Political situation in Pakistan
Expert: Concessions the only way out of Pakistan's crisis
Pakistan's army has carried out a raid in an attempt to disperse the protests in the capital Islamabad, AP reports. Hundreds of supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan have been arrested.
Both Khan's wife and the leadership of the opposition party PTI reportedly fled the scene of the demonstrations. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi says that the area in which the government building and several embassies are located is now completely free of protesters.
The thousands of supporters who have come to Islamabad in recent days believe that Khan was imprisoned for political reasons and demand his release. Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center South Asia Institute says negotiations and political concessions are needed for the situation to calm down.
- It is the only way out of this crisis, he tells Reuters.
Expert: Concessions the only way out of Pakistan's crisis
Pakistan's army has carried out a raid in an attempt to disperse the protests in the capital Islamabad, AP reports. Hundreds of supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan have been arrested.
Both Khan's wife and the leadership of the opposition party PTI reportedly fled the scene of the demonstrations. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi says that the area in which the government building and several embassies are located is now completely free of protesters.
The thousands of supporters who have come to Islamabad in recent days believe that Khan was imprisoned for political reasons and demand his release. Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center South Asia Institute says negotiations and political concessions are needed for the situation to calm down.
- It is the only way out of this crisis, he tells Reuters.
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The presidential election in Romania
Tiktok may have decided elections in Romania - called up by the EU
Tiktok's chairman has been summoned to the EU Parliament to find out how the platform was used in the Romanian election. This is reported by Politico.
- Romania is a warning bell: Radicalization and disinformation can happen anywhere in Europe and have harmful consequences, says Valérie Hayer, president of the liberal group Renew Europe (ER) in the parliament.
Far-right Calin Georgescu won the first of two rounds in Romania's presidential election on Sunday. His success came as a surprise to both opinion polls and the media, and is believed to have been fueled in part by his popularity on Tiktok.
- We believe that Tiktok has been abused by him and an army of fake accounts that were used for his purposes, says Bogdan Manolea of the Romanian campaign organization Association for Technology and Internet.
Tiktok's chairman has been summoned to the EU Parliament to find out how the platform was used in the Romanian election. This is reported by Politico.
- Romania is a warning bell: Radicalization and disinformation can happen anywhere in Europe and have harmful consequences, says Valérie Hayer, president of the liberal group Renew Europe (ER) in the parliament.
Far-right Calin Georgescu won the first of two rounds in Romania's presidential election on Sunday. His success came as a surprise to both opinion polls and the media, and is believed to have been fueled in part by his popularity on Tiktok.
- We believe that Tiktok has been abused by him and an army of fake accounts that were used for his purposes, says Bogdan Manolea of the Romanian campaign organization Association for Technology and Internet.
Demonstrations against pro-Russian election winner in Romania
Protesters have gathered in Romania's capital Bucharest to demonstrate against ultra-nationalist Calin Georgescu, who won the first of two rounds of the country's presidential election on Sunday. The Guardian reports.
- He is extreme right-wing, pro-Russian and wants to remove Romania from the road to NATO, says an anonymous student.
Protesters have gathered in Romania's capital Bucharest to demonstrate against ultra-nationalist Calin Georgescu, who won the first of two rounds of the country's presidential election on Sunday. The Guardian reports.
- He is extreme right-wing, pro-Russian and wants to remove Romania from the road to NATO, says an anonymous student.
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