Europe Belarus Among the threats faced by the CSTO countries is cyber warfare as its destructive influence will grow, said President Lukashenko
Europe Slovenia The Museum of European Cultures in Berlin opened the exhibition Buzzing Slovenia: Of Bees and People, focusing on Slovenian beekeeping as a way of life and Slovenia's close relationship with nature
Europe Spain Forensic scientists have begun exhuming 128 Spanish Civil War victims from vast burial complex near Madrid; it's the first exhumation of its kind involving people whose bodies were moved elsewhere after 1936-1939 war and reburied without families' consent
Europe Italy Silvio Berlusconi, media tycoon and four times PM, died on 12 June at the age of 86; an iconic figure, both beloved and hated, he brought major changes in Italian TV and politics
Europe Moldova The National Health Insurance Company in the period January-June 2023 collected revenues amounting to over 4 billion and 219 million lei (€220 million) in the mandatory health insurance accounts
Europe Bulgaria The number of voluntary abortions is decreasing, while the number of miscarriages is increasing, according to Prof. Krasimira Dikova, director of the National Health Data Directorate at the National Centre for Public Health and Analysis
Europe Iceland EU's proposal of increasing the age of the driving test from 17 to 18 to harmonise the rules was rejected by the Minister of Transport, who said that reducing the frequency of accidents among young drivers was already successfully achieved there
Europe Slovakia The country has yet to spend more than 30% of its cohesion funds - a total of €4,3 billion - but with less than seven months to go, €800 million, or 5% of the total amount, is set to be lost
Europe Sweden The country, whose application for NATO membership is currently blocked, is ready to host temporary NATO bases on its territory even before becoming a full member, said Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson
Europe Serbia By winning the final of the 2023 edition of Roland Garros against Norway's Ruud, Novak Djokovic became the most winning tennis player in the history of the sport, reaching the milestone of 23 Slam titles
Europe Portugal Tonight, St. Anthony Day's eve, the matchmaker Saint, 16 couples will be married in Sé Cathedral in Lisbon; a tradition since 1958, now the ritual includes press and TV coverage and live broadcast and is sponsored by the City and local wedding planners
Europe France Five million leaflets will be distributed by the end of the summer in the streets and on public transport to "remind each and every one of the gestures to take when witnessing or being the victim of an assault"
Europe Latvia In 2021, the average number of passenger cars per inhabitant in the EU increased from 0,53 to 0,57, with the equivalent figure for Latvia (0,40) considerably below the EU average, but still at the highest level ever reached