Europe

"Making San Marino the first totally organic Republic in the world" is the dream of 58-year-old Roberto Guidi, who has always worked in the countryside, inheriting the passion from his parents, and today is dedicated to organic farming

Albanians believe their country is more corrupt than any other nationality in the Western Balkans, but they also hope for EU membership before 2030 as a way to improve the situation

Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft is expanding its network of electric vehicle charging stations; 17 are planned for this year, while 11 were built in 2022

The Dublin-based Good Bike Project collected, reconditioned and then delivered 2.000 bicycles for Ukrainian refugees in the country

Developer Impact Contractor & Developer has obtained the construction permit for 1.000 apartments in the Greenfield Copou residential project in Iasi with an estimated market value of €175 mln

It is mainly the over 60s who use legal products containing cannabinoids, according to a survey carried out by the Zurich marketing and market research agency 'Link’

With a seven-carat ruby ring by Guillemin & Soulaine fetching almost €3 million, jewellery was the largest category in Artcurial's Monaco Auction Week sales

Ljubljana's utility company Voka Snaga has detected modern-day water pollutants, benzotriazoles, in drinking water; the concentration of the hazardous substances is low for now, but further increases could call for more stringent measures

Passenger traffic in the ports of Piraeus and Rafina increased by 10,63% and 11,33% respectively in the first 15 days of July compared to the same period last year

The four-day music festival Vaduz Soundz took place with much luck for the weather and saw over 6000 visitors

More special equipment for state border control and surveillance has been donated to Moldova by the German Federal Police, including 30 radio stations and 58 portable thermal imaging cameras

Amazon's employment grew by about 15% and has now become Luxembourg's second-largest corporate employer in 2022, before this year's job cuts

A second house has been unearthed at the archaeological site of Stöng, one of the best-known farms of the colonisation era, which houses a heritage museum featuring a reconstruction of a farmhouse and church from the settlement period