Europe Finland As the Lutheran Bishop of Helsinki argued that people choosing not to get vaccinated are making decisions affecting lives and freedoms of the most, many have have left the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The exhibition "Wake up, Europe! Support and solidarity mobilizations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and its citizens, 1992-1995", dedicated to the European support for the country in the 1990s, was inaugurated in Sarajevo
Europe Belarus Under a new law, reading banned news can cost seven years in prison; Belarusians who subscribe to banned media on social media will be recognised as "extremists"
Europe France National Rally leader Marine Le Pen has vowed to stop subsidies for solar and wind energy and dismantle wind farms if she wins the French presidential election in April
Europe Croatia The award ceremony for the fourth edition of best Croatian cities will take place today in Novi Vinodolski; cities will be awarded on the basis of categories including education and youth, economy and quality of life
Europe Belgium Government expands offshore wind zone: according to ministry plans, the North Sea development could be expanded to 3,5 GW and connected via an energy island
Europe Norway A new 1,4 km tunnel in Vestland County will be built by Swedish Skanska to protect the area from roadside landslides, with a contract worth around US$40 million
Europe Lithuania Palanga Airport opens today after 45 days of reconstruction and modernization works; capacity is expecting to go from 300.000 to half a million passengers per year
Europe Poland Polish expert Jacek Bartosiak, founder of the think tank Strategy and Future, has joined forces with Hungarian-born US geopolitical forecaster George Friedman to write a book on geopolitics in space
Europe Spain Two generations of botanists have completed a titanic task, describing the 6.120 plants of Spain and Portugal; after 39 years and 255 authors, it has been discovered that 22% of the species on the Iberian Peninsula do not grow anywhere else in the world
Europe Slovakia The bill that aimed at abolishing the mandatory Slovak music quotas for commercial radio stations has been withdrawn by Culture Minister upon request of the Ministry of Finance
Europe Sweden Swedish inflation hit its highest level in 13 years in September as rising electricity costs are testing the central bank for price increases that exceed its target
Europe Denmark Vestas has assembled the blade moulds for its turbine at Nakskov factory; the prototype will be installed next year and will be the tallest and most powerful in the world; the turbine is expected to produce first power in the fourth quarter of 2022