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Tens of thousands of Romanians took to the streets for the 21st annual Bucharest Pride celebration on Saturday, calling for equal rights, inclusion and greater visibility for LGBTQ people.
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The far-right SOS Romania party led by Diana Sosoaca, a member of the European Parliament, held an anti-LGBTQ 'March for Normality' in Bucharest on the same day, attended by hundreds of people carrying Orthodox Christian icons and crosses.
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Thousands of people participated in the annual Athens Pride event at Syntagma Square in the Greek capital on Saturday, held under the slogan “This concerns you”.
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The mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, opened the event by stating that "this is the Athens we want: open and inclusive" and saying that the LGBTQ celebration is a reminder that "we must fight for our rights”.
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Thousands of Albanians rallied on the main boulevard in Tirana for a 14th consecutive day of protests sparked by the planned construction of a luxury resort in a protected natural landscape by a company linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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Earlier on Saturday, protesters went to Rrjoll, a village in northwest Albania, to protest against another planned Adriatic Sea tourist development project that is being opposed by the local community, which claims the land is being taken from them.
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Protesters removed the fence around the site, unopposed by police.
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Dario Ristic escaped charges of fighting illegally abroad by obtaining a Russian passport; some now urge Bosnia to change its laws.
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Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Romania are racing to implement new EU asylum rules, as right-wingers demand crackdowns and campaigners warn of threats to human rights.
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🧵🇧🇦 Bosnians are gathering in fan zones across Bosnia and Herzegovina to watch the national men's football team take on Canada in its opening World Cup match in Toronto at 9 p.m. Sarajevo time.
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Since Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for this year's tournament, excitement has been building across the country, as it marks only the second World Cup appearance in the nation's history.
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Some commentators are suggesting the matches may offer a rare moment of collective pride in the divided country.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to bestow one of Ukraine's military units with the honorary name “Heroes of the UPA” continues to reverberate in Polish-Ukrainian relations, prompting calls for restraint from both Warsaw and Kyiv.
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Drone incursions have heightened fears that the war in Ukraine is spilling into Romania, exposing vulnerabilities in the NATO member’s air and maritime defences.
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🧵🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina's national football team is making its 2026 World Cup debut against Canada in Toronto today, captained by veteran goalscorer Edin Dzeko.
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Dzeko told BIRN that the players will "try, on the pitch, to justify all the trust that our supporters have given us".
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The Higher Court in Belgrade has ordered a 30-day extension of detention for former Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic, who is suspected of failing to report a murder at a Belgrade restaurant.
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Milic had also been suspected of assisting an offender after the commission of the crime, but prosecutors dropped that charge on Tuesday.
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Prompted by shocking murder case in May, Justice Minister proposes life sentences and continued detention of some offenders even after they have completed their sentences.
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