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The rally began at 11am outside the University of Athens, then wound to Syntagma Square, where crowds gathered in front of parliament behind police lines. Protesters carried banners declaring “From Greece to France, we fight for free public education” and placards bearing the French slogan “Étudier ou survivre?” (“Study or survive?”), borrowed from France’s school…

While Europe was asleep over the past two years, Serbia was wide awake. A nationwide student movement shook the foundations of a deeply entrenched government and on Sunday, it dealt it an unprecedented electoral blow – something opposition parties had failed to do for more than a decade.

Building a satellite usually takes years, specialist facilities and substantial funding. But at an airfield outside Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, young engineers from 15 countries faced a different challenge: building a miniature satellite model small enough to fit inside a drinks can, then sending it into the sky.