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October 25, 2026

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Thirty people storm Serbian polling station during snap election

European governments are deciding they have seen enough cost-of-living protests, and are dispatching the police to say so. In Paris, officers arrested 142 people as up to 800,000 citizens marched over falling purchasing power. Spanish authorities detained 128 youth rioters in Barcelona following a night of anti-system vandalism. Portuguese police cleared housing encampments in Lisbon and Porto within ten minutes of their appearance, leaving 31 in custody. In Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni surveyed the aftermath of student clashes at the Colosseum and promised to ensure no parts of the capital remain off-limits to the state.

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Serbia

Thirty people storm Serbian polling station during snap election

Early parliamentary elections began with queues forming before dawn, though enthusiasm took different forms. In Doljevac, thirty people stormed a polling station to assault those inside, while voting in Kraljevo halted because a page of the voter registry vanished. It is a level of democratic engagement that usually requires an international monitoring mission.

Portugal

Police clear Lisbon housing encampments in ten minutes

Housing activists in Lisbon and Porto found their tent encampments cleared by riot police within ten minutes of setting them up. The swift intervention left 31 people detained and 11 injured. The government's new rental law remains in place, but sleeping outside to protest it is no longer an option.

Sweden

Storm Boelo strands French warship in Stockholm harbor

The storm arrived with severe winds, cutting power to 5,000 residents on Gotland and trapping a French warship in the capital. Meteorologists noted the wind came from the wrong direction, making trees particularly prone to falling. For a navy waiting out the weather, it was an unwelcome reminder of who really controls the Baltic.

One more thing · Albania

Prime Minister waits for protesters at an empty table

Following a night of tear gas and Molotov cocktails, Prime Minister Edi Rama attempted to end the standoff by placing a formal table and chairs on the pavement outside his office. He waited for student protest leaders, who chose to leave the furniture empty.

Around Europe today

▪ Albania — Police Officer Suspended as Protester Suffers Severe Eye Injury →

▪ Austria — Kickl associate linked to AfD in new leaks →

▪ Belgium — Firefighters respond to sixty calls as Storm Boléo batters capital →

▪ Bosnia and Herzegovina — Central Election Commission confirms state and federal seat counts. →

▪ Bulgaria — Voters stay home as presidential election begins →

▪ Croatia — Struggle for assets begins as major employer nears collapse →

▪ Cyprus — Left-wing AKEL party expels MP by phone →

▪ Czechia — Prime Minister likens media protests to US Capitol attack →

▪ Denmark — Storm surges batter coast as winds exceed forecasts →

▪ Estonia — Court holds bank liable for thousand-euro loan service error →

▪ Finland — Energy firm lobbied Orpo to protect fuel mandate →

▪ France — Hundreds of thousands march against cost of living →

▪ Germany — Hurricane-strength storm triggers red alerts →

▪ Greece — Basketball federation president appears before investigator in bribery inquiry →

▪ Hungary — Missing high school student found dead in Tököl →

▪ Iceland — Bereaved mother demands answers over child's death →

▪ Ireland — Minister's housing plan may reduce home building →

▪ Italy — Meloni pledges no no-go zones after youth protests →

▪ Kosovo — Pristina urges Presevo Valley Albanians to vote in Serbian elections →

▪ Latvia — University dean calls for Academy of Sciences president to resign →

▪ Lithuania — Border stores struggle to restock as price gaps drive shopping exodus →

▪ Luxembourg — Government negotiates new tax treaty with France →

▪ Malta — Finance Ministry suspends emergency care outsourcing for spending review →

▪ Moldova — Authorities raid group suspected of planning mass riots →

▪ Montenegro — Landslide derails train on Nikšić-Podgorica line →

▪ Netherlands — Massive scrapyard blaze triggers smoke alerts in Zoetermeer →

▪ North Macedonia — Gostivar cultural center accused of favoring Albanian hires →

▪ Norway — Storm Boelo strands mountain hikers as flood warnings rise →

▪ Poland — Hołownia removes minister as Tusk turns to public humiliation →

▪ Portugal — Police clear housing protests in Lisbon and Porto →

▪ Romania — Professor detained as university ethics case expands to seven victims →

▪ Serbia — Early polls open with long queues and reports of assault →

▪ Slovakia — Incumbent governors hold power as Fico claims political map remains unchanged →

▪ Slovenia — Presidents boycott Sovereignty Day ceremony as ideological rift widens →

▪ Spain — Police arrest 128 as youth rioting spreads to Barcelona →

▪ Sweden — Storm Boelo strands French warship and cuts power to thousands →

▪ Switzerland — Retail giant Migros considers cutting 3,000 jobs →

▪ Ukraine — Russian drone swarm hits fifteen locations across the country →

▪ United Kingdom — Prince William evicts tenants after selling historic land →

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