—🔴 JUST IN: In Toulouse, the situation is tense.

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—🔴 JUST IN: Strasbourg, France.

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🇫🇷 FRANCE IS IN CRISIS — BUT ITS INFLUENCE IN THE BALKANS RUNS DEEP

Our new Balkan Spectator Magazine Special Edition traces that influence from Napoleon and the Illyrian Provinces to Serbia’s Rafales, NATO forces in Romania, Kosovo, Bosnia and the EU enlargement process.

Read the new special edition now ⬇️

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WATCH | 🇫🇷 — Large crowds marched in Paris for a second national day of protests. Authorities deployed heavy security following last weekend’s riots.

Paris police reported about 110,000 attendees; the CGT union claimed around 250,000. Nationwide, the Interior Ministry counted roughly 410,000 protesters, while the CGT claimed up to 800,000.

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—🔴 JUST IN: Paris' Victory Square, drenched in gas.

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—🔴 JUST IN: Protests continue in Tirana today.

➡️ Protesters attack police with fireworks, stones and Molotov cocktails.

➡️ Police respond with water cannons and tear gas.

➡️ A smaller number of protesters were reported today.

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—🔴 JUST IN: Tense situation in Paris since the end of the demonstration.

➡️ Protesters are throwing projectiles at law enforcement, who are responding with tear gas.

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—🔴 JUST IN: Situation remains tense near the Porte de Vincennes in Paris, the endpoint of the demonstration in the capital.

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—🔴 JUST IN: On Boulevard Soult in Paris, police officers are entering a building to retrieve protesters who have taken refuge there.

🔗 Samuel Clauzier

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—🔴 JUST IN: THE SITUATION IS PARTICULARLY TENSE AT THE CURRENT MOMENT IN PARIS!

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—🔴 JUST IN: Chaos on the streets of Tirana, Albania, as unrest across the country continues.

➡️ Protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama over alleged corruption, unemployment, and poor education standards.

🔗 The National Independent

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—👑 / 🗳🇷🇸 Crown Prince Filip of Serbia:

Dear fellow citizens, dear my people,

Tomorrow is an important day for Serbia.

We are facing parliamentary elections, an opportunity for every citizen to freely, peacefully and with dignity express their will and fulfil their civic duty.

At this moment, I wish to call on everyone to act with reason and restraint.

Let us not allow provocations to drag us into conflict. Let us not respond to insults with insults, nor to violence with violence. Every citizen has the right to be safe, to vote freely, to have their vote accurately counted and their will respected.

State institutions bear a special responsibility, as it is their duty to ensure a peaceful election day, protect every citizen and guarantee that the elections are conducted lawfully, without pressure or intimidation.
We must not forget that we share the same country and the responsibility for its future.

May tomorrow's election day unfold in peace, dignity and freedom.

God bless Serbia and all its people.

Crown Prince Filip

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—🇫🇷 NEW: Paris today: protesters form a barricade and police intervene in another night of tension.

⚠️ October 31 could be "D-Day" for protests in Europe, with calls announced so far via social media in Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Albania, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, and something is also starting to move in the UK, Romania, and Bulgaria.

🔗 Olmo Blanco

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—🗳🇷🇸 Officially Election Day in Serbia