Bloomberg Thousands of people took to the streets across Slovakia to protest against corruption after the murder of a journalist who reported on alleged links between organised cri-me gangs and people close to the government. More than 10,000 people marched in freezing temperatures in the capital Bratislava and thousands more gathered in other cities, according to newspaper reports and television ...

Bloomberg Angela Merkel is about to discover if she can begin a fourth term as German chancellor or if she’s headed for another election. With stable government in Europe’s biggest economy at stake, Germany’s Social Democratic Party plans to reveal on Sunday whether its members have voted to extend their coalition with Merkel through 2021. It’s the culmination of more ...

Bloomberg Cameroonian President Paul Biya announced a government change, creating a new ministry and appointing two officials from the nation’s Anglophone regions to top positions in an apparent bid to address a secessionist crisis in the central African nation. Biya, 85, established a Ministry of Decentralization and Local Development and named Paul Atanga Nji, who hails from the restive Northwest ...