Europe Hungary Flats in Budapest are the cheapest of the Visegrád capitals - of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic; to buy a 50-square-meter flat, you need the average salary for eight and a half years, the lowest amount of the four cities
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis highlighted World AIDS Day yesterday as “an important occasion to remember the many people affected by this virus, for many of whom in some parts of the world, access to essential treatment is unavailable."
Europe Lithuania The average old-age pension will increase by €51 to €465 as of next January, while the Ministry of Social Security and Labour recalled how low pensions are still a big problem for the country
Europe Kosovo For the first time since independence, the country has a balanced budget, with budget increases in almost all expenditure categories
Europe Switzerland Ticino's minimum wage law enters into force today and will be progressively implemented until 2024; the appeals of several Ticino companies were rejected last month
Europe Montenegro Dozens of abandoned military facilities have put on sale to provide fresh cash to the country, many of which are deteriorating while in wait for investors, thus loosing appeal
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina New UN survey says some 47% of Bosnians aged 18 to 29 are contemplating emigration, either temporarily or permanently, disillusioned by the lack of prospects at home
Europe Norway Today starts the wolf hunt for animals outside the wolf zone, where 26 wolves can be shot; the number of animals to be hunted in the wolf zone itself will be decided later this month
Europe Austria Tens of thousands of Austrians gathered this weekend to protest against the government's introduction of compulsory vaccination - the first EU country to do so
Europe Albania According to INSTAT data, the country has the highest number of self-employed people in Europe, reaching 32% of the total at the end of 2020
Europe United Kingdom Repairs are underway after Storm Arwen caused the worst damage to the North East's electricity grid in 20 years, with 98mph (nearly 160 km/h) winds and huge waves battering hundreds of thousands of homes
Europe Serbia The Serbian Post Office has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Turkish Post Office in the areas of e-commerce and money transfers, an important opportunity for the country to tap into Turkey's lucrative e-commerce market
Europe Belarus President Lukashenko, at a meeting at the Defence Ministry's Strategic Control Centre, reminded that, while not brandishing its weapons, the country has the possibilities and means to react to non-peaceful threats