Europe

A large anti-government protest took place in parliament during the session in which the resignation of Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, announced at the end of January after three months of extensive protests across the country, was to be formalised

New rules have come into force on Paris's 'boulevard périphérique', a fast-flowing road for shared travel around the city: at certain times of day, the leftmost lane will be reserved to favour public transport

Montenegro has joined the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe as a fully-fledged member state

70% of young people under the age of 31 do not have sufficient income to rent or buy a property according to a study commissioned by SDP MEP Marko Vešligaj on the impact of the housing crisis on Croatian citizens

Various forms of boycotts against US products or activities have been taking place in recent weeks as protests against President Trump's administration; the practice started in Denmark and spread to other countries such as Sweden and Norway

The Mánes Gallery in Prague is hosting an exhibition with over 100 paintings by Plzeň-born artist Jiří Kovařík, considered one of the most controversial Czech painters of the 20th century

The Service Union United announced a new strike in the retail sector, which will affect 41 companies and around 20.000 workers between 20 and 21 March, involving major retailers like Ikea, Gigantti, Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, Clas Ohlson and Musti ja Mirri

The victory of the animated film Flow by director Gints Zilbalodis as Best Animated Film brought the first Oscar award for the country

On 3 March President Van der Bellen swore in a new Austrian Federal Government formed by the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and the NEOS led by Federal Chancellor Stocker (ÖVP), in the first ever three-party coalition

The humanitarian foundation of Goran Dragić, one of the greatest Slovenian basketball players of all time, will build a basketball court in Nova Gorica, on the border with Italy, whose two halves of the court will symbolically connect the two countries

Banca Transilvania, Romania's largest financial group, recorded substantial growth in 2024 thanks to both organic expansion and the strategic acquisition of the branches of the Hungarian OTP group in Romania, approaching a net profit of €1 billion

A new round of public consultations on the initiative for the creation of the Anti-Corruption and Organised Crime Prosecutor's Office took place on the platform of the Parliament's Legal Committee on Appointments and Immunities