Europe Russia McDonald’s is selling all of its restaurants an leaving Russia 30 years after the burger chain became a powerful symbol of easing Cold War tensions between the United States and Soviet Union
Europe Iceland The project to sequence the DNA of all Icelandic inhabitants celebrates its 25th anniversary: today it is the world's largest genetic database, a mine of data for understanding the role of genes in hundreds of diseases and finding new treatments
Europe United Kingdom Eight new towns have been named for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, at least one in each UK nation, as well as in the Falkland Islands and Isle of Man
Europe Czech Republic The country will tighten passport controls on refugees and only grant aid to those fleeing war and who have crossed the border into Ukraine, the Ministry of the Interior announced following the influx of Roma people with dual Hungarian-Ukrainian citizensh
Europe Slovenia After the Slovenian Foreign Ministry reduced the staff of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana from 41 to 8 in early April, Russia formally asked Slovenia to reduce the staff of its embassy in Moscow
Europe Netherlands A large majority of Dutch MEPs in the House of Representatives opposed the European Commission's plan to bring in more migrant workers from North Africa to cope with labour shortages
Europe Hungary According to Eötvös Loránd Research Network, the number of teachers teaching subjects for which they are not specifically qualified has increased significantly in the past 4 years; the lack of new entrants is linked in particular to unfair salaries
Europe Italy No graduates of Italian universities will be able to access UK’s ‘High Potential Individual’ work permit; a disappointed Universities and Research Minister Cristina Messa said Italy will petition to include Italian institutions in the list
Europe Estonia Rental flat prices have risen significantly throughout Estonia in recent months due to increased demand; in Tartu, a university town and the country's second largest city, an increase of 15% is estimated
Europe France According to a Waiting to Access Innovative Therapies study by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, in France it takes an average of 497 days for a new treatment approved by the European Medicines Agency to actually reach
Europe Luxembourg Luxembourg City's largest park, covering an area larger than the Pentagon and costing €16 million, will open next spring with 600 trees and a lake the size of two football fields
Europe Andorra Yesterday took place the last of the national conferences aimed at presenting the opportunities and sharing the values of the candidacy of Andorra as ‘Biosphere Reserve’
Europe Greece According to data provided by the Institute of the Greek Confederation of Tourism, for the coming tourist season, 22% of available positions will remain vacant, given the difficulty of finding workers