Europe Ireland Condolence books have been opened for the 10 victims of the Creeslough explosion and the fundraising total is rising daily, now reaching several hundred thousand Euros; one more demonstration of the tight knits in the community
Europe Austria According to projections, liberal President Alexander Van der Bellen is poised to win a second six-year term without a runoff
Europe Andorra In the first half of this year, the pension fund (FRJ), the pension piggy bank, lost exactly as much as it gained during the entire 2021 financial year, €122 million
Europe Belarus The country's achievements in restoring disturbed peatland ecosystems and a long-term plan for their restoration until 2040 were discussed in Minsk at the meeting 'Sustainable Development Goals'
Europe Ukraine An explosion yesterday morning on the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia to Crimea, represents a turning point in the ongoing conflic
Europe Vatican City The Holy See has deposited its instrument of accession to the 1992 UN Framework Convention and the Paris Agreement signed in 2015 at the UN Secretariat and is organising an event in the Vatican to mark the occasion
Europe San Marino Monopoly of San Marino Limited Edition was presented at the Hotel Titano; Neil Scallan bought it, adding it to the collection that led him in the Guinness World Record as world's largest collector of the board game
Europe Kosovo The Treasury of Kosovo has executed September salaries for employees in the education sector, as confirmed by the director of the Association of Municipalities of Kosovo, Sazan Ibrahimi
Europe Romania Minister of Justice, Cătălin Predoiu, stated that it was important for the government to adopt the draft amendments to the justice laws in the autumn of this year, because "the essential objective" of the executive is accession to the Schengen area
Europe Portugal Supreme National Defence Council unanimously approved a 'new mission in the Mediterranean', a redeployment of Portuguese forces deployed in 2022, and also addressed 'Portugal's support for Ukraine'
Europe North Macedonia It was expected that a package of economic measures would be adopted by the Economic Council on Wednesday, but it didn't happen; business sector had set the deadline for Wednesday, announcing that otherwise a large number of companies would have to close
Europe Iceland The country drops one place and now ranks 5th out of 169 nations in the Social Progress Index, conducted by the independent non-profit organism Social Progress Imperative
Europe Ireland According to the latest statistics on child deprivation in Ireland, many families cannot afford to pay for their children's school trips, take them on expensive recreational activities or buy them enough clothes