Europe

Starting on Boxing Day, a large number of doctors will close their offices as part of a week-long general strike to demand an increase in the consultation fee from EUR 25 to EUR 50 and the elimination of pay-based targets

About 10.000 Starlink satellite communication terminals will be additionally supplied to Ukraine in the coming months

Germany could soon become a dysfunctional and bankrupt state if it continues on its current path and fails to address the ongoing energy crisis in light of its unbalanced financial policies, said Bundestag Vice-President Wolfgang Kubicki

Once again this year, divers from the 'Amfora' diving centre, as per tradition, decorated the underwater Christmas tree in the Ohrid lake, visible until the end of January

This year falls the 800th representation of the Nativity Scene staged for the first time in Greccio in 1223 by will of St. Francis of Assisi; real cave, live animals, manger and peasants aimed at making the birth of Jesus accessible to the simplest people

According to a new census, more and more people in the country feel they do not belong to any religion

Several Lithuanian municipalities will switch off their Christmas lights for an hour as a sign of solidarity with war-torn Ukraine, as part of an international campaign called '60 minutes of darkness'

After the attack on the Ahmet-Kaya cultural centre and the killing of three militants, Kurds are again protesting in the streets, with the Kurdish Council spokesman demanding protection from France

Belarusian President Lukashenko visited the Gagarin Cosmonaut Research and Testing Centre in Russia; the centre is selecting Belarusian candidates to fly in space

Outside the capital, the largest number of companies that applied for the first procedure under the Recovery and Resilience Plan came from the regions of Plovdiv, Varna and Ruse, said the Ministry of Innovation and Growth

Yesterday, President of the Republic Sakellaropoulou received carolers who performed traditional local Christmas carols sung in many parts of Greece, from Thrace to the island of Kastellorizo

The country is sending a mobile sauna unit and laundry facility to the frontline in Ukraine, as a morale boost for Ukrainian fighters there through the winter months

Confirmed influenza cases have shot up in recent weeks according to new figures from the State Serum Institute; the sharp increase has been registered in all five regions of the country and has led to an surge in hospitalisation in the Capital Region