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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.

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