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
Europe Portugal A new collector €5 coin depicting Ulysses, designed by artist Gonçalo Viana, valid in Portugal only and paying tribute to Ulysses' links to Lisbon, was launched by the Bank of Portugal
Europe Andorra Small businesses in Pas de la Casa warn that sales are falling; after a winter described as weaker than expected, the summer also shows no signs of improvement
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina 199 educational, scientific, cultural, health and agriculture projects of interest to the Croatian population in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be funded by Croatian Government with €6,5 million in the frame of the 'Croatian Diaspora Meetings' project
Europe Bulgaria The European Commission stated that it has decided to refer Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to transpose the European Accessibility of Products and Services for Persons with Disabilities Act into its national legislation
Europe Greece The authorities conducted over 4.500 inspections in the past three weeks based on citizen complaints about beach and shoreline zoning violations, imposing a total of €800.000 in fines
Europe Monaco The EU anti-corruption body GRECO has published a new report on the Principality of Monaco, calling for stricter measures and sanctions for high-ranking officials and transparency in the issuing of residence permits
Europe Netherlands Zwolle will probably abandon its plan to ban advertisements for services using fossil fuels, such as long-distance air travel, combustion engine cars and cruise ships, as research has shown that a ban is 'legally impossible'
Europe Czech Republic The Minister of Education has proposed that all children start learning English from grade one onwards