Europe

The largest mycoplasma outbreak in several years is affecting Sweden this autumn, with over 1000 people hospitalised since September; about one in 10 who are infected by mycoplasma get pneumonia

Former Bosnian Serb general Radislav Krstić confessed to having 'aided and abetted the genocide' in Srebrenica; Krstić was the first defendant to be convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

The government proposed that former workers of the Podgorica Aluminium Factory who do not have a home of their own but regularly paid a part of their salary to the KAP union housing fund be paid €177 for each year of work

The municipality of Monaco invited children to unleash their creativity in the 2nd edition of "My most beautiful drawing for Father Christmas" competition by depositing their drawings in Father Christmas's mailbox, located at the Marché de la Condamine

A plane was grounded in the Azores for five days, unable to fly back to Lisbon, due to the escape of 132 hamsters from the hold, part an an order for hamsters, ferrets and some birds for a pet store

All passengers will be able to travel free of charge on public buses, trolley buses and trams in Riga today 18 November, Latvia's Independence Day

Deadline for submitting nominations for the elections is reached: over 600 candidates are on the ballot in 43 constituencies; this is the first election in which political parties must achieve a 40% gender quota, or risk losing half of their state funding

The Nationalist Party requested to extend the outpatient chemotherapy service, which allows chemotherapy to be carried out at home without having to go to hospital, to all types of cancer wherever possible

The country doubled its exports of apples to the EU this year; in the first ten months of 2024, the value amounted to 228 million lei (€11.900.000), more than double the value of the same period last year

Nitra, the first town to adopt an integration strategy, is now an example for municipalities to effectively integrate into society the increasing number of foreigners who have chosen to live in Slovakia, so that they can contribute to its development

The left-wing party BSW submitted a formal request for information to the European Union's statistical agency Eurostat, which found that around 3,2 million people aged 65 or over in Germany are at risk of poverty

Rules for hiring foreign labour will be relaxed under new plans proposed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs; companies will be able to hire 1.300-2.500 workers who earn at least the average Estonian wage

Belene Island Foundation, an NGO, wants to honour with a memorial the 15.000 people considered enemies of the communist regime who were interned in Persin, many of whom died as a result of forced labour