Bloomberg Protests against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s regime grew as an initial call to repeal a law on overtime work widened into a demand for a return to liberal democracy, including independent courts and free public media. The demonstration was the biggest of four in five days and highlighted the backlash against Orban’s centralisation of power. The 55-year old ...

Bloomberg Clashes between Nigerian farmers and herders killed at least 3,641 people in the past three years, with more than half of the deaths occurring in 2018, Amnesty International said. The London-based human rights organisation blamed the escalation in the conflict on the authorities’ failure to investigate the violence or prosecute perpetrators, according to the report on its website. The ...

Bloomberg A number of men attacked security guards and set cars on fire at a repossessed house in western Ireland, as anger at repossessions since the financial crisis bubbled over. As many as 20 men armed with baseball bats attacked the rural property in Co. Roscommon, state broadcaster RTE reported. A number of people were injured, with three requiring hospital ...