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Fact-Check: Video does not show French police joining anti-vaxx rally

An old video has been shared on social media, falsely claiming to show French police applauding protests against new COVID-19 restrictions.

France

NGOs take France to court over 'discriminatory' police checks

Several court rulings across France in recent years have found identity checks carried out by police were discriminatory.

France

Body found in search for murder suspect who shot at police in France

The man is suspected of killing a woman in Plan-de-la-Tour, a town overlooking the Gulf of Saint-Tropez.

Albania

Ex-Albanian police officer jailed for killing that sparked protests

A former Albanian police officer was given a 10-year sentence for fatally shooting a man during a COVID-19 curfew patrol in December.

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Greece

Four people injured and suspect arrested after knife attack in Greece

Four people were hurt in a knife attack in Athens and a suspect has been arrested after he called the police.

France

French mayor fined for comparing police to Vichy government

In July 1942, some 13,000 Jews were rounded up by the French Vichy regime and sent to concentration camps.

Italy

German tourist surrenders to Italian police over Lake Garda boat crash

A German tourist has handed himself in to Italian police over a fatal boat accident on Lake Garda last month, which killed two people.

Sweden

Swedish teenager arrested after police officer shot dead in Gothenburg

It is the first time an active police officer has been shot dead in Sweden in 14 years.

Albania

Three Albanian police officers arrested in major drug-trafficking bust

Thirty-eight Albanian nationals including a prosecutor, a government department head and three senior police officers have been arrested for drug trafficking, corruption, abuse of post and money laundering.

World

Sister of black man who died in police custody acquitted of defamation

The sister of a black French man who died in police custody in 2016, has been acquitted of defamation charges brought against her by police officers. Assa Traoré publicly named three policemen, accusing them of having crushed Adama Traore to death.

Italy

Italian police accused of racism over viral video of arrests in Milan

A group of black youths were beaten and arrested by the carabinieri in a central area of Milan on Sunday morning.

Greece

Greek police recover Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012

Police say they have recovered the artworks nearly a decade after their theft from Greece's biggest state art gallery in Athens.

Germany

Germany stabbing: Man arrested after two hospitalised in Erfurt attack

Police launched a manhunt after the stabbing but have since arrested a suspect.

Greece

Greek trio arrested for selling priceless Roman statue for €40,000

One of the three found the statue in his garden and asked the other two to sell it, police say.

Germany

Authorities ponder motive for German knife attack that left three dead

Authorities are searching for the suspect's motive after a 24-year-old killed three women in a knife attack in southern Germany.

Germany

German police officers saved from burning car by passing students

German police said four students walking home from their school graduation ceremony in the early hours Friday helped rescue two police officers from a burning patrol car in Bochum.

Denmark

Man found dead after setting off explosives in Danish town hall

Police investigating a break-in at Middelfart town hall on Friday say a male suspect has been found dead.

Belgium

Belgian manhunt for armed far-right suspect enters second month

46-year-old former soldier Jurgen Conings was placed on a watchlist in February and has threatened several people in the past months.

My Europe Series

Long-awaited murder probe reveals 'institutional' police corruption

The real Line of Duty? This case has drawn parallels with BBC's hit crime series, which follows a special unit investigating police corruption.

USA

Teen who recorded Floyd's arrest and murder wins Pulitzer nod

Darnella Frazier was cited “for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality, around the world" the Pulitzer Prizes said.