Portuguese Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar, who designed the country's economic reforms under the EU-International Monetary Fund bailout, has resigned, Al Jazeera reported July 1.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was found guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to seven years in prison, in addition to being banned from holding public office, ITV reported June 24.
An Albanian political candidate and a supporter of a rival party exchanged gunfire near a polling station in Lac on June 23, a police spokesman, AP reported.
