Europe Norway In Norwegian dictionaries, the neuter pronoun "Hen" could be introduced to be used by or for those who do not recognise themselves as either feminine or masculine, as proposed by the Språkråd, the Norwegian Language Council
Europe Spain A new supercomputer, nicknamed 'Albaicin', was recently switched on at the University of Granada; it takes it 24 hours to perform tasks that used to take 25 years and will be available to the more than 125 research groups and 500 scientists in Andalusia
Europe United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II turns today 70 years into her reign, the longest in British history; celebrations will be held from 2 to 5 June with four days of national holidays in the country and in the 14 Commonwealth countries
Europe Andorra Today open the World Triathlon Winter Championships at the Naturlandia adventure park, with over 200 athletes from all around the world competing for the honors of this 24th WC edition
Europe Greece The country plans to repay more than 7 billion euros in loans from the International Monetary Fund and eurozone partners over the next two months, paying off the rest of the IMF funds it had borrowed to avoid bankruptcy during the financial crisis
Europe Netherlands All classrooms will have a CO2 meter as part of the ventilation system, for which the government has set aside €17 million
Europe Luxembourg Prime Minister Bettel has renounced a 1999 degree from the University of Lorraine after being hit with allegations of plagiarism, although he does not admit to plagiarism
Europe France After a total freeze of activity during the lockdown, filming of movies and series took the scenes of Paris more than ever before; the city hosted the filming of 110 feature films and 64 series for a total of 7.000 filming days in 2021
Europe Iceland Accommodation nights booked by tourists have increased by 55% from December 2020 to December 2021 according to new data from Statistics Iceland
Europe Austria The country will challenge the European Commission's decision to give a sustainable finance label to investments in nuclear power, as stated by the Environment Minister
Europe Latvia The meeting of the Baltic prime ministers - the Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian - will take place today at the Cabinet of Ministers in Riga, where they will discuss regional security and development of infrastructure projects among other issues
Europe Belarus The Institute of Physical-Organic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences presented unique materials and technologies for purifying water from heavy metals and organic substances during the Belarusian Days of Science within the World Expo 2020
Europe Belgium During the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, antibiotics prescriptions dropped by 57%; the study has been led by Dr. Morreel of the University of Antwerp on anonymized patient data from doctors' offices