Europe France The 75th Cannes Film Festival closed yesterday, opened by the screening of Coupez! by Michel Hazanavicius, finally with a party mood and a jury of stars and awarded Swedish director Ruben Östlund with his second Golden Palm
Europe Austria To better tackle misinformation and hate speech, the government has published an action plan to combat deep fakes, increasing with the advance of digitalisation
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Cybercrime is becoming increasingly frequent in the country, as confirmed by the growing number of reports; while the victims of hackers are mostly companies, there are also cases of attacks on citizens, often via social networks
Europe Bulgaria Parliament approved amendments to the Renewable Energy Law, easing regulations on the construction of renewable energy systems for self-consumption and introducing a notification regime that will speed up the building process
Europe Estonia The area of state forests earmarked for regeneration felling will decrease by 4% this year, instead of the 13% initially planned by the previous minister of Environment
Europe Spain As PM spoke to Congress about the use of Pegasus spy software by the Spanish intelligence services to watch political figures, Amnesty International called on the authorities to urgently review regulations to limit secret surveillance of communications
Europe Kosovo The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the energy sector decision-making process for the period 2006-2022, at the legislative, executive, regulatory and public enterprise levels, approved the commission's work plan and budget
Europe Andorra Free public transport tickets for the entire population will be available from 1 July via both physical purchase and app, a measure to mitigate the impact of inflation and loss of purchasing power for citizens
Europe Sweden The elderly and at-risk groups in Sweden will receive a fifth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of 1 September, announced Social Affairs Minister Hallengren
Europe Greece Tiny Epics History, a successful new channel on YouTube, tells everything there is to know about Greek mythology, archaeology and more through entertaining and informative videos
Europe Latvia A law is being drafted in Latvia's Saeima parliament that would make the demolition or removal of sites and objects that glorify the Soviet and Nazi regimes mandatory; it is expected to be adopted by 16 June
Europe Luxembourg The percentage of Luxembourg students leaving school without any qualifications has increased steadily over the last 3 years, making it one of only 8 EU countries without a decrease in the percentage of students leaving school early
Europe Moldova More than 40 kindergartens in the Moldovan capital and its suburbs will partially suspend their work in the summer period, both for repair works and for the lack of qualified staff in the feeding units