Europe

Romanian online trade reached €10,6 billion last year and will grow by 10% this year, according to Association of Romanian Online Stores

Elements of the 'Eastern Shield' project will appear not only on the border with Russia and Belarus, but also on the border with Ukraine, said Head of Government Tusk

Sifan Hassan, Olympic marathon champion, was chosen as the World's Best Athlete for 2024 during the World Athletics Association awards gala in Munich, the first Dutch athlete to receive this honour

Kremlin interference in Moldovan electoral processes is expected to increase in 2025, according to Watchdog expert Andrei Curăraru

Over 100 of Europe's best judokas will compete in the 29th Monaco International Judo Tournament this 8 December, an event that coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Monaco Judo Federation

Many farmers protested for changes to inheritance tax for farms announced in the budget: from April 2026, inherited farm assets worth more than £1 million, previously exempt, would be subject to inheritance tax at 20%, half the normal rate

Visit Sweden, the agency that promotes tourism, has applied to the European Union's Intellectual Property Office to register the trademark 'Sweden': the fact that numerous locations around the world have the same name can potentially create confusion

Foreign direct investment recorded a positive net inflow of €1,24bn in the first nine months of 2024, equivalent to 1,2% of the GDP, according to data from the Bulgarian National Bank, a decrease of 63,3% compared to the same period in 2023

Oslo city officials hope that the Christmas tree sent as a gift for London's Trafalgar Square will arrive in good condition this year, after critics in past years; it is a symbol of Norway's gratitude for the help Britain offered during World War II

Lonely Planet, one of the world's leading guidebook publishers, named Lithuania the second best tourist destination for 2025 and presented the country with an award for the recognition

Valentina Pavlicic is the new president of the Supreme Court, elected by the Judicial Council of Montenegro; the post was vacant since December 2020

The OSCE Transnational Threats Department organised in Chisinau A workshop on cyber incident classification for 14 technical and political cyber security experts,

The Latvian Ministry of Defence published what it called a 'White Paper' of its spending plans for 2025, calling next year's defence budget 'the largest in Latvia's history', reaching 3,45% of gross domestic product