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All flights scheduled to leave Charleroi airport yesterday were cancelled due to a strike by security staff; this is the third time in less than two months that there have been major flight cancellations at Charleroi airport due to a strike

The Camino de Santiago has enjoyed resounding popularity in the last three decades, doubling from 99.000 pilgrims in 1993 to 215.000 in 2013 and again to 446.000 in 2023, while the religious motivation for the pilgrimage is becoming increasingly secondary

In its latest report, ECRI, a Council of Europe body specialised in monitoring discrimination, denounced racial profiling practices by police forces; Roma communities and African people would be subjected to disproportionate and discriminatory controls

A new report by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights concludes that inherited memories of a war young people haven't lived have a significant impact on their attitudes, reinforcing distorted narratives and ethnic divisions

Former President Ilir Meta, now leader of the opposition Freedom Party, was arrested on charges of corruption, money-laundering and non-declaration of assets

President Maia Sandu claimed pro-Russian forces illegally interfered in Sunday's presidential polls, which will go to a run-off ballot next month, while referendum results only narrowly approved enshrining EU accession as a national goal

There will not be an apology over Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, when King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer visit the Commonwealth summit in Samoa 25-26 October, and a Downing Street spokesperson already ruled out financial reparations

The extradition of Do Kwon, the South Korean entrepreneur behind two failed cryptocurrencies, has been halted by a court in Podgorica; the case has worried the Montenegrin justice system for more than a year and caused tremors in local politics

An average of 185 people die every year while playing sport in Switzerland; most of the fatal sports accidents occur in mountain sports, followed by snow sports and water sports, according to latest report of the Swiss Council for Accident Prevention

The Ministry of the Environment covered up a report discussing the negative effects of wind farms on the golden eagle, which showed some of the wind farms built on golden eagle home areas should not have been built

A new book entitled 'With Love for Football', created by football fans in Sillamäe, Ida-Viru County, presents a selection of rare archive photos and numerous stories of local players and coaches