Europe Slovakia 419 primary and 34 secondary schools are taking part in the summer school project being open till August 27th with the intention to help kids to catch up after the pandemic offering them meaningful leisure and educational activities
Europe Poland A new media law has been passed: it is seen by opponents as an attempt to silence a television channel critical of the government, which instead calls it necessary to stop hostile foreign powers taking control of its stations
Europe Ireland According to a recent Department of Public Expenditure and Reform spending document, €147 million is spent each year on the "hidden" costs of drug abuse, costs associated with hospitals, prisons, the criminal justice system and productivity losses
Europe Greece New fires on the island of Evia, already ravaged by flames that destroyed over 100.000 hectares of forest and farmland in the past fifteen days, have now burnt an olive tree around 2.500 years old, described in a text by ancient philosopher Strabo
Europe France The French government has announced that it will not attend the next meeting of the UN conference against racism, scheduled for September, because of anti-Semitic statements made during previous meetings
Europe San Marino The country is under a sport frenzy after the Olympic medals and the San Marino Open Tennis Tournament, part of the ATP Challenger Tour, registers a total of 8.000 spectators notwithstanding the Covid-19 restrictive measures
Europe Slovenia 130 brown bears have been shot so far this year, of which 121 have been hunted on the basis of Environment Agency permits and nine have been found dead
Europe Kosovo €15 million has been earmarked in the budget for the purchase and distribution of vaccinations and to support the country's welfare program
Europe Croatia Zagreb Airport has received an Airport Carbon Accreditation from Airport Council International, confirming level 3 management and reduction of CO2 emissions in the all daily operations
Europe Belarus The capital’s marketplaces are asked to remove the goods imported from Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland because of their sanctions against the country, while the volume of imported food products is planned to decrease to 14% by 2030
Europe Bulgaria International Jazz Festival in Bansko, which is the largest annual summer music event of the country, ends today
Europe Montenegro Experts criticised the country for failing to prosecute organised crime groups that prey on migrants and refugees trying to cross the country, with only four cases resulting in convictions in five years