Europe

The Latvian Postal Board has announced an open competition for the positions of chairman and board member, with applications open until 5 July

Ireland's plan to implement the EU migration pact is expected in November; it would include new laws, doubling the number of staff to process asylum applications and locating new reception centres

The Helsinki Region Transport Board has proposed to its member municipalities to increase public transport fares by an average of 8% at the beginning of 2025

The Institute for Works of Religion publishes its Annual Report for 2023, revealing a profit of €30,6 million

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

The G7 decided to use frozen Russian assets to raise $50 billion for Ukraine to help it fight invading Russian forces

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

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

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

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