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  • After unrest, French authorities impose curfews in some areas of Paris, northern cities, and Nice.
  • After looting damaged thousands of businesses over the weekend, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned on Monday that he was ready to declare a state of emergency as authorities struggled to contain ongoing violence.
  • Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed preacher, and 28 accomplices were found guilty by a Mombasa, Kenya, court on Monday of killing 190 children and one adult as members of a well-known Christian starvation cult.

Tag: Serbia

August 4, 2020

Protest As New Serbian Parliament Sworn...

A small demonstration was held as members of the new Serbian parliament were sworn in on August 3. The protesters said the June 21 parliamentary election was rigged, and part of the opposition had boycotted it

June 21, 2020

Serbian Right-Wing Supporters Protest Ahead Of...

Hundreds of people turned out for a rally outside the Serbian parliament on June 20, one day before a general election. The Belgrade protest was organized by right-wing independent lawmaker Srdjan Nogo, who claimed the polls were unlawful. Some of the demonstrators tried to enter the parliament building, but police stopped them and only Nogo was allowed in. Part of the Serbian opposition is boycotting the elections, saying coronavirus restrictions have hampered a fair campaign

December 16, 2019

Weekend News: Serbia Kosovo

More than 1,000 people turned out on December 14 in Belgrade for the regular weekly anti-government march…
Some 2,000 people in Santa Claus costumes have taken part in a charity run in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina

November 21, 2019

Memorial To Kosovo’s War Vandalized Near...

In April, Kosovo authorities installed an old train near the border with North Macedonia as a memorial to hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanians who were expelled during the 1998-99 war. Within months, vandals left the memorial in ruins

November 19, 2019

Serbs Protest Pollution From Chinese-Owned Mining...

People in the Serbian city of Bor have been protesting over dangerous levels of pollution linked to a nearby mining and smelting complex. Environmentalists say the problem has worsened dramatically since a Chinese company took over the mining operation last year

October 11, 2019

News from Kosovo & Serbia

Members and supporters of Kosovo’s LGBTI community marched in the country’s third Pride Parade as part of a week of events in the capital, Pristina. The October 10 rally took place under the motto “For whom your heart beats”….A landmark standing above Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, has been taken away for repairs. The Pobednik monument, known in English as “The Victor,” was dismantled from its pedestal on the Belgrade Fortress

August 31, 2019

On Srebrenica Massacre Road, School Won’t...

Nearly a quarter of a century later, the all-Bosniak village’s Bosnian-Serb administered school does not teach children about the atrocities that haunt the surrounding woods and road outside its windows

July 29, 2019

Weekend News in Brief

Weekend News in Brief from Romania,Serbia and Afghanistan

June 3, 2019

News of the World: This Weekend

Tens of thousands of believers attended an open-air mass led by Pope Francis at the Sumuleu Ciuc shrine on June 1.Three consecutive explosions shook the same area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, early in the morning of June 2. Thousands marched in Belgrade on June 1 to protest against the Serbian government, in rallies that have taken place every Saturday since December

May 28, 2019

World News At a Glance

Serbia will react if escalating tensions endanger the lives of Serbs in Kosovo and other stories around the World

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