Europe

Romanian bookstore chain Cărturești gave out a free book or magazine to those who went to vote in the local and European elections on Sunday in a campaign to encourage voting

The State Public Works Agency has reported the poisoning of some 30-year-old trees in Via Raffonella, Fiorentino, on which holes were drilled in the trunk to inject a toxic substance

According to experts, Austria could be largely ice-free within 45 years due to the rapid retreat of the country's glaciers, which accelerated last year

The National Library of Albania, within the framework of the national year of the 80th anniversary of the country's Liberation, is displaying collections evoking the period of the War of National Liberation

After €5 daily entrance fee, Venice bans loudspeakers and limits the size of tourist groups to 25 people; excess tourism is one of the most pressing problems, with a population of around 250.000 people and more than 13 million visitors in 2019

In a session that lasted until 3am, the North Macedonian Assembly passed a law paving the way for the restructuring of the government, providing for 20 ministries as opposed to the previous 16

The Holy See called on developed nations to cancel debt for poor small island nations to support their development in the face of climate and environmental crises, to help them achieve their sustainable development goals, calling it a moral imperative

The Swiss people will vote today on four issues at a federal level: two initiatives on health insurance premiums, compulsory vaccinations and the referendum against the comprehensive Energy Law

The city of Valencia is placing thousands of solar panels on its cemeteries as part of an ambitious plan to turn them into green energy centres; 7.000 panels have already been placed on crypts and other structures in the "Requiem in Power" project

The Belarusian President's Foundation for the Support of Culture and Art will allocate €340.000 for the implementation of a number of projects of cultural significance

In 2023, the German police recorded over 256.000 acts of violence in which the alleged perpetrators were family members, partners or ex-partners, a 7% increase over the previous year

The Central Electoral Commission has authorised the transport of voting machines to polling stations across the country from the warehouse where they are stored; today is the sixth election in the last three years in the country

The country signed an agreement to join the EU's Digital Europe Programme, an important step towards improving the working and development conditions of SMEs in the field of digitisation