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Romania's former PM Ponta in court on corruption charges

Romania’s former prime minister Victor Ponta appeared in court on Friday morning (November 6) on charges of forgery, tax evasion and money

Romania

Romania lurches towards first-ever early elections

There has been a third night of protests in the Romanian capital Bucharest and around the country despite the arrival in office of a new interim

Italy

Italy mayor takes colourful stand at WWI memorial ceremony

The pacifist mayor of Messina, Renato Accorinti, made an anti-war statement for the third year in a row during a WWI memorial ceremony in Sicily

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Romania: “CTRL ALT DEL” protest

After Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned thousands of people took to the streets of Bucharest to call for new elections.

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United Kingdom

Egypt's al-Sisi faces street protests on London visit

Egypt’s ruler and key British regional ally President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visits Britain today, and protesters have been out in force in London to

United Kingdom

UK Police and students clash during protest over university costs

Scuffles broke out between police and protesters in central London on Wednesday as students held a rally calling for the end to university tuition

Greece

Schulz visits refugees in Greece to promise more will be done

The co-chair of the European parliament Martin Schulz has visited refugee camps in Greece in order to see the situation for himself. He was able to

Romania

Romanians' cold revolt against corruption

Romanians finally mobilised the critical mass to demand accountability for corruption. They attribute the Bucharest nightclub deaths to it. They

Maldives

Maldives declares state of emergency

Authorities in the Maldives have declared a 30-day state of emergency, citing a threat to national security. It came two days before a demonstration

Europe News

Protesters blow whistles in Brussels to draw attention to the plight of whistleblowers and press freedom one year after Lux leaks

Activists from Oxfam and Eurodad gathered in Brussels to draw attention to the lack of protection for journalists and whistleblowers in the European Union.

Romania

Thousands in Bucharest blame corruption for Friday's nightclub blaze

Chants demanding cabinet resignations rang out in the centre of Romania’s capital Bucharest on Tuesday (Nov 3) evening as thousands marched towards

Turkey

Pro-Kurdish HDP scrapes back in to parliament

Turkish police fired water cannons against protesters in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir after Sunday’s election which saw President Recep

Israel

Clinton encourages Israelis to carry on legacy of Rabin 20 years after assassination

Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered together in Tel Aviv to mark the twentieth anniversary of the assassination of Israeli prime minister

Japan

Protesters clash with police over planned US airbase in Japan

Police have dragged away protesters trying to block work on a contentious US airbase in Japan. Dozens of protesters, many of them elderly, gathered

Czech Republic

Czech Republic: far-right demonstrations attract thousands

Anti-migrant and anti-Islam demonstrations across the Czech Republic have attracted up to 5,000 people. Organised to coincide with the Czech national

Germany

Clashes in Cologne over anti-Islam rally

German riot police used water cannon to keep left – wing radicals and anti-Islam protesters apart on Sunday as they held rival rallies in the city of

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South African students break down a fence around government buildings

Thousands of angry South African university students capped a week of protests on Friday (October 23) with a march on the buildings in Pretoria where

Turkey

Turkey: Jail sentences given to more than 200 over 2013 protests

A Turkish court on Friday gave jail terms to more than 200 people over protests in 2013. Sentences of up to 14 months were handed down to 244

Israel

Palestinian groups call for mass protests against Israel

Both Hamas and Fatah have called for mass rallies against Israel in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Just after the announcement, a

France

Protests as Air France confirms 1,000 job losses in 2016

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris and across France on Thursday to defend jobs at Air France – as the carrier confirmed that