Europe Poland An institute to track the 6 million casualties of World War II will now be officially created; according to government estimates, Germany owes it up to $1 trillion in reparations for the damage and losses it caused
Europe Czech Republic 14% of Czechs are completely determined to resist vaccination according to a survey by the STEM agency, with the largest group consisting of people who are not financially secure, with a primary education or in the 18-29 age group
Europe Sweden In the South of the country, a reporter filmed a 'mountain of plastic' of Icelandic origin that was never recycled – although consumers and companies in Iceland had paid for it to be so and it probably dates back to 2016
Europe Slovakia The country's largest solar power plant will be built in the west, with an investment of €60 million; the plant could also become part of the project focusing on green hydrogen production
Europe Luxembourg After last weekend's antivax demonstrations became violent, the city set up restricted protest zone and established that any protestor breaking out of the zone would face legal penalties
Europe Andorra November imports reached €154,14 million, +58,4% compared to November 2020, though according to the Statistics Department the total imports in the first 11 months of 2021 amount to €1.178,14,00 million, -3,4% on last year
Europe San Marino The National Day of the Republic of San Marino at Expo Dubai 2020 has been postponed due to Covid reasons: given the high institutional profile of the meetings and the peak of cases in the Republic, the celebration will be rescheduled
Europe Serbia Following the large environmental protests, the government has offered to withdraw the contested Expropriation Law and amend the Referendum Law but some groups still call for stronger guarantees that Rio Tinto’s lithium mine won't be granted permission
Europe Montenegro On the 30th anniversary of the bombardment of Dubrovnik – in which Montenegrin troops took part – NGOs have called on the government to end the culture of impunity over war crimes committed in the 1990s
Europe Estonia The Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology has called at a meeting of EU telecoms ministers for the level of cybersecurity to match the overall threat picture, focusing on prevention
Europe Italy In his last year of mandate, president Mattarella chose to celebrate the International Mountain Day to draw attention on the importance of mountain regions for biodiversity and the preservation of natural resources across the world
Europe Portugal Regional authorities in the Madeira Islands have expanded a marine protected area to create what they said is the largest fully protected marine reserve in Europe and the North Atlantic with a total area of 2.677 km²
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Residents of Mostar are mobilising to close the large open-air landfill, known as the landfill of death, which is considered by many to be harmful not only to the environment but also to the increase in cancer in its inhabitants