The annual gay pride event was to take place in September in Belgrade. President Aleksandar Vucic said the timing was bad, citing “numerous problems” currently affecting the country.
Author: ISABELLA KWAI
Latvia tears down a controversial Soviet-era monument in its capital.
A 260-foot-tall obelisk erected in 1985 to honor Soviet soldiers who ended the country’s World War II Nazi occupation was toppled on Thursday.
U.K. Train Strikes Bring More Summer Disruptions
Travelers resigned themselves to additional days of struggles as workers seeking higher pay walked out, a day after Britain reported its highest inflation rate in decades.
Strip-Searches of Children by London Police Are Called ‘Deeply Concerning’
A report from England’s children’s commissioner on Monday found that 650 children, including a disproportionate number of young Black boys, were subjected to the practice.
Wildfires, and a Heat Wave, Sweep Across Europe
Fires in the south of France have burned more than 22,000 acres and prompted widespread evacuations. Britain was bracing for record high temperatures early next week.
Passengers Sigh as Heathrow Caps Numbers to Head Off ‘Airmageddon’
After two years of pandemic-enforced staycations, demand for travel has come roaring back in Europe, and airports are finding it impossible to keep up.
Iran Begins to Dismantle Nuclear Program Cameras After Western Criticism
At a moment when experts say Iran is, again, on the verge of possessing enough fuel for a bomb, the dismantling of U.N. cameras was a sign of worsening prospects for the 2015 deal.
Iran Turns Off U.N. Surveillance Cameras at Nuclear Site
The step came as tensions have risen over stalled efforts to revive a 2015 deal that limited Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for the easing of sanctions.
In the U.K., Migrants From Hong Kong Build a New Life
More than a year after they first began arriving in Britain under a new visa program, people from Hong Kong are settling into their new home. But they still long for the one they left behind.
3 Tornadoes Strike Germany, Amid Heat Wave in Southern Europe
Extreme weather was also felt elsewhere in Europe as heat waves threatened Spain and parts of southern France.