The week at a glance...Europe

Oslo

Terrorist has demands: Anders Behring Breivik, the anti-Muslim extremist who confessed to murdering 77 Norwegians, offered this week to reveal the whereabouts of more terror cells across Europe, provided that the Norwegian government resigns and Japanese psychiatrists are engaged to examine him. Breivik, who blames the governing Labor Party for increased immigration in Norway, set off a bomb near government buildings in Oslo and then methodically shot as many young party members as he could at a party-run summer camp. “His demands here include the complete overthrowing of both the Norwegian and European societies,” said Breivik’s lawyer, Geir Lippestad. “This whole case has indicated that he is insane.” Norwegian police doubt that Breivik has information about other cells.

Pristina, Kosovo

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NATO goes back in: Clashes between Kosovar police and ethnic Serbian nationalists have prompted NATO to send extra troops to patrol the border between Kosovo and Serbia. The unrest began last week, when the Kosovar government sent ethnic Albanian police to the border, where many ethnic Serbs live, to enforce a ban on Serbian imports. Furious Serbian nationalists torched a border post and killed a policeman. Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said he will not allow the Serb-dominated north of his country to operate as a lawless zone. “There is no turning back and there is no compromise with anyone over the country’s security,” Thaci said