As the remains of 534 victims of the Srebrenica massacre were buried in a ceremony on the 14th anniversary of Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II, war criminal Ratko Mladic is still at large.
Thousands of protesters gathered in the suburbs of the central Italian town of L’Aquila, as the G8 summit came to a close—the town itself being blocked off by thousands of riot police.
Thousands of protesters opposing expansion of the US military base at Vicenza clashed with Italian police over the weekend as world leaders gathered for the G8 summit.
Ex-Kosova prime minister Agim Ceku was reportedly released two days after he was arrested in Bulgaria on an international war crimes warrant—although he is being asked not to leave Bulgaria.
Spanish police arrested three suspected ETA suspects in Guipúzcoa June 23. The Interior Ministry said the three formed an “armed commando” which was prepared to go into action immediately, but denied it was responsible for a June 19 car bomb… Read moreSpain: ETA cell busted?
Czech police have arrested several leaders of neo-Nazi organizations over the past week following a series of violent attacks on Roma communities.
More than 100 Romanians were moved to emergency accommodation in Belfast after a racist gang attacked homes, leaving several wounded. The far-right group Combat 18 is said to be behind the attacks.
Police used tear gas as some 1,500 Muslims took to the streets of Athens in a protest prompted by reports that a police officer tore up a copy of the Koran while checking an immigrant’s ID papers.
Italian police arrested 68 people believed to be members of the Camorra, Naples’ ruling crime machine, in one of the largest crackdowns on organized crime in recent years.
The Czech Republic’s largest nationwide Roma demonstrations since 1989 have been sparked by an arson attack on a Roma family in the Moravian village of Vitkov, which left three severely injured.
Police in Berlin arrested nearly 300 at the city’s May Day march, with riot police battling hundreds of protesters deep into the night. May Day violence also rocked Hamburg, Istanbul, Athens and Zurich.
In a joint operation, French and Spanish security forces arrested the presumed military chief of ETA and eight others at the village of Montauriol in southwestern France.
