Europe Iceland The fee to participate in breast cancer screening has been drastically reduced from ISK 6.098 (€40) to ISK 500 (around 3 euros) at the breast centre in Eiríksgata, hoping to encourage demographic groups that access screening less, such as foreign women
Europe Hungary Semmelweis University's free symptom control app, Semmelweis HELP, has been expanded to cover adult diseases such as ophthalmology, obstetrics, gynaecology and general medicine, reports the university's official website
Europe Ireland It will be a criminal offence to destroy or allow to be damaged the records of 250.000 survivors of historical institutional abuse, under legislation that was fast-tracked this week by Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman
Europe Albania Plans to close the existing port of Durres and develop a new one some 6 km further north have been derailed, as the tender process for the development of the first phase of the new port failed to attract bidders
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Preliminary damage assessments in the flooded areas of Central Bosnia Canton amount to 55.200.000 BAM (€27.600.000), according to the local Civil Defence Administration
Europe Estonia A draft law that provides a basis for limiting the possibility of citizens of countries considered high-risk to become Estonian e-residents has been prepared by the Ministry of the Interior
Europe Belgium Local elections held on 13 October saw lukewarm participation and delivered results that partially deceived predictions, with far- and centre-right less successful than expected; experts commented that the so-called 'blue wave' found a 'red wall'
Europe Russia Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, President Putin's main political opponent before his death in prison last February, had written in his memoir that he would "die in prison"
Europe Poland The government will temporarily suspend the possibility of seeking political asylum in the country for migrants arriving from Belarus
Europe France French President Macron said that 'stopping arms exports' used by the Israeli army in Gaza and Lebanon is the only way to stop the war
Europe United Kingdom At least 40 more women have accused Mohamed Al Fayed, former owner of Harrods department store and father of Dodi, who died in a car accident with Princess Diana Spencer in 1997, of rape and sexual abuse
Europe Germany In Merheim, a suburb of Cologne, more than six thousand people had to temporarily leave their homes and three hospitals, with 642 patients, were evacuated due to the controlled explosion of a US World War II bomb
Europe Finland A recent poll commissioned by Fingo revealed that over 60% of Finns want Israeli leaders to be prosecuted for war crimes committed during the Gaza conflict and 55% support the imposition of economic sanctions on Israel