Romanian riot police fired tear gas at protestors who threw bricks and bottles back at them yesterday (19 January), as demonstrations against government austerity measures entered their second week. More »

Thousands of Bulgarians have protested against exploration for shale gas over fears it could poison underground water, trigger earthquakes and pose serious public health hazards. More »

Egyptian prosecutors are now demanding the death penalty for 83-year-old former president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, former interior minister Habib el-Adly and six senior police officers for their alleged role in the death of Tahrir Square protestors: "The prosecution demands the maximum penalty against Mubarak and the rest of the accused, which is death by hanging," Mustafa Khater, a member of ...

While protestors in major Russian cities vent frustration over apparent fraud in the recent parliamentary elections, Russia's president is heading to Brussels to meet EU leaders mollified by the unfolding eurozone crisis. More »

Mikhail Gorbachev, the father of perestroika and the last Soviet president, called the parliamentary elections held in Russia on 4 December ‘unfair’ and insisted that they should be repeated. In the meantime, Russian websites reported that columns of military vehicles were entering Moscow to crack down on protestors. More »

Iranian protestors stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran yesterday (29 November), smashing windows, torching a car and burning the British flag in protest against new sanctions imposed by London. More »

There's some reports from Egyptian doctors that the army may be using not only teargas but also BZ, a hallucinogenic chemical agent, against protestors. From an acquaintance in Cairo - this would "explain the observations and complaints by protestors -...

Over here: protestors make their disapproval of pepper spraying demonstrators silently clear. Powerful stuff, and we’ve been here before. In Seattle the Wobblies lined four blocks as Wilson passed, stood silent with their arms folded, staring at the great liberal...

So there's been a huge demonstration/riot in Cairo today with protestors and security forces contesting for control of Tahrir. I've been following this partly via Sultan AL Qassemi's twitter feed, who in turn has been following Egyptian State TV's coverage,...

“As the Church of England keeps telling us how much it shares the aims of the St Paul’s protestors, I notice an advertisement in the Financial Times. The Church Commissioners need a chief operating officer. He will be paid a `six figure salary’, says the advertisement, to manage their `£5 billion multi-asset portfolio’. There is no mention of an...