Europe Serbia Hundreds of protesters opposing lithium mining blocked roads near a government building where the president was handing out state decorations yesterday, which was a national holiday
Europe Lithuania Winning Pabandom iš Naujo, which featured a selection of artists eager to participate in Eurovision in May, Lithuanian singer Monika Liu will perform 'Sentimentai' to represent the country
Europe Luxembourg The country has joined a small group of countries to participate in the pilot phase of WHO's SARS-CoV-2 project BioHub, being the first to contribute COVID-19 virus samples to the new hub under the initiative
Europe Malta The Malta Trust Foundation is partnering with two private trusts to offer disadvantaged young people better job prospects of securing employment through training and mentoring
Europe Estonia The EU Environmental Council suspended permissions for logging at Natura 2000 forest habitat sites for 28 months; the infringement procedure was started as the Commission claims Estonia doesn't sufficiently assess habitat impacts when allowing logging
Europe Netherlands Dutch startup Ocean Grazer has developed the Ocean Battery, which stores power underneath the wind farm, to overcome the problem of wasting energy when turbines produce electricity with the wind but demand is low
Europe Romania Romanian startup XVision plans to take its AI-based X-ray analysis software to Western Europe and beyond after attracting €1m in a new seed funding round
Europe Slovenia Following the changeover to electronic vignettes on 1 February, the motorway company DARS has so far sold 748.800 electronic vignettes, 91% of which are annual
Europe Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been confirmed as President of the Republic for another 5 years, with 2/3 of the Federal Assembly having chosen him; while declaring himself 'super partes', he stressed that he will stand by those who fight for democracy
Europe Switzerland The popular initiative for a ban on tobacco advertising appears to be heading towards approval by the Swiss people, according to the second poll ahead of today's vote
Europe Belarus Among a series of draft laws to improve the quality and efficiency of the justice system, one plans to grant people the right to appeal against all court decisions without exception, including decisions of the Supreme Court
Europe North Macedonia President Pendarovski accompanied to school a bullied 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome after learning that she sat in a classroom alone after pupils and parents targeted her