Europe Iceland The continued decline of affordable housing in the capital region is one of most important trends shown in the June report of the Housing and Construction Authority
Europe Ireland Over the past two years, the Garda, the police force, has spent almost one million euros to buy 16 cars to transport ministers; more "gardaí", the Guards, are assigned to ministers because of the increase in protests by the far-right
Europe Kosovo Kosovo's first National Observatory and Planetarium has opened to the public in the village of Rashinca; organisation Astronomy Outreach of Kosovo hopes that this will usher in a new era of scientific research
Europe Latvia The average gross hourly wage of women is 16,5% lower than that of men in 2023, according to estimates by the Central Statistical Office of Latvia
Europe Liechtenstein Not far from the Liechtenstein border, only 13 kilometres as the crow flies from Grauspitz, Austria's largest pumped storage power station will be built, but for the planners, Liechtenstein's involvement is unthinkable
Europe Serbia Activists gathered in Belgrade to urge the Serbian authorities to grant legal recognition to victims of sexual violence in war, emphasising that rape is an act of genocide and a form of hatred towards women
Europe Greece WWF Greece, with four Greek universities from November 2023 to April 2024, revealed the missed opportunities and chronic characteristics that contributed to the destructive forest fires of 2023, adding important lessons to be learnt
Europe Denmark The Danish team for Euro 2024 refused a pay rise to guarantee the women's team the same pay, after a new four-year agreement was reached with the Danish Football Association
Europe Finland The Finnish Immigration Service has introduced an automated post-decision monitoring system for specialists' residence permits to ensure that they continue to meet the necessary requirements during their stay in Finland
Europe Lithuania The Lithuanian government has decided to go to European Union Court over the European Commission's decision to keep frozen €8,7 million of the €26 million Recovery and Resilience Facility grant for Lithuania
Europe Moldova Moldova advanced in the world rankings of gender equality, coming 13th out of 146 countries, moving up six places from the year 2023
Europe Monaco A veil of dust from the Sahara desert will cover Monaco and the Côte d'Azur, bringing with it a spike in pollution caused by PM10 fine particles, according to forecasts by the Department of the Environment
Europe Russia Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un signed an agreement in which they pledge to help each other in the event of aggression against either country, a pact cementing a rapidly expanding partnership that has worried a number of neighboring countries and the West