Europe

Around 300.000 tourists are expected to arrive in Ísafjörður next summer via cruise ships, a number of tourists equal to ten times the population of the city

Self-driving trucks have started to hit the roads in the country, with other companies besides Swedish truck manufacturer Scania looking to launch new self-driving trucks

The number of people aged 85 and over in the state is projected to reach 222.000 in the next two decades; Ireland's population is ageing faster than anywhere else in Europe, reveals a report by the Department of Health

The final of the World Robot Olympiad 2022 ended with important awards for the Greek mission, ranked first in Europe and fourth worldwide

The Bundestag has officially ratified the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada, in provisional application from 2017, calling on the other 11 missing countries to do the same

The Finnish Nature Conservation Association and Greenpeace claim that the government has not met its carbon neutrality target and will take the matter to the Supreme Administrative Court

The country is confident that it will meet the national gas storage targets set by the European Commission to ensure security of supply next winter

PM Morawiecki has promised his Finnish counterpart that he will help convince PM Orban, who, together with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is the only remaining to ratify Finland's application for NATO membership

According to a recent survey, people in western Slovakia are more likely to buy a live carp for Christmas than those in the east, for the traditional dinner on 24 December; however, the number is down on previous years

For the first time since the Middle Ages, Christians are falling below 50% in GB, with a boom in the number of people describing themselves as 'non-religious': from 25,2% in 2011, when they were 14,1 million, they are now as high as 37,2%, or 22,2 million

Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has included the tradition of Lipizzaner horse breeding in Slovenia and 7 other countries in UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

After a tragic landslide caused at least 8 victims in Ischia, it has been reported that not all of Italy is covered by geological maps, which describe the nature of the country palm by palm, and many are old in consequence of a funding cut