Europe Spain Spanish youth are facing serious difficulties in achieving economic independence and emancipation due to precarious working conditions and skyrocketing rent prices, a recent report by the NGO Ayuda en Acción reveals
Europe Italy National state of emergency has been declared for the next six months after the dramatic increase in migrants arriving from the Mediterranean sea; activists and NGOs denounce consequent lowering of living standards for migrants
Europe Liechtenstein Liechtenstein's first multigenerational house, which opened in Eschen in 2020, is offering multigenerational space for everyone, based on social inclusion at all stages of life
Europe Lithuania Lithuania's population will decrease by a third, to 1,78 million by 2100, according to the latest population projections published by Eurostat
Europe Ireland A €200 cost-of-living lump sum will be paid to 1,3 million long-term benefit recipients at the end of April to help cope with the cost-of-living crisis
Europe Austria Child poverty is a rampant problem, with over 20% of young people at risk; according to social democratic SPÖ, which has already received the support of liberal NEOS, measures are needed to tackle the issue
Europe Montenegro Milo Djukanovic resigned as leader of the once-dominant Democratic Party of Socialists following a crushing defeat in the presidential elections
Europe United Kingdom The government will resume bank checks on accounts opened by people suspected of living illegally in the UK in a bid to deter illegal immigration
Europe Sweden The government has refused to extradite one of its citizens accused of terrorism from Ankara, despite the fact that extradition was one of the things the country promised in order to overcome Turkey's blockade of its NATO candidacy
Europe Serbia Kosovo will remain in Serbia until the end of the term of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, he said on live TV, adding he would implement parts of the European proposal on the normalisation of relations with Pristina
Europe Bulgaria The pro-European coalition Continuing the Change-Bulgaria Democratic, which came second in the last parliamentary elections, has announced that it will not support the government proposed by GERB
Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg was the first member state to unilaterally ban the use of glyphosate on 1 January 2021; however, a court has ruled that the ban lacks a legal basis
Europe Netherlands The country will send 150 marines to Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the EU's EUFOR Althea mission, a military mission under the Common Security and Defence Policy