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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read PRISTINA, May 17 (Reuters) - Kosovo police said on Monday that they seized 400 kilograms (882 pounds) of cocaine, one of their biggest such hauls, concealed in a shipment of meat from Brazil. Seven people were arrested in the operation conducted in cooperation with Italian and Albanian authorities. More suspects remained at large, police said in a statement. The drugs with street value of 20 million euros ($24.3 million) were found in Lipjan, a town 16 kilometers (10 miles) south of capital Pristina, hidden in a cargo container of meat transported by truck. “Covert surveillance was used to follow the movement of narcotics from Brazil to Italy, then to (Albania’s Adriatic port of) Durres until it reached Kosovo,” Aleksander Lumezi, Kosovo’s chief prosecutor, told a news conference. ....
/// BUDAPEST ‘Mother – woman, father – man’ constitutional amendment passes. The Hungarian parliament approved on Tuesday amendments to the constitution that proclaim, among other things, that “the mother is a woman, the father is a man.” It also now states that “Hungary protects the right of children to self-identity according to their sex at birth and provides an upbringing in accordance with the values based on Hungary’s constitutional identity and Christian culture.” On the same day, parliament also passed a bill that mandates that single people need a special ministerial permission to adopt someone. More. /// EU INSTITUTIONS 8 European countries join forces on vaccination campaign. The ministers of health of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland, have issued a statement vowing to coordinate their efforts for the safe, efficient and transparent use of the COVID-19 vaccine. ....