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FRANCE A military show in southeast France has left 17 people wounded, after real bullets were used instead of blanks, the BBC reported June 30. The injured included five children. Four people, including one child, were said to have been seriously hurt. The soldier who fired the shots has been detained, though an official said it was most likely an accident.

GEORGIA Two explosions near a market in the capital of the separatist Georgian republic of Abkhazia injured two people June 30. The incident comes one day after two bombs in the Abkhazian resort town Gagri wounded six, the Associated Press reported. Tensions in Abkhazia have increased since recent speculation that Georgia seeks to forcefully take control of the region.
KOSOVO In defiance of the United Nations and the fledgling Kosovo government, the assembly of Serbs in Kosovo held its first session June 28, the BBC reported. The assembly’s 45 members were voted in by Kosovo’s ethnic Serbian minority in a May election deemed illegal by the UN.
ROMANIA Romanian press will have to report the same amount of “bad” and “good” news, the Czech News Agency reported June 27. Parliament passed a law requiring such a balance, saying that a large quantity of bad news is bad for the population’s health. Journalists now hope that the law will be vetoed by the president.
EU Thousands of protesters gathered in France June 28 to call for the lifting of international bans on the People’s Mujahideen, the armed wing of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the BBC reported. Leaders of the opposition party called on the EU to remove the “terrorist” designation it now applies to the group.
RUSSIA The EU and Russia formally launched negotiations on a new strategic agreement that would govern relations between them, Reuters reported June 27.  The move is said to be a positive turning point in a historically strained relationship. The first round of talks will be held July 4 in Brussels.
ITALY The cabinet of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi passed a proposal June 27 to grant immunity to highest-ranking state officials, freeing the prime minister from potential prosecution, the BBC reported. The bill follows a controversial amendment that froze many of Italy’s trials, including corruption cases against Berlusconi himself.
NETHERLANDS A tobacco smoking ban has been put into effect in cafés, bars and restaurants in the Netherlands, the BBC reported July 1. The country follows a trend of banning smoking in public places that has been spreading across Europe. However, patrons of cannabis cafés will still be allowed to smoke marijuana as long as it is not mixed with tobacco.


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