Europe Vatican City The Institute for Works of Religion publishes its Annual Report for 2023, revealing a profit of €30,6 million
Europe United Kingdom All major water companies in England reported data suggesting that they discharged raw sewage when the weather was dry in 2022, even during the record heat wave - a potentially illegal practice, a BBC News investigation revealed
Europe Ukraine The G7 decided to use frozen Russian assets to raise $50 billion for Ukraine to help it fight invading Russian forces
Europe Sweden The US State Department has designated the Nordic Resistance Movement, Sweden's largest neo-Nazi group, and three of its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists
Europe Slovenia The house in which Prešeren was born will be restored and reinvented this year; the place were the national poet was born attracts over 20.000 visitors per year, with largest numbers on 8 February, Slovenian Culture Day the anniversary of the poet's death
Europe Greece A big, round, 4.000-year-old stone building, a “unique and extremely interesting find” from Crete’s Minoan civilization discovered on a hilltop in Crete is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport project on the tourist island
Europe Poland A buffer zone of about 60 km on the border with Belarus has been introduced; in force for 90 days, it is expected to ease the work of the Polish services facing a rise in immigration fluxes
Europe North Macedonia The new government will have five new ministries: the Ministry of Sports, the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Digitalisation and the Ministry of State Administration
Europe Serbia The handling of the allegations of sexual harassment of a professor at the Faculty of Politics at the University of Belgrade showed the lack of trust the academic institution enjoys among its students
Europe Slovakia Slovak police officers will be sent to Croatia again this year as part of the 'Safe Tourist Destination' project to help Slovak tourists in distress in two destinations - Crikvenica and Trogir - from 1 July to 30 August
Europe Kosovo To mark 25 years since the end of the Kosovo war, a three-month exhibition will open in central Pristina, exploring the media coverage of the war and the way artists have interpreted its legacy in the 25 years since
Europe Denmark The number of Copenhageners who feel safe in the evening and night hours has never been higher, four out of five citizens, as shown by the latest Copenhagen Municipality safety survey
Europe Iceland The public is invited to participate in an ongoing project that aims to clean Iceland's coastline, scheduled every Sunday until July, with Ocean Missions as pricinpale organiser