Europe Latvia The government approved a plan to increase teachers' salaries proposed by the Ministry of Education and Science
Europe Iceland Updates to digital payment systems caused confusion over the weekend, when many Icelandic consumers were overcharged for a number everyday purchases
Europe France On the occasion of his recent state visit to the People's Republic of China, President Macron has been criticized for publicly ignoring the deteriorating human rights situation in China, as happened during his last visit in 2019
Europe Portugal A scientific programme to prevent the risk of dementia in people over 60 is being developed by a multidisciplinary research team, coordinated by the University of Coimbra
Europe Norway A new exhibition at the National Library in Oslo traces the rise of Norwegian black metal music, from a poorly understood subculture to a cultural phenomenon that has attracted massive worldwide attention
Europe Monaco Prince and Princess were in Italy for the 160th anniversary of the Consulate of Monaco in Florence, one of the Principality's oldest; it had been eleven years since Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene last visited Florence
Europe North Macedonia Deputes temporary halted one of nine controversial legal changes intended to speed up the construction of key highways, after archaeologists staged a protest warning that cultural heritage finds could be put at risk by the proposed rules
Europe Ukraine S-300 missiles fired by the Russian army during the night destroyed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Kushuhum, in the Zaporizhzhia region
Europe San Marino The debate on criminal infiltration is rekindled, with criticism to the Government for not having done enough to consider the indications of the Anti-Mafia Commission a year ago
Europe Russia A new law that should make it more difficult to escape from military service has been passed by the Parliament In an accelerated procedure
Europe Greece The Greek Parliament has passed an amendment that aims at excluding the ultra-right wing National Party of Greeks of Ilias Kasidiaris, former leader of Golden Dawn, from the elections on 21 May
Europe Croatia New evidence of illegal refoulement of migrants by Croatian police, via secret Whatsapp chats, has been revealed by an investigation by Lighthouse Reports carried out in cooperation with other European newspapers
Europe Slovenia After Austria decided to once again extend controls at the internal Schengen border, the Italian interior minister assured his Slovenian counterpart that Italy does not intend to impose controls at the border with Slovenia