News Digest (16 stories, 30.10.15)
30 October 2015
CZECH REPUBLIC:
Half of Czech Romanies not integrated into society (Prague Post, link)
DENMARK:
Government proposes tougher punishments for foreign fighters (The Copenhagen Post, link)
ESTONIA:
An international counter-terrorism training ATHOS held in Estonia (Estonian Interior Ministry, link)
EU:
Dutch far-right MEP in hot water after voting for Le Pen (EUobserver, link)
FRANCE:
French court upholds acquittal of Femen topless protest at Notre Dame (France 24, link)
FRANCE:
French police ban unsafe Halloween costumes (The Local, link):
"Police officers in southern France who are still on heightened terror alert have banned locals from wearing "dangerous" costume accessories for Halloween. It comes after a boy dressed as Mr T sparked a terror scare."
Germany leads European police raid against spyware users (Deutsche Welle, link)
GERMANY:
Report: Arms maker sued Germany over Saudi Arabia exports license (Deutsche Welle, link):
"An investigation by German media has uncovered a lawsuit filed by Heckler & Koch against a subordinate office of the economy ministry. The arms maker complained about the lack of export licenses for Saudi Arabia."
ITALY:
Former civil protection head's L'Aquila trial starts Nov 20 (Gazzetta del Sud, link)
Montenegro Opposition Plans New Protest Rallies (Balkan Insight, link):
"Although police have broken up anti-governments protests in Podgorica, the opposition has announced new street protests aimed at forcing out Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic."
NATO:
Mini NATO summit in Bucharest will discuss security in the region (Romania Insider, link)
Tor Just Launched the Easiest App Yet for Anonymous, Encrypted IM (Wired, link)
UK:
Freedom of Information Act misused by media to create stories, says Grayling (The Guardian, link)
UK:
Manchester chief constable airs fears of ‘thought police’ over counter-extremism (The Guardian, link)
UK:
Police force behind Newsnight laptop seizure reveals BBC did not contest Terrorism Act application (Press Gazette, link)
UK:
Police to be granted powers to view your internet history (The Telegraph, link)
UK:
'Wrongly accused’ Manchester bomb plotters take Theresa May to court over ban on re-entering UK (TBIJ, link)
UK:
‘You’d expect the police to get the law right at least’ (The Justice Gap, link):
"The Metropolitan police has been sending out ‘potentially unlawful’ letters threatening alleged gang members with prosecution for ‘just being present when a serious crime is committed’ under the common law of joint enterprise."