Europe Andorra The bus routes transported 7,3 million passengers last year, a 19% increase over the previous year and three times the number of people using the transport when the current concession began in 2019
Europe Moldova 20 school minibuses were donated from Romania to schools in Moldovan districts, part of a larger effort to ensure every child has access to quality education
Europe Iceland According to a report by the Icelandic Chamber of Commerce, Icelanders are the second largest gamblers among European countries, after Ireland; the average Icelander bets around €500 per year
Europe Sweden Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen set the country's online channelling rate at 86%, higher than operators' estimates and far above the previous year's figure of 77%
Europe Slovakia The extra-parliamentary opposition party Democrats started collecting signatures for a referendum on shortening the current electoral term
Europe France For the first time since 1991, France will welcome French-speaking heads of state and government to Villers-Cotterêts and Paris on 4 and 5 October 2024 for the 19th Francophonie Summit
Europe Belarus Around 2.700 trucks are in line, waiting to enter the EU, according to the State Border Committee of Belarus
Europe Finland The financial difficulties faced by higher education students have increased over the past three years, with 19% of students now reporting that their income is severely limited and uncertain, up from 13% in previous years
Europe Hungary World stars, representatives of Hungarian jazz dynasties, outstanding Hungarian jazz educators and young up-and-coming talents will perform for audiences in Romania at the sixth Hungarian Jazz Days in Bucharest from 7 to 11 October
Europe Ireland The Ministry of Education was ordered to pay €5.000 to a blind student who was denied access to a summer school programme during the Covid-19 pandemic because the support was insufficient
Europe Latvia Special signs were installed in the 'Dzilniņa' kindergarten and three adjacent municipal buildings with suitable basements to begin labelling potential bomb shelters, the Riga Municipality stated
Europe Liechtenstein 'Google Street View' now completely covers the country, after Google's camera car was on the road in Liechtenstein in August
Europe Lithuania Almost 87% of the heat produced in Vilnius will be ‘clean’ thanks to the activation of the most powerful heat pump in the Baltic States, within the territory of Vilnius Power Plant 2, operated by Vilniaus Šilumos Tinklai