GREECE: Athens was urged today to implement stronger legal safeguards at its borders and adopt a “zero-tolerance approach to summary returns” as reports of illegal deportations of migrants continue despite mounting international criticism.

The Council of Europe memorandum said: “Returning people without carrying out an individual identification procedure prevents member states from establishing whether they may be sending them back to human rights abuses.”

INDONESIA: A bus carrying 34 passengers sped out of control on a downhill road and overturned in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province today, killing at least 12 people and leaving others injured, police said.

The bus was on its way to Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, from Medan in North Sumatra province when its brakes apparently malfunctioned near a bus terminal in West Sumatra’s Padang city, said Reza Chairul Akbar Sidiq, the director of West Sumatra traffic police.

TANZANIA: A court in Tanzania today ordered that an opposition leader who was charged with treason last month be brought to court in person next month after he went on hunger strike to protest against virtual hearings.

Opposition leader Tundu Lissu was arrested on April 9 after calling for electoral reforms before a general election in October.

SPAIN: Madrid approved a Bill today reducing the work-week from 40 to 37.5 hours.

Twelve-and-a-half million full-time and part-time private-sector workers will benefit from the reduction, expected to improve productivity and reduce absenteeism, according to the Ministry of Labour.

The measure, which already applies to civil servants and some sectors, will mainly affect the retail, manufacturing, hospitality and construction industries.