Europe Croatia Postal Service, in a vote of Croatian and international enthusiasts, chose as winner of the traditional competition for the best stamp of 2021 a postal block with two stamps entitled 350th anniversary of the death of Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan
Europe Hungary The municipal assembly of Budapest approved several measures to help refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine and assured Beregszász (Berehove), Budapest's sister city, of its support
Europe Slovenia The municipality of Hrastnik, part of a coal-mining region undergoing economic transformation, is now home to Prapretno, the country's largest solar power plant
Europe Portugal 290 people presented testimonies of their sexual abuse at the hands of the Portuguese Catholic Church before an independent commission, with the victims ranging in age from 15 to 88
Europe Belgium According to a new report by the National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology, domestic violence is responsible for around 10% of deaths nationwide; 30-49 year olds are the group most affected by domestic violence
Europe Slovakia President Caputova signed an amendment to the university law that, among other measures, regulates the election of a rector and shortens the duration of external studies to five years
Europe Spain Government promised a solution to the Western Sahara conflict accepted by both Morocco and the Polisario Front, the Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement, after it accused Spain of abandoning its neutrality and siding with Morocco's plans
Europe Lithuania According to a resolution adopted unanimously by Lithuanian MPs, the international community should condemn the aggression and war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine and classify them as genocide
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The High Representative in BiH has decided to suspend the law on real estate in Bosnia's Republika Srpska (RS) entity until the Constitutional Court's assessment to avoid negative legal reprisals for citizens and potential investors
Europe Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama said he saw no reason to worry about Serbia arming itself with Chinese weapons amid the invasion of Ukraine by its Russian ally
Europe Belarus The company Beltamozhservice signed an agreement with the Commercial Port of Vladivostok at the TransRussia 2022 exhibition, an important step in the strategy on optimization of business processes and diversification of logistic chains
Europe Sweden Like Finland, the country took a major step towards NATO membership on Wednesday, after their PMs said Russia's invasion of Ukraine had changed "the entire security landscape" of Europe and "dramatically shaped the mindset" in the Nordic countries
Europe Iceland Forests and shrubs now cover over 2% of Iceland: the area increased more than sixfold since 1990, from 7.000 hectares to 45.000; in 20 years' time the figure is expected to reach 2,6%