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  • POLAND -
    • Authorities in Katowice arrested three men June 26 on charges of endangering lives after they allegedly ignored building codes at an exhibition hall whose roof collapsed in January, killing 65 people. The men, ages 46, 48 and 69, helped design the building and will be questioned over the course of two days, authorities said.

  • GERMANY -
    • Police are investigating a case of three teenage boys arrested after allegedly filming the rape of a 17-year-old girl in Offenburg and transmitting the images on their cell phones. The June 20 arrest followed a series of attacks in which young Germans used their phones to film separate sexual assaults, including the rape of a 14-year-old boy in Goslar earlier this month and a 16-year-old girl in Berlin last month.

  • SPAIN -
    • Twelve people are being held on charges of acting as intermediaries between the Basque separatist group ETA and various businesses. Arrested in Spain and France during raids June 20, they are accused of charging businesses a so-called revolutionary tax through which the ETA finances its operations, including terrorist attacks on the Spanish government. The group has led a decades-long movement for independence in the north of Spain, but formally laid down its weapons this year.

  • MONTENEGRO -
    • The United Nations Security Council backed the bid June 26 for Montenegro to join the UN, which is expected to formally approve the country's membership in the next week. Montenegro was formerly united with Serbia, a member of the UN, but declared independence June 3 during a referendum.

  • FRANCE -
    • Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is apologizing to the country's Socialist Party for calling its leader a coward during an unusual angry outburst in the National Assembly June 22. Francois Hollande, the party's leader, accused the government of corruption and poorly managing a crisis over the delayed delivery of French company Airbus' newest super-jumbo jet. Hollande's criticism prompted de Villepin's terse rejoinder.

  • VATICAN -
    • Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone of Italy was tapped June 26 to be the Vatican's new secretary of state, a position akin to Pope Benedict XVI's prime minister. In other changes, Cardinal Edmund Szoka, former head of the Archdiocese of Detroit, is stepping down as the governor of the Vatican City and will be replaced by Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, the Vatican's foreign minister.

  • POLAND -
    • Zyta Gilowska, Poland's finance minister, resigned June 26 over charges that she lied about her past ties to the country's communist-era secret police. Collaboration with the Communist Party does not engender penalties to public office holders in Poland, but lying on so-called vetting statements does. Gilowska denies any wrongdoing.

  • GERMANY -
    • The brown bear that wandered into Bavaria, southern Germany, last month — the first wild bear spotted in the county since 1835 — was shot and killed June 26, authorities said. Dubbed "Bruno" by the German media, the bear had been hunted by authorities for weeks after killing livestock along the Italian border. Authorities feared it was a threat to local homes.

  • AUSTRIA -
    • The Austrian European Union rotating presidency ends June 30. Austria called the six-month presidency a success, saying it has helped lay the groundwork for a common energy policy and revived the image of Europe in public opinion. Finland will take over the presidency July 1.


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