Spain’s Andalusia calls regional elections in test for PM Sanchez
The leader of Spain’s most populous region, Andalusia, on Monday called a regional election for Dec. 2, in what will be the first electoral test for the country’s ruling Socialist party since Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez took power in June.
Far-right Brazil candidate snubs ‘peace and love’ after winning 1st round
Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he would stick to tough rhetoric in the second round of Brazil’s bitterly contested presidential election, after his strong win in first-round voting sent financial markets soaring.
Erdogan tells Saudi officials to prove missing journalist left consulate in Turkey
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called on Riyadh to prove its claim that the Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing since last week, left the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
U.S. economists win Nobel for work on climate change, innovation
Americans William Nordhaus and Paul Romer, pioneers in adapting the western economic growth model to focus on environmental issues and sharing the benefits of technology, won the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday.
Russia protests to Dutch envoy over expulsion of alleged spies
The Russian foreign ministry said it had handed a note on Monday to the Netherlands’ ambassador protesting over the detention and expulsion of Russian citizens, calling the incident a provocation.
EU’s Sefcovic warns fellow easterners on laws, EU funds
Governments in ex-communist states will face growing budgetary pressure from Brussels if they fail to respect rules on judicial independence, the Slovak commissioner who is running to head the EU executive said on Monday.
Romanian anti-graft prosecutors should ignore ‘easy crimes’: government nominee
Romania’s anti-graft prosecutors should focus on “complex” cases, not “easy crimes” such as abuse of office, the government’s nominee for chief prosecutor said on Monday.
Activists to set up panel to tackle pedophilia in Polish church
An independent panel aimed at documenting cases of pedophilia in Poland’s Catholic Church will be set up early next year to help victims speak up and claim damages, opposition parliamentarians said on Monday.
Latvia says Russia targeted its foreign and defense bodies with cyber attacks
Russia has carried out cyber attacks on Latvia’s foreign and defense apparatus and other state institutions, a Latvian intelligence agency said on Monday.
To win second round, Brazil’s leftist Haddad must remake his candidacy
Brazil’s leftist presidential hopeful Fernando Haddad will have to pull off an extreme feat of political acrobatics if he wants to reverse a first-round beating at the hands of a far-right rival on Sunday.
