Europe Italy 569 fatal workplace accidents occurred in the first 7 months of 2022, workplace accident insurance agency INAIL said: a -16% figure on Jan-Jul 2021 due to a fall in COVID deaths; in fact, a spate of workplace deaths has shocked Italy since spring 2021
Europe Finland Espoo will draw up a roadmap by the end of 2023 to promote biodiversity recovery in the growing city and achieve the roadmap's biodiversity targets by 2035
Europe Czech Republic Czech health insurance for foreigners is under scrutiny by the EU, after an amendment to the law on health insurance for foreigners was passed last year
Europe Ireland Thousands of children are still waiting for a seat on a school bus, as the Department of Education claims there has been unprecedented numbers of new applicants for the school year beginning in a few days
Europe Germany The conflict between Ukraine and Russia 'could go on for years', but Berlin will continue to support Kiev to the end, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said
Europe Hungary Budapest will not negotiate further EU sanctions against Russian energy - stated Foreign Minister Szijjarto - as there are no alternative supplies from Moscow
Europe France The country opens 100 vaccination centres following an increase in monkeypox cases, with 1.700 cases already registered and 6.000 people already vaccinated
Europe Croatia Croatian soccer player Šime Vrsaljko, who made his debut with Croatia in 2011 playing 52 international matches, has retired from international football
Europe San Marino Over 80 events a day, until today, under the banner of fantasy were held at San Marino Comics, which started on Friday in its 9th edition
Europe Ukraine Officials are drawing up plans for a special international tribunal led by Andrii Smirnov, deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration, to investigate Russia's alleged 'crime of aggression' for the invasion of sovereign territory
Europe Belarus Local officials need to be more proactive in decision-making and work harder, President Lukashenko said, emphasising "if someone is not willing, we will force them, if someone does not know how to do it, we will teach them"
Europe Russia President Vladimir Putin reportedly signed a decree to increase the size of the Russian armed forces from 1,9 million to 2,04 million, increasing the size of the Russian armed forces by 137.000
Europe Bulgaria Under pressure from public opinion and the media, a Bulgarian appeal court surprisingly overturned an earlier ruling and refused the extradition to Moscow of a Russian citizen who had burnt his passport in Bulgaria to protest against the war in Ukraine