Poland’s right-wing ruling coalition collapsed (AP) after a small party departed the partnership in a dispute over a media bill it sees as a threat to freedom of expression. The bill, which is set for a vote today, would bar non-Europeans from owning major stakes in Polish media firms.
Brussels: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, and the Netherlands called on the European Union to press Afghanistan to accept deported asylum seekers (Al Jazeera) after Kabul said it would stop accepting deportees for three months. Finland, Norway, and Sweden, however, said they would halt deportations to Afghanistan given its security crisis.
