Europe

Pope Francis in Christmas address urged humility among Vatican departments' heads

Four Algarve festivals have been nominated for the Iberian Festival Awards which will be held next March in Lisbon

Although vaccines for children have arrived in the country since 17 December, registration has not been launched

Activists are fighting to stop the cruelty of the world's first octopus farm in the Canary Islands

The Tudor Arghezi Memorial House in Bucharest opened its doors this year to host the Urban Community Orchard, a project to regenerate the orchard of the museum with the involvement of the neighborhood community

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"

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

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 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

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