Europe Spain An ambitious bill to reduce food waste has been approved by the government with heavy fines for offenders; every year more than 1.000 tonnes of food is wasted, especially in supermarkets
Europe Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov, visiting Turkey, said on Wednesday that Moscow is ready to ensure the safe passage of ships from Ukraine
Europe Sweden The country announced a ban on issuing new licences for coal, oil and natural gas extraction as of 1 July
Europe North Macedonia An electronic application for high school enrollment in the country is being enabled, for the first time ever, by logging on to the e-services portal of the Ministry of Education and Science
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina WWF welcomed Parliament's decision to suspend the building of small hydropower plants, as their construction and operation proved to be a terrible blow to rivers and the natural world
Europe Kosovo Hundreds of Kosovo war veterans demanding a pension increase clashed with police, who reportedly used tear gas to disperse them and prevent them from entering Parliament
Europe San Marino 32 officers for the San Marino police force will be hired on the base of the ranking of the public tender issued in October 2021 to respond to the shortage of personnel in the police corps
Europe Portugal With 2,3 million people in Portugal in poverty - around one in five - President Marcelo has called for a global strategy to tackle the issue 'as quickly as possible'
Europe Netherlands Two years after it emerged that Orthodox Protestant schools required parents to sign a covenant rejecting homosexuality, the number of schools with an anti-gay charter increased from 29 to 36, as the news programme Pointer discovered
Europe Liechtenstein In the first two months of official social media activity, government has allegedly spent 13.000 francs, around €12.000, on photos, videos and software
Europe Norway Tennis player Casper Ruud, world number 8 in the ATP ranking, has become the first Norwegian man to reach a Grand Slam singles final
Europe Slovenia The funeral of Boris Pahor, one of the most relevant voices of the deportation to Nazi concentration camps and of discriminations against Slovenian minority during Italian fascism, will be held tomorrow in Trieste, Italy
Europe Switzerland After five years of pioneering work, Swiss Post has decided to abandon its drone project as the current regulation for unmanned aerial vehicles does not allow to use them widely enough or operate at a profit