Europe Austria Police have carried out more raids on unlicensed gambling establishments, seizing 121 gaming machines at 39 locations
Europe Russia Wildfires in Siberia covered more than 13.4 million hectares, 78% of which are in Yakutia, a vast northwestern area where dozens of houses are damaged or evacuated. The smoke has reached the North Pole for the first time in recorded history
Europe Finland A third of Finnish teachers have considered changing careers because of the exceptional circumstances caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey commissioned by the education union
Europe Belgium Wallonia adopted procedures to deal with the 155.000 tonnes of waste resulting from the floods: the refuse, collected beside the A601 motorway, will be processed using various methods in respect of the environment
Europe Luxembourg While EU coal consumption registers -35% in 2020 compared to 2018, the country moves in the opposite direction increasing the use of that fuel, one of the biggest contributors to human-made climate change
Europe Italy Doctor Gino Strada, surgeon and founder of the NGO Emergency, has died yesterday; since 1994 the NGO has treated over 18 million patients and their families in 18 countries, offering war victims and poverty-stricken people access to top quality care
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis has urged all authors to ensure that their books are not printed using exploited or slave labour
Europe Sweden One out of 10 berry-pickers in main facility tested positive for Covid-19; according to employer they all received one vaccine dose before entering Sweden and authorities say there is hardly any precondition for them to be able to spread the infection
Europe Ukraine Experts from the Michelin guide arrived in Ukraine to rate local restaurants; apparently none of them has been awarded stars so far
Europe Monaco A new 120-bed nursing home for the dependent elderly will be finalised by 2025, easing pressure as the elderly population continues to grow in the Principality
Europe Malta Second-hand car importers are seeking the government's help to ease the problems of Brexit, after it rejected a request for a derogation from the EU-UK agreement that the country considered a disadvantage
Europe Denmark Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group has been selected by NASA to 3D print "Mars Dune Alpha" at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, a 1.700 square foot structure designed as a home for astronauts on long-duration space missions
Europe Germany In the night of 13 August of 60 years ago the construction of the Berlin Wall began with installing barbed wire and blocking crossing metro lines; it would separate families for 30 years