Europe Malta This week's rains were welcomed by farmers as a relief from the scorching summer temperatures, but they are less pleased with the flash floods that occurred, which eroded valuable soil and damaged some crops
Europe Netherlands The national statistics agency CBS has stated that an increasing number of people have left the central urban belt of the Netherlands, moving to rural areas
Europe Norway The state has earned NOK 27 billion (€2,75 billion) so far this year due to the extraordinary electricity prices, according to a calculation made by financial group Nordea; only part of the revenues has been spent on electricity subsidies
Europe North Macedonia As human smuggling through the Balkans rises, police in North Macedonia discovered 49 undocumented migrants on a road in the south of the country after their truck capsized, injuring 35 of them
Europe Italy Tourist tax, payed directly to the accommodation per night of stay, is estimated to profit €472 million in 2022 to coutry, +79,5% on 2021 and closer to 2019 record values of €622 million
Europe France Planning a revolution in fashion, France is to pass a decree next year that will require every item of clothing sold in the country to carry a label detailing its impact on the climate
Europe Russia Former Russian President Medvedev issued a veiled threat to Ukraine's western allies, who accused Russia of creating the risk of a nuclear catastrophe by stationing forces around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant
Europe Germany An unidentified highly toxic substance in the Oder river, which flows through Poland and Germany, appears to be the cause of a massive fish die-off, said the Environment Ministry of the German state of Brandenburg
Europe Estonia The country, along with Latvia, has withdrawn from a cooperation group between China and over a dozen Central and Eastern European countries, following in the footsteps of neighbouring Lithuania, which withdrew last year
Europe Latvia World skeleton champion Martins Dukurs has ended his career as an athlete, he announced on Instagram; during his career, he became two-time Olympic runner-up, six-time world champion and 12-time European champion
Europe Albania Anonymous accounts advertising transfers of people from Albania to the United Kingdom have spiked on TikTok; smugglers offer the English Channel boat route or Belgium truck transport, prices vary and some invite to a personal contact for the deal
Europe Latvia Latvia has designated Russia as a 'state sponsor of terrorism' for the war in Ukraine and called on Western allies to impose more comprehensive sanctions on Moscow to end the conflict
Europe Greece The country will exit the so-called 'enhanced surveillance' framework of the EU on 20 August, according to the finance minister, a move that will allow the country greater freedom in setting economic policy