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Latest news from: The Local in Italy » Renzi to announce Rome 2024 Olympic bid: report Italy's prime minister Matteo Renzi is set to announce Rome's candidacy to host the 2024 Olympic Games, according to media reports on Sunday. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Spain » Spain angers activists with new security law Spain's proposed new public security law, which introduces hefty fines for unauthorised protests and allows for the summary expulsion of migrants that try to enter the country illegally, has sparked fierce opposition from human rights activists READ »

Latest news from: The Local in France » I was no longer human: French hostage Beaten, bound and fed mostly dry bread, on the darkest days of his three years held captive by Islamists in the Sahel Frenchman Serge Lazarevic has said he felt he was no longer human. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Germany » Police see rise in far right extremism: report German police have noted a significant rise in far-right extremism and attacks targeting foreigners, a news report said Sunday, amid national debate about a new Islamophobic movement. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Sweden » Sweden Democrat: Pay migrants to leave The party secretary of the Sweden Democrats has suggested that migrants should be given a cash incentive to leave Sweden and suggested that minority groups needed to "assimilate" more to be considered true Swedes. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Norway » Norway extends Russian military freeze Norway announced on Friday it is extending a freeze in military cooperation with Russia until the end of 2015 because of its neighbour's role in the Ukrainian crisis. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Switzerland » Federer and Gisin named top Swiss sport figures Tennis star Roger Federer was elected Swiss sportsman of the year for the sixth time on Sunday night at a televised Zurich gala, while Olympic gold medal skier Dominique Gisin was voted the country’s top sportswoman for 2014. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Austria » Dumpster diving in Vienna for fun and profit The Local's Francois Badenhorst was shocked to learn about the amount of food wasted every day from our restaurants and supermarkets, because of 'best-before' and 'use-by' dates, as well as consumers seeking the perfect, unblemished banana. He decided to go undercover, and explore Vienna's dumpster diving scene. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Denmark » Russia denies near miss with Copenhagen flight The Russian military doesn't deny that one of its planes was near a Cimber commercial flight, but says there was no danger of "an aviation incident". READ »

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