Europe Austria According to data from Austrian Wine Marketing Board, the wine exports in 2024 are expected to decrease from the previous year's record figures; for the first 9 months of 2024, export sales registered -5,1% in value to €175,3 million
Europe France Mayotte, an overseas territory in the Southern Indian Ocean, saw a back-to-school in very difficult and precarious conditions after the archipelago was hit by a violent tropical cyclone in December 2024 and then by storm Dikeledi earlier this January
Europe Spain The World Monuments Fund has chosen the city of Zaragoza as one of 25 locations around the world for which it will raise funds; the ruins of ancient Belchite are a Spanish Civil War memorial site, neglected in subsequent decades
Europe Slovakia Slovak malt has become an important export product in recent years: at present, Slovakia is one of the 10 largest exporters in the world, while in the European Union it ranks fifth after France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
Europe San Marino Measures to support families, actions to counter the lowering demographic trend, the establishment of the Human Rights Guarantor and raising the alcohol threshold from 16 to 18 years of age were the topics reviewed by the First Council Commission of 2025
Europe Monaco The Monegasque collective Help for Ukraine inaugurated an exhibition entitled Children of War with images depicting the country's youth dressed in their finest clothes but surrounded by crumbling buildings and classrooms devastated by war
Europe Serbia The Prime Minister of Serbia, Miloš Vučević, resigned following three months of major citizens' protests against his government
Europe Kosovo The Information and Privacy Agency launched a platform to identify personal data breaches that ensures institutions are better prepared to protect personal data, prevent leaks and protect from potential cyber attacks
Europe Lithuania Lithuania's partners expressed doubts about withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, as Ministry of Defence has called for Lithuania's withdrawal and the start of consultations with its allies and the Baltic Sea countries
Europe Andorra The real estate market in Andorra has seen a 2,8% increase in the average price of new flats over the past year, to €6.022 per square metre; there are currently 1.315 new homes available for purchase
Europe Belarus The electoral commission declared Alexander Lukashenko the winner of the presidential election for the seventh time; the result was widely expected, as he is ruling since 1994 and he is often referred to as 'the last dictator of Europe'
Europe Italy About 12.000 tourists invaded small ski resort Roccaraso, a 2 hours drive from Naples and one of the few in Southern Italy, following a post by a TikTok influencer; buses and cars heading to the town blocked the road for kilometers, paralyzing the town
Europe United Kingdom Fraudsters who fail to repay their debts of over £1.000 could be stripped of their driving licences and punished with a driving ban of up to two years, under government plans to crack down on fraud