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The average inhabitant last year drank 120 large beers, or an average of 60,2 litres, in a 30-year low and a 12% on 2020, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on August 5, which marks International Beer Day

A huge demand for rental properties and homes on the market in sharp decline are the trends shown by recent data from the financial newspaper Finansavisen in a comparison to last year

Three more ships with over 58.000 tons of corn have left Ukrainian ports and are headed to Turkey for inspection, under a UN-backed deal that is working to export grain trapped by war

Property tax on holiday homes should be increased to meet the cost of an ageing society and a site-value tax on non-residential property should be introduced; the recommendations of the tax experts report are not in play for Budget 2023

Construction has risen to 3rd place on the list of the strongest sectors, with a 5,3% increase over 2020 and 171% over the last 10 years according to the Monegasque Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies

The Netherlands is no longer a world leader when it comes to the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community, as this year it ranked 13th in the annual Rainbow Europe index of the human rights organisation Ilga Europe

The new train line connecting the country with Barcelona, Spain, in about 90’ is expected to register 7.450 passengers per day

Preparations for the renovation of the main wing of the UKC medical centre in Ljubljana are underway, but alleged irregularities could be an obstacle to the long-awaited upgrade of Slovenia's main hospital, worth more than €70 million

Sundhedsstyrelsen - Danish Health Authority - is considering to make Monkeypox vaccine more easily available to LGBT+ community, namely to men who have heavy skin contact with men, to counteract the spread

Over ten thousand earthquakes have been detected since the series of earthquakes started at noon on Saturday, confirming a lot of seismic activity in the Reykjanes peninsula over the weekend

Executive approved new opportunities for entrepreneurs who want to internationalise their businesses: they can submit additional applications up to the ceiling of the grant awarded through the Programme