Europe Ireland A closure order has been issued for Pizza Max in Oldcastle after food inspectors found evidence of people living and sleeping in its food preparation area, uncovering mattresses, bedding, medicines, clothes and personal food
Europe Latvia The Court of First Instance issued a verdict finding a person guilty of knowingly infecting another person with HIV, for the first time ever, sentencing him to 90 hours of community service
Europe Russia The country would be working on creating 'African military corps' to replace the Wagner group; according to a report by Radio France International, this initiative emerged following the visit of the Russian Deputy Defence Minister to Niger
Europe Poland The eight years of autocratic rule of the Pis (Law and Justice) in Warsaw are officially over, after Donald Tusk was instructed by parliament to form a new executive
Europe Vatican City St. Peter's Basilica has announced two new charity projects, aimed at helping refugees and prisoners, as part of preparations for the upcoming Jubilee in 2025, which is expected to attract more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome
Europe Belgium Various Belgian and European civil society groups started a two-week 'Not this Pact' campaign with the aim of cancelling the currently negotiated EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and starting afresh
Europe Denmark Denmark's governing parties - the Social Democrats, Liberals and Moderates - voted in favour of a controversial bill that would criminalise the mistreatment of important religious texts such as the Koran or the Bible
Europe Serbia The visibility of female candidates for upcoming elections is not as strong as in 2020 election campaign and representation in the Serbian Assembly has increased only slightly over the past decade, according to the Academy in Women's Leadership
Europe Lithuania E adioactive waste from the decommissioned Maisiagala storage facility in the eastern Lithuanian district of Sirvintos is planned to be transported to the Ignalina nuclear power plant storage facilities by the end of the year
Europe Norway Ever-emerging variants of the Covid virus have infected thousands of Norwegians in recent weeks, filling up vaccination centers that were markedly quiet earlier this autumn; pharmacies also report brisk sales of Corona self-testing kits
Europe Montenegro In October, 91 people had bank deposits exceeding one million euro, of whom 34 were Montenegrin citizens and the rest foreigners, stated the Central Bank of Montenegro
Europe Greece The New Democracy party has announced that it will for the first time allow postal voting in the European elections in June 2024
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The Olympic Centre 'Bjelašnica' has officially opened its slopes for the new 2023/2024 ski season, and visitors can expect a 40% discount for day tickets, Sarajevo-based ZOI'84 announced