Europe

At the NATO summit in Washington, North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski called his country 'Macedonia' and his government 'Macedonian'

June was the ninth consecutive month in which it rained more frequently than normal: according to the Royal Meteorological Institute, the federal weather forecasting agency, it has not rained so much and for so long since 1905, 119 years ago

Over 5.000 participants in the 'Peace March' arrived after a three-day walk to the Srebrenica Memorial Centre - Potočari to participate in the commemoration of the 29th anniversary of the genocide against Bosnians committed on July 1995 in Srebrenica

Former Brazilian football star Ronaldinho has opened his first restaurant near Geneva in western Switzerland; the restaurant is named "R10" after the famous footballer's shirt number

In 2023 Austria saw a significant increase in its foreign population: one in four people has a migration background, as indicated by Statistics Austria

The management of Pearl Beach in the city of Ulcinj has announced the opening of the first beach exclusively for women wearing the hijab

The real estate portal Pisos.ad presented its first quarterly report on the residential market in Andorra, which shows that the average rental price rises to €2.695,17, a 5% increase over the first quarter of the year

A total of 111.504 foreign citizens have visited Belarus without a visa since 1 January 2024; the most frequent origins were Lithuania, Latvia and Poland

Pope Francis has approved a set of rules to guide the Foundation entrusted to the Jesuits and developed by the Apostleship of Prayer that broadcasts 'The Pope's Video' with its monthly prayer intentions through a network in 89 countries

The country has more high-income taxpayers than ever before: in 2022, the number of people with a declared annual income of more than €601.000 increased by 25% compared to the previous year, reaching 15.186 individuals

A corn maze was inaugurated near Kranj, north-west of Ljubljana: shaped like a mammoth, it pays homage to these extinct animals that roamed the area during the Pleistocene

The Russian wrestling federation has declared that 10 of its wrestlers who were offered a place as neutrals at the Paris Olympics will refuse to compete

Images of the French people after election have gone round the world, divided between the left-wing voters in tears of joy at their extraordinary victory, and the right-wing voters in tears at their defeat