Europe

A record number of calls for the emergency services is recorded in 2022, with Luxembourg's CGDIS responding to almost 72.000 incidents last year, a 7% increase on 2021

Students will only be able to bring their family members to the UK if they are attending postgraduate courses currently designated as research programmes, under proposals by the Secretary of State aimed at reducing immigration

246 CV90 combat vehicles will be purchased from Sweden's BAE Systems Hägglunds of Örnsköldsvik in a SEK 22 billion (€2 billion) deal; for the country, this is the largest military purchase in its modern history

According to Central Bank data, revenue from the tourism sector in the country for Q1 was €119m; last year it was €45m and in 2014 €47m

The International Monetary Fund delegation recommended that the country start reducing its budget deficit to contain price increases and maintain its competitiveness, as well as implement tax increases sooner

Senators from different political groups proposed to extend the statute of limitations for sexual offences committed against children, although the chances of passing the bill are low

The Social Democratic Party has declared former chancellor and party leader Gerhard Schröder persona non grata at the upcoming party congress, even though recent attempts to expel him from the party ultimately failed

The Dutch police union criticised the public prosecutor's office for failing to prosecute the vast majority of climate protesters arrested during the mass protest organised by the environmental group Extinction Rebellion in The Hague

Albanian President Bajram Begaj has signed three new laws to increase salaries, including his own, making him the highest paid head of state in the region with a salary of €3860 per month

A law offering the opportunity for a significant expansion of alternative fuel infrastructure and faster deployment of electric vehicles has been approved by the Parliament

A new 5 euros coin will enter into circulation today 1st June; 30.000 coins will be issued and can be used in Portugal only

Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Austria was considered "a historically burdensome place", but Vienna has chosen to confront its past with the decision to turn it into a human rights training centre

The Prime Minister of the Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the President of the Association of Pensioners of the City of Goražde signed a contract to subsidise firewood for pensioners in the area of BPC Goražde