acronym of the presidential movement LREM turned into a swastika. A message reads: "Obey, get vaccinated." 29/07/2021
France Two arrested after thief steals €3 million worth of jewellery in Paris The man who carried out the burglary left the Chaumet shop near the Champs-Elysées on an electric sccoter. 29/07/2021
United Kingdom Woman convicted of swapping diamonds for pebbles in London heist A woman has been convicted of using "sleight of hand" to steal diamonds worth around €4.9 million from a high-profile London jeweler in 2016. 28/07/2021
France Two suspects arrested over armed robbery of French jeweller A man on an electric scooter had burst into the shop carrying a handgun, police said. 28/07/2021
Germany Germany charges Syrian doctor with crimes against humanity A Syrian doctor has been charged in Germany with crimes against humanity for allegedly torturing people in military hospitals in his homeland. 28/07/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Is Bosnia’s Milorad Dodik using genocide denial for political ends? Attempts to play down or deny what happened at Srebrenica in 1995 prompted Bosnia's foreign peace envoy to last week pass the nation's first law prohibiting genocide denial. 28/07/2021
no comment Lebanon artist creates debris-based sculpture at site of Beirut blast Workers construct a 25-metre-tall steel sculpture dubbed "The Gesture" by Lebanese artist Nadim Karam made from debris from the August 4 blast at Beirut's port 28/07/2021
France Newborn baby girl found alive in garbage bag near Lyon An infant child was found alive in a garbage bag by passers-by near the French city of Lyon. 28/07/2021
World EU electricity demand back up but with fewer emissions, study shows Renewables accounted for significantly more electricity generated in the first six months of this year compared with the first half of 2019. 28/07/2021
Turkey Turkey arrests man behind ByLock app linked to 2016 failed coup A Turkish-born American has reportedly surrendered to police over a secret messaging app he owns, which has been linked to Turkey's failed 2016 military coup. 28/07/2021
Germany German court rules women can participate in traditional fishing event A German court has ruled that women should be allowed to take part in Fischertag, a traditional fishing event in the Bavarian town of Memmingen. 28/07/2021
Lithuania Illegal crossings into Lithuania this year hit 3,000 Lithuania's border guard service said it detained 171 people caught illegally crossing from Belarus into Lithuania on Tuesday night, the largest number in a single day in 2021 and bringing the total number of migrants detained so far this year to 3,027. 28/07/2021
no comment Italy: severe flooding in the Lake Como area Torrential rain and hailstorm in Italy caused floods and mudslides in the north of the country on Tuesday 28/07/2021
France France owes a debt to French Polynesia over nuclear tests, says Macron Paris carried out 193 nuclear tests in French Polynesia between 1966 and 1996 as part of its nuclear weapons development programme. 28/07/2021
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