Chair of the Interdepartmental Working Group for Amendments to the Electoral Legislation Alma Čolo spoke today with the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec, who stressed that the OSCE Mission fully supports the Interdepartmental Group's activities.

Kavalec expressed hope that the work of the group would result in proposed amendments to the law that would represent a step forward in line with the achievements of democratic societies.
Čolo and Kavalec jointly assessed that the work on the amendments to the electoral legislation must be done in such a way as to take into account the opinions and recommendations of domestic institutions and experts with experience in this field.
At the same time, Kavalec underlined the readiness of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and other OSCE experts to contribute to resolving the problems burdening the election process in Bosnia and Herzegovina, stated the PA B&amp;H.

Ambassador expressed hope that the work of the group would result in proposed amendments to the law that would represent a step forward in line with the achievements of democratic societies

Čolo and Kavalec meet to discuss amendments to the electoral legislation

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday that vaccination rates in Europe were still far off what was needed to stop a virus resurgence and called on countries to maintain protective measures.

According to the organisation, 30 percent of people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 17 percent have been fully vaccinated in the WHO's European Region - which spans 53 countries and territories and includes several in Central Asia.
-Although we have come far, we have not come far enough- Hans Kluge, the WHO's regional director for Europe, told a press conference. 
-Vaccination coverage is far from sufficient to protect the region from a resurgence. The distance to go before reaching at least 80 percent coverage of the adult population is still considerable- Kluge added.
He noted that the region had seen an overall decline in new cases, hospitalisations and deaths for two consecutive months, but urged nations to avoid repeating the "mistake" of last summer by easing measures prematurely, leading to a resurgence in the autumn.
-Over the course of last summer, cases gradually rose in younger age groups and then moved into older age groups, contributing to a devastating resurgence, lockdowns and loss of life, in the autumn and winter of 2020- Kluge said.
He called on countries to take "last year's lessons aboard," by acting fast on signals of increasing cases, expanding testing and contact tracing, and "rapidly attaining very high vaccine uptake in the most vulnerable populations."
He also called on people to "enjoy the summer safely" by adhering to health guidelines.

Kluge: The region had seen an overall decline in new cases, hospitalisations and deaths for two consecutive months

30 percent of people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 17 percent have been fully vaccinated

COVID vaccination in Europe 'far from sufficient' to avoid resurgence

A 28-year-old mediaeval history enthusiast who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron risks up to three years in jail when he appears in court for the first time on Thursday, having told investigators he acted "without thinking".

The man, named as Damien T., has been in custody since the incident on Tuesday and is expected to be convicted of assaulting a public figure when he appears before a magistrate in the southern town of Valence.
The charge carries a maximum three-year jail sentence and a fine of 45,000 euros ($55,000), although the court will take into account the defendant's clean criminal record and any expression of remorse.
-He contends that he acted instinctively and 'without thinking' to express his annoyance- a statement from the local prosecutor's office said late on Wednesday. 
Damien T., described by friends as usually shy and placid, also told investigators that he sympathised with anti-government "yellow vest" protesters and leaned to the right/far-right in his political views, but had no party affiliation.
The long-haired resident of the village of Saint-Villier, who has no fixed profession, is passionate about mediaeval history and martial arts and shouted an old royalist slogan as he struck the president.
His friend, named as Arthur C., was arrested at the same time on Tuesday having filmed the slap, but will not be charged over the incident, the prosecutor said.
Macron shrugged off the assault, calling it an "isolated event", and he has vowed to continue meting voters despite concerns for his personal security. 
Leaders across the political spectrum have shown rare unity in condemning the incident, with many seeing it as a symptom of the fraught political climate and declining public debate just weeks from regional elections and 10 months from presidential polls.
Macron, 43, whose personal ratings have risen recently, is expected to seek a second term next year. 
Polls show him holding a narrow lead over his main rival, far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

A 28-year-old Damien T., has been in custody since the incident on Tuesday

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte Macron (C) interact with members of a crowd while visiting Valence on June 8, 2021 during a visit in the French southeastern department of Drôme, the second stage of a nationwide tour ahead of next year's presidential election

Man who slapped Macron risks jail at court hearing

The Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fadil Novalić, said today during the break of the Government session in Mostar, that a contract on direct procurement of 500,000 doses of Sinofarm vaccines was signed with the manufacturer.

He pointed out that the public is aware that the Federation of B&amp;H directly negotiated with China for the procurement of these vaccines, and that the contract was signed on behalf of the Government of the Federation of B&amp;H by the Acting Director of the Institute of Public Health of the FB&amp;H Siniša Skočibušić.
-It is also known that due to the publicity clause, that we are not able to give more information about this. The Government of China has approved the amount of half a million doses of vaccines to the Federation of B&amp;H. Everywhere in the world, the states are the ones that procure vaccines, and the FB&amp;H Government has undertaken, is undertaking and will undertake all activities to procure vaccines for the citizens of the FB&amp;H- said Novalić.
He stressed that they have never given up on any option to procure vaccines and stressed that they are trying to procure Pfizer vaccines in agreement with the state level.
On behalf of the FB&amp;H Government, Novalić thanked the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in B&amp;H and the Embassy of B&amp;H in China.

He stressed that they have never given up on any option to procure vaccines and stressed that they are trying to procure Pfizer vaccines in agreement with the state level

Novalić: We signed a direct procurement contract for 500,000 Sinofarm vaccines

Russia on Thursday suggested that Washington was quick to condemn the designation of Alexei Navalny's groups as extremist because the jailed Kremlin critic was in fact working for the United States.

A Moscow court late on Wednesday ruled to designate Navalny's regional offices and his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) as "extremist", barring them from working in Russia.
The US State Department called the action "particularly disturbing" and said it was part of a pattern of restricting fundamental rights in Russia.
In a radio interview on Thursday morning, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the response showed the extent of US interference in Russia's affairs.
-Can you imagine seeing such an instant reaction from the State Department to a domestic or some other internal decision in another country?- she said in the interview broadcast on YouTube and state radio.
-Then in a few hours they make a special statement. This means that they are politically involved in the story- she said, adding that Washington was thus exposing its "agents".
-They show such political zeal because it touches those whom they supervised, those whom they supported politically and in other ways- Zakharova said. 
Prosecutors in April had requested that Navalny's organisations be hit with the "extremist" label, saying the group was plotting an uprising with support from the West.
Navalny's network of regional offices had helped organise a smart voting strategy that urged voters to cast ballots for those most likely to defeat Kremlin-linked candidates.
Ahead of parliamentary elections in September -- in which the deeply unpopular ruling United Russia party is expected to struggle -- lawmakers passed legislation that bans members and sponsors of "extremist" groups from running in the polls.

Prosecutors in April had requested that Navalny's organisations be hit with the "extremist" label, saying the group was plotting an uprising with support from the West

Russia calls Navalny US 'agent' after extremism ruling

President Joe Biden will on Thursday announce a "historic" US donation of half a billion Covid-19 vaccine doses for 92 poorer countries, the White House said.

The United States is buying 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, including 200 million set to be delivered around the world by the end of this year. The remainder will be sent out by June 2022, the White House said in a statement.
This "largest ever purchase and donation of vaccines by a single country" will "help supercharge the global fight against the pandemic," the White House said.
Biden, who is attending a G7 summit in Britain this week, "will also call on the world's global democracies to do their parts in contributing to the global supply of safe and effective vaccines."
The United States has come under criticism for sitting on huge stocks of unused vaccines, something the government says was initially necessary as a precautionary measure in its own race to get shots into the arms of Americans.
However, with domestic vaccination rates now having reached 64 percent of adults receiving at least one dose, Washington is moving quickly to reclaim global leadership on the issue.
Dismissing suggestions that the United States is in a so-called vaccine diplomacy contest with Russia and China, the White House describes its initiatives as a return to multilateral action after the nationalist isolationism of Donald Trump's presidency.
This new, huge surge in donations aims "to save lives and end the pandemic," the White House said.
With the pandemic largely tamed at home, "the United States is using the power of our democracy, the ingenuity of American scientists, and the strength of American manufacturing to beat the pandemic globally by helping to vaccinate the world."
The vaccines will be distributed through the international Covax program to "low and lower-middle income nations."
The announcement came on top of an earlier pledge to donate some 80 million vaccines by the end of June, as well as a $2 billion contribution to COVAX funding.
-President Biden has been clear that borders cannot keep this pandemic at bay and has vowed that our nation will be the arsenal of vaccines- the statement said.
Biden hinted at the announcement Wednesday before boarding Air Force One bound for Britain to meet with fellow G7 leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.
Asked if he had a vaccine strategy for the world, he said: "I have one and I'll be announcing it."
The New York Times said Biden would appear with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to make the announcement.
The deal would see the US paying "not for profit" price for the doses, according to US media reports.

The vaccines will be distributed through the international Covax program

The New York Times said Biden would appear with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to make the announcement

US buys half billion Pfizer Covid vaccine doses for poorest countries

A Russian journalist has been banned from covering football's European Championship by Azerbaijan's organising committee over his visits to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking outrage in Moscow on Wednesday.

Nobel Arustamyan, a journalist with Armenian ancestry working for the Russian Match TV station, said Tuesday that Azerbaijan's organising committee has denied him accreditation for Euro 2020 that is being organised in 11 European cities including the Azerbaijani capital, Baku.
The approval of the 11 national organising committees is necessary for journalists to be accredited.
The oil-rich country on the Caspian Sea is set to host three group games in June -- Wales v Switzerland, Turkey v Wales, Switzerland v Turkey -- and a quarter-final in July.
The vice president of the Azerbaijani Football Federation, Elkhan Mammadov, confirmed his country was behind the refusal.
-This person has repeatedly visited the occupied lands of Azerbaijan for many years and during these visits did not receive permission from the relevant structures of Azerbaijan- Mammadov told journalists.
-He violated the laws of our country, showing disrespect for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.-Azerbaijan's Armenian-populated breakaway region of Karabakh was last year at the centre of a six-week war between the arch-foe neighbours.
The war has claimed the lives of some 6,000 people and ended in November with a Russian-brokered ceasefire that saw Armenia cede swathes of territories it had controlled for decades.
Azerbaijan's move to block Arustamyan's accreditation sparked outrage among Russian journalists and elicited a protest from his channel.
-The refusal of a regional federation to approve the name of our commentator is a violation of the spirit of the international sports movement- the general producer of Match TV, Tina Kandelaki, wrote on her Telegram channel.
Sports journalist Vasili Utkin denounced "a bestial injustice."
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the ministry had "worked all night" with UEFA to ensure Aroustamyan is allowed "to exercise his professional activities."
-I believe a solution will be found- she added.
Azerbaijani laws prohibit the entry into its territory of those who have visited Nagorno-Karabakh without permission from Baku.
In 2019, Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed, for security reasons, the Europa League final between his then team Arsenal and Chelsea that was played in Baku.

Nobel Arustamyan, a journalist with Armenian ancestry working for the Russian Match TV station, said Tuesday that Azerbaijan's organising committee has denied him accreditation

Azerbaijan organisers ban Russian journalist from Euro 2020

A French mayor who continued to run his town near Paris from jail after being convicted for rape has been formally replaced following months of pressure and criticism from women's rights groups.

The town council in Draveil elected deputy mayor Richard Privat late on Tuesday to replace Georges Tron who resigned from his cell at the end of May after more than 25 years at the helm. 
Tron, a junior minister under right-president Nicolas Sarkozy, began serving a three-year sentence in February for raping a council employee who the court found had been pressured into sex.
Several women testified that Tron imposed foot massage sessions on them that would involve groping and digital penetration, at times turning into threesomes with his deputy Brigitte Gruel.
While feminists saw his conviction as a victory for France's MeToo movement, Tron denied the allegations, saying that the foot massages were not sexual and that he was the victim of a political "plot".
In his resignation letter at the end of May, he wrote of the "very painful decision" to relinquish his mayoral responsibilities, arguing that he should still be presumed innocent because he had not exhausted all legal appeals.
His decision to carry on running Draveil, a town of 30,000 people in the southern suburbs of Paris, outraged opposition councillors and women's rights groups.
In April, at a council meeting attended by AFP, a subordinate opened proceedings by reading out a letter and instructions on the budget drafted by Tron, 63, in jail. 
-The seriousness of the allegations for which Georges Tron has been found guilty deprive him of the moral authority needed to carry out his duties- the opposition group in the council said in a statement at the time. 
Government spokesman Gabriel Attal said in May that there was "ongoing work" into revoking Tron's mayoral title, but he acknowledged "legal issues." 
Tron remains a town councillor and a member of the regional assembly, but this latter mandate expires at the end of the month.

Georges Tron resigned from his cell at the end of May after more than 25 years at the helm

Tron, a junior minister under right-president Nicolas Sarkozy, began serving a three-year sentence in February for raping a council employee who the court found had been pressured into sex

End of era for convicted French mayor who ran town from prison

The US State Department updated travel warnings for dozens of countries worldwide on Tuesday, including Turkey. 

In all, the department changed its travel advisories for 114 countries, according to a State Department statement. The majority of the revisions - 58 - were countries being upgraded from Level 4 Do Not Travel to Level 3 Reconsider Travel, including Turkey.
Other nations that saw their travel warnings loosened include Summer Olympics host Japan as well as France and Germany.
People who are thinking of visiting Japan should reconsider travel due to COVID-19, the department said as the East Asian country prepares to hold the Olympics beginning in late July. It pointed to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Level 3 travel warning, as it did with Germany and France and dozens of other nations.
Three countries - the British Virgin Islands, Samoa and Sudan - were downgraded to Level 4.
Ten countries have been upgraded to Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions, the lowest level of precaution given by the State Department. They include Antigua &amp; Barbuda , Eswatini , French Polynesia , Gambia, Ghana , Malawi , Malta , Senegal , Singapore , South Korea and Togo.

State Department changes advisories for countries including Olympics host Japan, Germany, France and Turkey

The majority of the revisions - 58 - were countries being upgraded from Level 4 Do Not Travel to Level 3 Reconsider Travel

US changes travel warnings for 114 countries

A MiG-29 fighter plane of Bulgarian Air Force crashed into the Black Sea in the early hours of Wednesday while taking part in the Shabla 21 military exercise, said the Bulgarian Defense Ministry.

A search and rescue operation is ongoing, the statement said, adding that the exercise has been suspended.

Search, rescue operation under way, says Bulgarian Defense Ministry

Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter plane crashes into Black Sea

Over 2.22 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been given worldwide so far, figures compiled by Our World in Data showed on Wednesday.

China leads the global count with over 808.96 million jabs, followed by the US with 303.92 million, according to the tracking website.
India has administered 233.68 million shots, Brazil 74.54 million, the UK 68.8 million, Germany 55.55 million, France 40.84 million, Italy 39.31 million, and Mexico 34.66 million.
Turkey ranks 10th on the list with over 31.59 million doses given, followed by Spain, Indonesia, Canada, and Poland.
The country with the most doses administered by population was the East African island nation of Seychelles, with 138.83 doses per 100 people.
Most COVID-19 vaccines are administered in two doses, so the number of shots given is not the same as the number of individuals fully vaccinated.
Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed nearly 3.75 million lives in 192 countries and regions, with more than 174 million cases reported worldwide, according to the US' Johns Hopkins University.
The US, India, and Brazil remain the worst-hit countries in terms of the number of infections and deaths.

China leads the global count with over 808.96 million jabs, followed by the US with 303.92 million

The country with the most doses administered by population was the East African island nation of Seychelles, with 138.83 doses per 100 people

Over 2.22B coronavirus vaccine shots given worldwide

Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo will meet on June 15 for a new round of talks on normalization of ties, an EU official announced on Wednesday.

-The new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will be held in Brussels next Tuesday- EU Commission spokesperson Peter Stano said at a news conference.
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti, and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will take part in the talks, which will be the first since Kurti became premier this March.
The focus will be on “how to proceed in the future,” Stano said, adding that hopes are high that efforts ongoing since 2011 will result in a comprehensive normalization agreement.
The EU has been leading negotiations between the two sides for nearly a decade, but the process has suffered setbacks due to heightened tensions over the past few years.
Last September, Serbia and Kosovo agreed to take steps towards economic cooperation after talks held in the US.
Serbia, however, had turned down calls for mutual recognition.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 and is recognized by more than 100 countries, including the US, the UK, France, Germany, and Turkey.
Belgrade, however, still claims Kosovo as a breakaway province. China and Russia are among the countries yet to recognize Kosovo as an independent state.

New round of dialogue in Brussels will focus on how to proceed in future, says EU Commission spokesperson

Serbia, Kosovo normalization talks to resume on June 15

The United States President Joe Biden has expanded the scope of the Executive Order defining sanctions for individuals and organizations from the Western Balkans, which threaten the peace and stability of the region. The Executive Order on sanctions was first passed by the then US President George W. Bush in 2001, and since then the sanctions have been regularly extended, Radio Free Europe reports.

The United States is "modernizing" its sanctions policy in the Western Balkans by further targeting corruption, human rights abuses, and acts that threaten democracy in the region, the State Department said.
-The United States recognizes that corruption threatens economic equity, global anti-poverty and development efforts, and democracy itself- Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on June 8.
The updated policy came in the form of an executive order from President Joe Biden, expanding on two longtime decrees related to the Western Balkans.
The White House said the executive order provides for additional sanctions, including the targeting of individuals or entities threatening peace and stability in the region, undermining democratic processes, or engaging in serious human rights abuses and corruption.
Under the new policy, U.S. authorities will also be armed with the ability to sanction actors who violate or obstruct the implementation of regional agreements and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, the successor to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
The presidential decree adds the 2018 Prespa Agreement resolving a dispute between Greece and North Macedonia as well as agreements that ended the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina to the previous list of regional agreements.

Besides that, they are targeting corruption, human rights abuses, and acts that threaten democracy in the region

US 'modernizes' sanctions policy for Western Balkans to go after corruption

US biotech firm Moderna said Monday it was seeking conditional approval for use of its Covid-19 vaccine on teens in the European Union and Canada, in a boost for inoculation campaigns as the summer begins.

The firm said it also plans to file for emergency approval with the Food and Drug Administration in the United States, where the Pfizer/BioNTech jab is already being administered to adolescents age 12 and up.
-We are pleased to announce that we have submitted for conditional marketing approval of our Covid-19 vaccine with the European Medicines Agency for use in adolescents in the European Union- Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said.
-We are encouraged that the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine was highly effective at preventing Covid-19 and SARS-CoV-2 infection in adolescents- he said in a statement.
-We have filed for authorization with Health Canada and we will file for an Emergency Use Authorization with the US FDA and regulatory agencies around the world for this important younger age population.-Teens are much less susceptible to Covid than older age groups, and the main reason to vaccinate them is to drive down transmission.
But extremely rare cases of severe Covid can still occur, as can a post-viral complication called multisystem inflammatory syndrome.
The two-shot Moderna regime is around 90 percent effective against symptomatic Covid-19 and 95 percent effective against severe disease.
The vaccine was "generally well tolerated" among adolescents, the company said, adding: "No significant safety concerns have been identified to date."
Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics called the authorization of the Pfizer Covid vaccine for adolescents an important tool for more schools to return to in-person learning this fall.
Moderna has sought full approval of its vaccine for adults in the United States, joining Pfizer/BioNTech.

The firm said it also plans to file for emergency approval with the Food and Drug Administration in the United States

The two-shot Moderna regime is around 90 percent effective against symptomatic Covid-19 and 95 percent effective against severe disease

Moderna seeks approval of COVID-19 vaccine for teens in Europe, Canada

The Philippines will this week start vaccinating around 35 million people working outside their homes, such as public transport staff, in a bid to curb COVID-19 transmission and open up the economy, officials said.

The next phase in the rollout that started in March comes after vaccines were first targeted at health care workers, senior citizens and people with existing health conditions.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said those eligible to join the new phase, which includes workers in the informal sector, will be able to register from Wednesday.
The Philippines has so far received more than nine million doses, mostly supplied by China's Sinovac Biotech (SVA.O), but has a long way to go to meet its goal of immunising 70 million people this year out of a population of 110 million.
The country is also lagging some neighbours, with only 4.4 million people having received their first dose and more than 1.5 million getting two shots so far.
Carlito Galvez, who is leading the government's vaccine procurement programme, said in a separate briefing that close to 22 million doses of COVID 19 vaccines were expected to arrive betweenthis month or next.
The Philippines on Monday also allowed the emergency use of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines and granted the Department of Health's request to accept Sinopharm shots to be donated by China, the head of its Food and Drug Administration said.
Opening the vaccination campaign to more people will allow the "process of reopening (the economy) to continue", Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez told reporters.
-This is a shot in the arm needed by our economic frontliners and our economy so the signs of recovery will continue.-The Philippines, which is battling one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia, has reported 1.27 million infections and almost 22,000 deaths.

They have reported 1.27 million infections and almost 22,000 deaths

Health workers encode information and prepare vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a mobile vaccination site in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 21, 2021.

Philippines targets workers in next phase of COVID shots

UN human rights experts Monday expressed outrage at the arrest, alleged torture, and forced confession of a Belarus journalist and human rights defender and the continued crackdown on independent media in Belarus.

A group of United Nations Special Rapporteurs appointed by the Human Rights Council in a statement described the incident as a "reckless manner in which Roman Protasevich was arrested."*
On May 23, a Belarusian MIG-29 fighter jet scrambled to escort a Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS passing through Belarus' airspace while heading from Athens, Greece to Vilnius, Lithuania, forcing it to land in Minsk over a bomb threat.
Authorities then detained Protasevich, a social media activist, wanted in Belarus for what they claimed was his involvement in "terrorist incidents."
-Reports that he may have been tortured to extract a false confession, was denied access to his lawyer, and fears that he could face a harsh sentence show an utter disregard for international human rights norms by the authorities in Belarus- the experts said.

They expressed deep concern for Protasevich's life and called for his immediate release – and that of journalists, human rights defenders, and activists detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression or peaceful assembly.

-The outrageous manner in which Mr. Protasevich was intercepted and arrested shows that there is no limit to what this government will do to silence critics- they said.
-It is an egregious example of a severe and relentless crackdown on all independent voices since the contested election results of August 2020- the experts explained.
The experts include Irene Khan, the special rapporteur on protecting the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Mary Lawlor, the special rapporteur on human rights defenders; Nils Melzer, the special rapporteur on torture and other inhuman punishment, and Anais Marin, the special rapporteur on human rights in Belarus.
The experts recalled that on May 18, the authorities searched the editorial offices of the largest Belarusian independent online news site Tut.by, which had covered the protests that followed the election results.
At least 13 Tut.by staff were reportedly detained, some of them without access to a lawyer, ostensibly concerning a criminal investigation into tax evasion.
In December 2020, Tut.by was stripped of its media license for supposedly spreading "false information."
-Recent events indicate that media freedom in Belarus has entered a black hole with no end in sight- the experts said.
-In the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath, the authorities have arbitrarily detained and beaten journalists, opposition members, human rights defenders, and citizens participating in peaceful protests- they said.
They "prosecuted them on politically motivated charges, revoked media workers' accreditation, raided their homes and offices, and blocked their websites."

Čolo and Kavalec meet to discuss amendments to the electoral legislation

COVID vaccination in Europe 'far from sufficient' to avoid resurgence

Man who slapped Macron risks jail at court hearing

Novalić: We signed a direct procurement contract for 500,000 Sinofarm vaccines

Russia calls Navalny US 'agent' after extremism ruling

US buys half billion Pfizer Covid vaccine doses for poorest countries

Azerbaijan organisers ban Russian journalist from Euro 2020

End of era for convicted French mayor who ran town from prison

US changes travel warnings for 114 countries

Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter plane crashes into Black Sea

Over 2.22B coronavirus vaccine shots given worldwide

Serbia, Kosovo normalization talks to resume on June 15

US 'modernizes' sanctions policy for Western Balkans to go after corruption

Moderna seeks approval of COVID-19 vaccine for teens in Europe, Canada

Philippines targets workers in next phase of COVID shots

UN experts voice concern over Protasevich arrest

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Čolo and Kavalec meet to discuss amendments to the electoral legislation

COVID vaccination in Europe 'far from sufficient' to avoid resurgence

Man who slapped Macron risks jail at court hearing

Novalić: We signed a direct procurement contract for 500,000 Sinofarm vaccines

Russia calls Navalny US 'agent' after extremism ruling

US buys half billion Pfizer Covid vaccine doses for poorest countries

Azerbaijan organisers ban Russian journalist from Euro 2020

End of era for convicted French mayor who ran town from prison

US changes travel warnings for 114 countries

Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter plane crashes into Black Sea

Over 2.22B coronavirus vaccine shots given worldwide

Serbia, Kosovo normalization talks to resume on June 15

US 'modernizes' sanctions policy for Western Balkans to go after corruption

Moderna seeks approval of COVID-19 vaccine for teens in Europe, Canada

Philippines targets workers in next phase of COVID shots

UN experts voice concern over Protasevich arrest