Europe

The Kosovo government has agreed to reduce police presence in the country's northern municipalities, which have been plagued by tensions with Serbs in recent months, thanks to an agreement with Miroslav Lajcak of the EU during a meeting in Bratislava

Faced with a decline since 2006 in the results of the country's young people for the Programme for International Student Assessment, the new right-wing government has said it will adopt minuses, including a law banning the use of mobile phones in schools

Almost 7.000 km of non-productive areas, 4 times the length of national borders, have been created with new Common Agricultural Policy reform: farmers participated in subsidy that encouragse environmentally friendly practices like shrubs between sown land

Hungarian beer, one of the oldest sectors of the domestic food industry, is gaining popularity in Asia: in 2014, China accounted for 0,71% of Hungarian beer exports, while in 2021 it reached 10,6%

The government wants to hold a referendum on the country's participation in the EU's migrant relocation programme, with the likelihood that the vote would be held at the same time as next autumn's parliamentary elections

Bulgarian military aid to Ukraine will be increased this year, Defence Minister said, adding that the country will send weapons after they finish analysing the needs of the Ukrainian army and how much the Bulgarian armed forces are capable of giving

Latin is the fourth most taught language in English state primary schools, a new record for the hitherto little-studied language; it may even overtake German, ranking as the third most-studied language, according to a new report by the British Council

The XXVII Nationwide Latvian Song and XVII Dance Festival had 40.560 participants, according to information from the Latvian National Culture Centre, second highest number of participants in the history of the event

A new tourism campaign will ask people to reconsider trips to France’s most famous tourist sites, as the government draws attention to the fact that 80% of visitors go to just 20% of the country, causing congestion on “overloved” spots during peak season

Consumer rights organisation Test Achats has asked the Belgian Competition Authority to launch an investigation into 'greedflation' as supermarket prices remain high