Europe Montenegro The country will not take reciprocal measures after the declaration of persona non grata by Montenegrin Parliament Speaker Andrija Mandić, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksa Bečić and Croatian MP Milan Knežević
Europe Norway At this year's Olympics, Norway is represented by its largest group of athletes in 42 years, with a total of 109 Norwegians qualifying and being selected compared to 94 at the last Summer Games in Tokyo
Europe Russia Vladimir Putin promised retaliation to American intentions to deploy missiles in Germany or other European countries by threatening to restart Russian production of intermediate-range nuclear weapons
Europe San Marino The San Marino delegation at the Paris Olympics was filmed singing popular, traditional song 'Romagna mia' in a private event on a boat on the Seine
Europe United Kingdom The government and the BMA union reached an agreement on pay for junior doctors in England, with an average increase of 22% over two years to end strikes that led to the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of appointments from March 2023
Europe Andorra According to a study published in the journal Nature, the impact of high temperatures, intensifying drought and increasing climate extremes threatens to impoverish Andorra by 14% by 2050
Europe Austria The Teletest working group, which measures TV and video usage in Austria, will upgrade its system with HbbTV-based data collection as of 1 September 2024
Europe Finland Finns have reduced meat consumption for five consecutive years, reveal statistics published by the Natural Resources Institute Finland; the per capita maximum was reached in 2018, while last year it fell below 78kg for the first time since 2014
Europe Germany In 2025, the country will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Year of Women with a 20€ silver coin made of .925 fine silver, weighing 18 grams and with a diameter of 32,5 millimetres, distributed from March 2025
Europe Belarus The Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus increased financing to the national economy by 4,5 times compared to 2019, increasing at an annual rate of over 50% in 2020-2022 and 24% in 2023
Europe Italy The drought in Sicily that has been going on for about a year is so severe that on Friday the State-Regions Conference recognised 'force majeure conditions and exceptional circumstances' for the whole island from July last year to May 2024
Europe Kosovo As Pristina is helding another Sunny Hill festival, Dukagjin Lipa, father of world star Dua Lipa and founder of the event, says he wants to help turn Kosovo into a major cultural attraction
Europe Moldova Over 11.000 applications for admission to higher education were submitted on the website www.eadmitere.gov.md in the first days after the launch of the competition