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Italy

Florence bar fined €1,000 after police called over 'expensive' coffee

The customer had been annoyed at having to pay €2 for an espresso.

18/05/2022

Serbia

Serbia’s capital Belgrade paralysed by hundreds of bomb threats

Police said that no explosive devices were found and it was not clear who was behind the purported emailed threats.

16/05/2022

Israel

Israeli police to probe conduct at Al Jazeera journalist's funeral

Israeli police say the investigation will be concluded in the coming days, adding that the organisation would "draw lessons from the incident".

14/05/2022

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Israeli riot police at journalist's funeral procession

Recent days have seen an outpouring of grief from across the Arab world over the death of AL Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Large crowds attended her funeral Friday amid a heightened Israeli police presence.

13/05/2022

United Kingdom

London police have issued over 100 fines in 'Partygate' investigation

The revelations have angered voters and triggered calls for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign.

12/05/2022

Germany

Boy, 16, arrested over alleged plot to attack local school

"The police probably prevented a nightmare," said Herbert Reul, the interior minister of the regional state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

12/05/2022

Netherlands

Two killed and two others injured in shooting at Dutch care home

Rotterdam police said the suspect had been arrested and a firearm had been seized.

06/05/2022

Germany

Probe after man dies following struggle with police in Germany

There have been allegations of police violence after a video surfaced allegedly showing the man being beaten by officers in the city of Mannheim.

03/05/2022

Netherlands

Four-year-old Dutch boy hits two parked cars in joyride

Police said they may have discovered the "new Max Verstappen".

02/05/2022

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Relief for some, alarm from other as El Salvador rounds up 'gangsters'

President Nayib Bukele's "war on gangs" in El Salvador is now in its first month after a crime wave that left 87 people dead last month, with more than 18,000 people arrested under a state of emergency.

27/04/2022

France

French police investigate fire at Russian Orthodox Church in Paris

The blaze caused severe damage to the small church over the weekend.

19/04/2022

Sweden

Dozens arrested after days of far-right clashes across Sweden

Unrest broke out after demonstrators threatened to burn copies of the Qur’an.

18/04/2022

Sweden

Police injured at anti-far right protest at Örebro in central Sweden

Trouble flared for the second consecutive day on the sidelines of a rally by the anti-immigration and anti-Islam movement led by Danish-Swedish citizen Rasmus Paludan.

16/04/2022

Kosovo

Kosovo border police targeted with 'grenade and AK47', authorities say

No one is reported to be injured in the incident early on Friday morning.

15/04/2022

France

Man arrested over 'improvised explosive device' in Toulouse cathedral

Authorities evacuated the church during Morning Mass after a suspect entered and left a suspicious package.

08/04/2022

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Clashes with police as thousands march for murdered nationalist

A demonstration by thousands of supporters of murdered Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna turned violent on Sunday amid fears the clashes with police could delay talks between the island's political leaders and the French government

04/04/2022

Netherlands

Two men killed in shooting at McDonald's restaurant in the Netherlands

A 32-year-old man has been arrested after a gunman opened fire on two people in front of shocked customers.

31/03/2022

Israel

Gunman 'kills four' in mass shooting in Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak

Police shot the gunman dead. The killings in a Jewish ultra-Orthodox town follow other fatal attacks in recent days that were claimed by the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

29/03/2022

United Kingdom

More calls for Johnson to quit as police recommend 'Partygate' fines

Police have recommended 20 fines so far after investigating multiple Downing Street parties, breaking the government's own COVID lockdown rules.

29/03/2022

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Corsica: Tense rally near riot police barracks

More than 500 people take part in a tense demonstration in front of riot police barracks near Bastia, in Corsica.

28/03/2022