In Kosovo’s breakaway area, dozens of ethnic Serb government workers have left their jobs. They are protesting the removal of a police commander who had refused to carry out Pristina’s directives for motorists to swap their Belgrade-issued license plates or face fines that might lead to vehicle seizure. In the province’s four majority-Serb towns, a government minister, ten lawmakers,... 

A pensioner in Germany was fighting in court against his local council’s decision to evict him from his home to make room for migrants. The court has now upheld the council’s order. Klaus Roth, 75, lives in Neckartailfingen near Stuttgart with his partner, who is 73. Neckartailfingen is a village of approximately 3,800 residents. More than a year ago, the village, which was already hosting 40... 

Local authorities in the South African city of Ekurhuleni are set to begin expropriating privately owned land, without paying for it, as part of a national test case for the country’s controversial land reform program. The city council approved an “expropriation without compensation” bill that had been pushed by ruling African National Congress (ANC) earlier this year, the Associated Press reports. Nearly...