Europe Belgium The European Parliament strongly condemned the conviction of Olivier Vandecasteele, the Belgian imprisoned in Iran since February 2022, and voted a motion for a resolution on the EU response to protests and executions
Europe Finland Government logging operations to clear forests in the Aalistunturi area continued on Wednesday after environmentalists clashed with police in protest
Europe Slovakia The country may hold snap elections in September; President Zuzana Čaputová has given the parties until the end of January to find a new majority or decide on a new election date
Europe Ukraine Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk declared that "stopping arming Ukraine is like leaving a woman alone in a lift with her rapist"
Europe Moldova The first container with Moldovan apples from the 2022 harvest has arrived in India and four more will arrive at their destination later this month: a joint effort of the government, fruit exporters and development partners
Europe Montenegro The Minister of Finance with a technical mandate, Aleksandar Damjanovic, stated that it is currently impossible for the average salary to be €1.000, which would lead to a financial collapse
Europe Monaco The Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo, the world's biggest circus festival, is celebrating its 45th anniversary with a show that promises to be memorable at the iconic Big Top in Fontvieille from tomorrow 20 January to 29 January 2023
Europe Slovenia Slovenia's only nuclear power plant has obtained an environmental permit, a prerequisite for extending its lifespan by 20 years, until 2043; the permit was issued by the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
Europe San Marino Over a thousand entries, from 31 countries, have been received for the second edition of 'Una voce per San Marino', the festival that will award the winner with participation in the next Eurovision Song Contest as a representative of the Republic
Europe Poland Polish President Andrzej Duda said in Davos that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is trying to "enslave Ukraine" because the latter wants to be part of the European Union and NATO
Europe Romania The executive approved a decision initiated by the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitisation to pay Romania's pending contribution to the European Space Agency and a part of the one of 2023
Europe Russia Mirjana Spoljaric, the new head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, will fly to Moscow, stating that "urgent humanitarian issues will be raised with government officials and the Russian Red Cross"
Europe Denmark Some 1.382 pets were abandoned by their owners in 2022, according to Dyrenes Beskyttelse, the organisation that goes by the name Animal Protection Denmark, a number that has set a sad new record