Europe

A new report by Council of Europe experts has urged the country to increase its efforts regarding money laundering: it is not conducting enough investigations nor prosecuting and convicting offenders enough

Rescuers have found a survivor in a Siberian coal mine where dozens of miners are presumed dead after a devastating methane explosion, a top local official announced

UNICEF Hungary has launched a campaign called Face the Problem to help children struggling with depression and other mental health conditions and a free online course to help teachers recognize and prevent those problems

The m.a.x. museum in Chiasso is hosting the exhibition "Trains, between art, graphics and design" part of the cycle investigating means of transport through artistic reflection; the exhibition embraces the international railway station

Fearing an anti-Semitic backlash, some local Jews have joined with residents and environmental activists to reject the municipality's plans to build a memorial museum next to the site of the former Plaszow concentration camp

Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett will play live at the Opera Garnier today, performing all the hits from his time with the band and his solo career

One out of four Norwegians, around 1.088.300 adults, do not hold a credit card, according to recent data

Health authorities are working with the Muslim community during Friday prayers: imams have invited listeners to get vaccinated and medical teams have waited in mosque courtyards to inoculate worshippers

The country will vote against the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act later this year, as aspects of the classification system for sustainable activities, concerning forest management, have ambiguous criteria, undermining specific investments

The International Monetary Fund's executive board has approved funding to support the war-torn country amid fears that Russia is plotting a deeper invasion

Interest in European retirement communities is developing in more areas of the country, with Costa Blanca's Forum Mare Nostrum retirement residential community, with a majority of foreigner residents, sold to an international fund for €35 million

Given the high frequency of suicides among farmers compared to the rest of the population, the government has presented a roadmap in an attempt to curb specifically these occurrencies; an action plan is expected by December 2020

Since municipal reform increased the number of municipalities to 98 in 2007, there have never been so many women elected mayor; so far, 19 women have been chosen - an increase of five compared to 2017 and seven compared to 2013