Europe Switzerland Federal Statistical Office on 1 April published March inflation data, at +2.4% on March 2021, and consumer price index (CPI) at +0.6% year on year; it also made public the average salary figures for 2020: CHF 6.665 a month working full time
Europe Norway 37% of female employees in Norway aged 20-66 worked part-time in 2020, over twice as much as men, with 17%; large gender differences in education contribute to reproducing differences in working life according to Statistics Norway
Europe San Marino Paolo Rondelli, 58, who was vice-president of Arcigay Rimini, has become head of state in the country, where until 2004 homosexuality was considered a crime
Europe Slovenia Alojz Kralj, the last remaining member of the clandestine anti-fascist organisation TIGR, has died at the age of 101, said TIGR Primorska, an association promoting anti-fascist values
Europe Slovakia The first comprehensive urban-landscape study of the future Bratislava Danube Park presents the 28km waterfront initiative as a measures to better protect the river and to make it more accessible, boosting local and foreign sustainable tourism
Europe Hungary The united opposition is hoping for today's national elections as the first real chance in more than a decade to oust Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party, although many fear the elections will not be fair
Europe Poland Solar energy company Soon Energy, which has more than 25 megawatt-peak (MWp) installed in projects across Poland, will be acquired by Portuguese company EDP
Europe Estonia The country will probably have to prepare for mass immigration from Russia later this year, experts say, given more tolerant immigration laws and the city of Narva is cheaper and has a large Russian-speaking population
Europe Malta Pope Francis' 36th international trip since the start of his pontificate takes him to Malta this weekend, making it the 56th state he has visited; the aim is to support a "country committed to welcoming so many brothers and sisters seeking refuge"
Europe Germany The city of Cologne will remove the iconic Cologne Cathedral tower from its logo, deemed too old-fashioned, and use a new logo in the future for letterheads and on work clothes - a huge outcry has erupted over the decision
Europe Romania Electricity producers in Romania have until 31 May to apply for a total of €457,7 million in state support for the construction of wind and solar power plants with or without storage - the new announcement has been done by the Bucharest Energy Ministry
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Employees of Radio Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the three public services in BiH, held a protest to denounce the difficult financial situation and political pressures that are bringing the station to the brink of closure
Europe Ukraine UNESCO said at least 53 culturally important sites have been damaged since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including 29 churches, 16 historic buildings, 4 museums and 4 monuments