Europe Ukraine For years Ukrainian creative individuals have been developing innovative art on themes such as memory and displacement; now challenged to the extreme artists respond to the call in a zoom round table hosted by The Harriman Institute at Columbia University
Europe Netherlands Around 40% of people who receive disability benefits from the UWV social security agency because they cannot work for health problems have psychiatric problems; the national statistics office CBS counted 365.000 men and 394.000 women in 2020
Europe Andorra Unicef Andorra published a guide to provide families with resources to talk with children about armed conflict
Europe Kosovo Kosovo airport aeronautical lighting engineer Deme Elezaj, suspended for whistleblowing on alleged defects in the recently extended runaway, told BIRN’s TV show that lighting deformations pose safety risks and were first noticed in an inspection in 2019
Europe Estonia The NGO Nähtamatud Loomad ('Invisible Animals') organised the rescue of shelter animals from Ukraine
Europe Austria Smoking in or near forests is now banned in Lower Austria to prevent forest fires in drier-than-usual forests - with fines of more than €7.000
Europe Lithuania The Lithuanian Journalists' Car Club is organising a collection of vehicles to be donated to the Ukrainian population in need, stating that the campaign was prompted by close contact with colleagues in Ukraine
Europe France The first flax spinning mill has just opened in Normandy, in Saint-Martin-du-Tilleul, in the Eure region, creating 100% French flax with a €4 million investment by the NatUp group
Europe Vatican City The logo - with symbols of the nation and an image of the Pope imparting his blessing - and the motto - "All reconciled in Jesus Christ" - of the Pope's trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo have been published
Europe United Kingdom Pregnant women should be asked how much alcohol they are drinking and the answer recorded in their medical notes, according to new advice from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Europe Belarus The government has extended the ban on the export of wheat and flour for 3 months to member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), including Armenia, and outside the customs territory of the EEU
Europe Latvia Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center launches today the catalogue of its exhibition 'Found in the Collection', showing the art collected in the 9 years since its creation, presenting Latvian and international artists with a total of almost 3000 works of art
Europe Slovenia The prime ministers of Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic met Ukrainian President Zelensky and Prime Minister Shmyhal in Kyiv, a strong gesture of support for the country