Europe

The European Commission has launched formal infringement proceedings against the country over the country's Constitutional Court's failure to recognise the superiority of European law over national laws

As the US recently approved the potential sale of Javelin missiles to the country, the country's leaders, along with those of Ukraine and Poland, held a trilateral meeting to reiterate unity against Russian aggression and to promise "serious consequences"

Oslo Shooting Centre has to appear today in court because it does not want to pay the fine it received for improper storage of weapons after several weapons disappeared from the centre

Dora Olafsdottir is the oldest person in the country's history, now 109 years and 170 days old; Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir recently visited her at the Skjól nursing home to congratulate her

The country ended the third quarter of 2021 with 2,03 million active mobile users, up from 1,86 million in the previous quarter, according to data from industry regulator AEK

The Minister of Culture and Sport and the Director of the Service for Linguistic Policies presented the new awareness campaign on the use of the official language aimed at the entire population, highlighting the richness of Catalan

The country had a gross external debt of €51,2 billion at the end of October, the equivalent of 109% of GDP at current prices

15% of Dutch people have had arguments about Covid with friends and family, particularly on the subject of vaccinations, a survey by EenVandag showed

Minister for Housing has sought advice on extending rent pressure zones countrywide, while hundreds of new rental homes will be delivered in 2022 to help dampen costs in the market; the controversial shared equity scheme will open before June

The "Donate a book" campaign was launched in the capital by Posta Moldovei and the Happiness Factory; children's books can be left in the six Father Christmas houses located in various locations in Chisinau

The government will request funds from the EU to extend a border wall with Turkey and expand a powerful surveillance network to stop illegal migrants; the country recently completed a 26km extension of a steel border wall

The painting "The Mysterious Island", by Hungarian artist Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka's, was sold for 460 million forints (€1.253.880), setting a record in the history of Hungarian auctions

The San Marino Statistics Office reports that from October 2020 to October 2021, there was an overall 6,4% increase in frontier work