Source link Authorities said the event attended by Viktor Orban and Nigel Farage presented a “possibility of disorder” Belgian police barricaded the entrance to a conference of national conservatives in the capital of the EU for several hours, in what participants denounced as censorship and political repression. The event, dubbed NatCon, drew populists from both […]
Source link The Bavarian chapter of the German Police Union (DPolG) has released a video showing officers without pants to express frustration over a shortage of uniforms. In the clip, which was shared on social media on Monday, two officers have a brief conversation in their patrol car. “So, how long have you been waiting?” […]
Source link Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula turned herself in to law enforcement after resigning from her position on Wednesday over a graft probe South African parliamentary speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula announced her resignation on Wednesday amid corruption allegations and has been detained and charged with bribery and money laundering. Mapisa-Nqakula appeared before a court in the capital of […]
Source link A preteen boy who shot a classmate dead and injured two others was bullied, officers say Bullying drove a 12-year-old boy to shoot up his school near Helsinki, Finnish police said on Wednesday. The boy killed one classmate and injured two others in the country’s first school shooting in over a decade. The […]
Source link Peruvian President Dina Boluarte replaced six ministers on Monday after they resigned abruptly as she faces a corruption probe related to her ownership of luxury watches, media reported on Tuesday. The resignations follow a probe launched into allegations of illicit enrichment by the Peruvian leader, who is being investigated over her high-end Rolex […]
Source link Neighbors should have friendly relations, a woman from Kharkov told journalists earlier Police in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkov, have said that criminal proceedings have been launched against a local woman who insisted that Ukrainians should not be celebrating their troops’ shelling of Russia’s border regions. She expressed this opinion despite her own […]
Source link Farmers sealed off streets outside the EU headquarters in protest at the bloc’s agriculture policies, according to local media Belgian farmers sprayed manure at police, threw projectiles, and set hay on fire as hundreds of tractors took to the streets of Brussels on Tuesday ahead of a meeting of EU agriculture ministers, according […]
Source link Officers guarding the Russian Embassy during presidential election were reportedly given calendars and chocolates Vienna police officers who provided security around the Russian Embassy during the country’s presidential election and were given small presents, have been told to reject such gifts in the future, Associated Press reported on Tuesday, citing the city’s police […]
Source link A tech-savvy 16-year-old was arrested for allegedly helping foreign criminals defraud his fellow citizens Russian law enforcement has caught a teenager in St. Petersburg who was allegedly part of a Ukraine-based cold calling scam, officials reported on Thursday. The racketeers operated several call centers which would swindle victims out of money, an Interior […]
Source link The SBU has targeted Orthodox journalists reporting on the country’s church crackdown Several employees of the Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ) have been subjected to raids by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the group said on Tuesday. The UOJ has reported on the ongoing persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) by […]
Source link The MI5 chose to turn a blind eye of some of the crimes during the Troubles, a state-appointed investigator says British security forces had knowingly failed to prevent several murders of UK citizens in order to protect its informants in an armed resistance group active in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a high-profile […]
Source link The Harry Potter author has threatened to file a harassment claim in response amid the ongoing feud British police have confirmed having received a complaint after a transgender broadcaster said she had reported Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling for “misgendering” comments on social media, Reuters has reported. In an interview on Wednesday, India […]
Source link Protesting farmers clashed with police in Poland’s capital Warsaw on Wednesday amid the ongoing row with Ukraine over the grain trade. The farmers and their supporters gathered outside the prime minister’s office and marched towards the parliament building, where they were met by riot police. The protesters threw rocks and firecrackers at the […]
Source link The demonstrators converged on EU headquarters where the bloc’s agricultural ministers were meeting on Monday Police fired tear gas to disperse protesting farmers near the European Council’s main building in Brussels on Monday, according to footage posted on social media. Farmers angry at what they perceive as excessive bureaucracy and competition from cheap […]
Source link The protesters have been rallying against rising costs, taxes, and strict EU regulations French farmers stormed into a major Paris farm fair on Saturday ahead of a visit by President Emmanuel Macron, and ended up scuffling with riot police. They have been protesting restrictive EU environmental regulations, as well as rising costs and […]