Bogdan Cristel

That day, in Bucharest's Victory Square, after a group of demonstrators tried to storm the government building, riot police dispersed the crowd with water cannons and tear gas. Many ordinary protesters were beaten by policemen using batons. The fracas left more than 400 needing medical attention.

Members of Croatia's LGBTIQ community and their supporters gathered in front of the Mimara Museum in Zagreb on Saturday for the capital's 17th Pride March. This year's Pride March comes in the midst of a rise in hate speech and racist rhetoric in Croatia.