Europe Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani reassured that the country's security forces are ready to face "any threat" from Serbia and also regionally, as the nation celebrated the 15th anniversary of independence in the weekend
Europe Bulgaria Having given up on its initial goal of joining the eurozone on 1 January 2024 because parliament failed to pass the necessary laws before being dissolved, Bulgaria is hoping for a maximum delay of six months
Europe Poland The European Commission will take Poland to the European Court of Justice over challenges to the primacy of EU law made by the country's Constitutional Tribunal in two rulings in 2021
Europe Albania There have been a total of three anti-government protests so far in the past week, with opposition and supporters calling for the prime minister's resignation and attempting to disrupt the parliamentary session
Europe Portugal The so-called ‘More Housing’ measures launched by PM Costa to address housing shortage and unaffordable prices will be under public consultations until 16 March; many think they will be declared unconstitutional
Europe San Marino Controversy is raging over light pay envelope of salaried workers of Public Works Company assigned to the snow ploughing service during last month's heavy snowfall, given the non-recognition of overtime informally communicated to trade union at the last
Europe Italy A serious attack on a group of students by young people from Azione Studentesca - a group linked to the extreme right - occurred at the Michelangiolo high school in Florence
Europe Greece The government has decided to resume pre-earthquake inspections of public buildings, prioritising some 30.000 structures deemed to be of critical importance, such as schools, hospitals and other places of major aggregation
Europe Germany Nearly 90.000 Ukrainians have found work in Germany; German Federal Employment Agency believes Ukrainian refugees have helped reduce the burden on the local labour market
Europe Estonia According to Elektrilevi, its current network can supply about 50% of the charging needs of electric cars in private homes and 25% in apartment buildings
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina A few kilometres from the Croatian border, a new administrative detention facility has sprung up to 'facilitate' the repatriation of migrants transiting along this junction of the Balkan route within the Lipa transit camp
Europe Belarus The country is ready to launch production of Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 17 February
Europe Andorra Investigation agency Método3, a business group dedicated to political investigations, opens a branch in the Principality to investigate 'the Andorran establishment' and uncover alleged corruption in the country