Europe Denmark The country will tighten environmental requirements for imported biomass, which it uses as an energy source for district heating, after the EU tightened its directive for European biomass sustainability requirements
Europe Sweden The country recently started mass deportations of Iraqi immigrants, marking a significant change in its immigration policy in an effort to repatriate people who no longer have the legal right to remain in Sweden
Europe Greece With fewer and fewer young people enrolling in the country's military academies, the ministries of Defense and Education have teamed up to announce a benefits package to attract new students
Europe Montenegro Montenegro's draft cybersecurity law, a response to a massive cyber attack on state institutions, is raising questions about overlapping jurisdictions, practicality, and risk of political influence, experts say
Europe Malta Nature Trust- FEE Malta, major environment protection actor, is facing financial challenges after a building contractor claimed over €200.000 in damages and froze the NGO's assets with an attachment order
Europe Luxembourg Speed cameras in Luxembourg flashed more than 352.000 times in 2023, generating fines of more than €15 million, marking an increase over 2022 according to government figures
Europe Latvia The Riga International Film Festival, to be held from 17-27 October, has announced the KIDS' REEL programme, suitable for 2-14 year olds
Europe Portugal Six locations in Lisbon have seen a simultaneous noise protest against uncontrolled tourism under the motto “For Lisbon, make yourself heard!”; many people have been priced out of their city, or they can't bear their city changing so much and so fast
Europe Slovakia Bratislava Transport Museum opened an exhibition on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the launch of the Vienna Tramway
Europe Czech Republic Vágner, a renowned figure in Czech sports fishing, caught the largest catfish ever recorded in the Czech Republic with a rod, 2,64 metres long, breaking the national record
Europe Croatia Croatian real estate prices are rising more than elsewhere in Europe; looking at the situation on an annual span, average prices of residential buildings have increased by 10%
Europe Slovenia The city authorities in Ljubljana are planning to fell more than a fifth of all the trees on Castle Hill for safety reasons; helicopter will be used to safely remove over 200 trees
Europe San Marino San Marino is among the first countries in the world to regulate crypto-assets; the Central Bank and the Institute for Innovation of the Republic of San Marino have issued implementing measures