Europe

Dutch conglomerate Pon.bike - already reaching around €2,5 billion annual sales - has now become the world's largest bicycle company by acquiring US Dorel Sports

The country appears to be pushing for a bold climate agreement to support the Pacific, for which countries are asked to submit ambitious 2030 emissions reduction targets that align with achieving net zero by mid-century

From 2019 to the end of June this year, the State Investment Agency received 213 applications for the so-called "economic passport" of Montenegro; only 64 economic citizenships were granted

Despite 11.000 people were expected to benefit from the reduction in health insurance premiums, only 3.200 applications have been submitted so fa with a deadline fixed by 31 October

The government has proposed to extend subsidies for the purchase of electric cars and cars in conversion until the end of December, thus helping to modernize Finland's vehicle fleet and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from road transport

Residents of Floresti, a poorly connected village, can now work remotely for free from the new intelligent proximity office installed by Irish start-up Nooka Space, becoming the first community to benefit from this life-changing possibility

Since 27 September, almost 10.000 tremors have been recorded near Mount Keilir in south-west Iceland, almost all beneath the threshold of magnitude 3.0

The 101 finalist readers of the reading marathon, which took place during the summer holidays, were awarded at the National Children's Library Ion Creanga; the event aims at stimulating children's interest in reading and motivate them to read more

For the next five years, 200 police officers a year will be recruited in response to complaints of not having enough staff to provide security, after a recent attack in the capital

The Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences have released the "Dictionary of the Russian language of the coronavirus era" with 3500 words that appeared or became relevant in 2020-2021

At Budapest Demographic Summit, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis called on the Visegrad Four countries to increase the birth rate as a solution to the extinction of the indigenous European population

In addition to the four officially used Covid-19 vaccines, the country will recognize any of the world's vaccines that is recognized by the source country - the decision has been made by the Social Welfare and Healthcare Department

Coal mining will be intensified, the third unit of the REK Bitola mining-energy complex will be activated and 1,8 million tonnes of coal will be imported to increase electricity production and avoid the price increases of most international market