By Agence France-Presse One night in September, teacher Thomas Cervin was woken by gunshots in his apartment building in Uppsala. His neighbour had just become the latest target in Sweden’s terrifying gang wars. Execution-style shootings carried out by “child soldiers”, apartment buildings rocked by bombings, innocent relatives targeted in vendettas, and the morning news summarising […]
By Agence France-Presse A Russian court on Thursday sentenced artist Alexandra Skochilenko to seven years in prison for spreading “false information” about the army after she swapped supermarket price tags with slogans criticizing Russia’s offensive in Ukraine. The 33-year-old, known as Sasha, is the latest among thousands of Russians to be detained, jailed or fined […]
By Agence France-Presse Dutch voters head to the polls next week for a knife-edge election that will transform the country’s political landscape, with surveys showing the race is too close to call. After Mark Rutte‘s record 13 years at the helm, the Dutch appear poised to elect either their first woman PM or a crusading […]