Yerevan police have detained dozens of protesters, as anti-government demonstrators geared up for the latest round of action to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. As of 10:00am local time (6:00am GMT) on Monday, police confirmed that 142 people were taken into custody, up from 53 an hour earlier.

A Czech lawmaker has suggested holding a referendum on making Kaliningrad Region “Czech-Polish” A long-time European Parliament member from the Czech Republic, Tomas Zdechovsky, has supported an idea posted by a blogger of separating the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad from Moscow and splitting it between Prague and Warsaw.

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