Current events: 2022-12-15

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Shelling by the Russian armed forces kills two people and leaves the whole city of Kherson without power. (BBC News)
• 2022 North Kosovo crisis
  • Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announces that the Serbian government will send a request to KFOR for the return of a certain number, "from hundreds to a thousand", of police and army personnel to Kosovo, in accordance with UN Resolution 1244. (RFE/RL)

Business and economy

• 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
  • The Royal College of Nursing begins the largest strike action in the history of the National Health Service amid a dispute with the government over a pay rise for nurses. (BBC News)

International relations

• Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union
  • The European Council formally grants candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Sarajevo Times)

Law and crime

• Police in Zambia arrest a truck driver alleged to have transported 27 Ethiopian migrants found dead on the outskirts of Lusaka on Sunday. The bodies were dumped in a farm. (Xinhua)

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