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According to the forest conservation group Forest Stewardship Council there are not enough controls in place to check if 'local' wood from Luxembourg is indeed local, despite being sold under that label

The Lithuanian population in the first half of the year decreased by 12 thousand people: fertility growth is 16% less than before the pandemic, while mortality increased by more than 17%

The New Year’s tradition existing since the 60s will be changed by the Prague City Council: from 2022 the children born on new year's day will receive a certificate and a commemorative set of coins instead of instead of a cash benefit

Volunteers from all over the country gathered in Zakopane, the country's most popular mountain resort, to clean up its surroundings as part of the annual 'Clean Tatra Mountains' initiative

The tourist season is running much better than expected, counting over 1 million tourists so far, of which 886,000 are foreign and 169,000 are domestic

NGOs have threatened to sue if the Belgrade authorities do not provide more information about a big landfill fire that almost covered the capital in pungent smoke on Sunday

With its first two Olympic medals in Tokyo in skeet and mixed trap, it became the smallest country to win a medal at the Olympics

Hannah Mills became the team's most decorated female sailor, while 13-year-old Sky Brown became the country's youngest medallist, taking bronze in skateboarding

While taking over 30 medals and the Olympics baton in Tokyo for the next 2024 Paris Olympic Games, tens of thousands gather in the city to protest against 'green pass' measures

Karsten Warholm ran a stunning 400m hurdles race in 45.94 seconds to break his previous world record and take gold at Tokyo 2020, while the deserved beach volley gold makes the world smile as the country is not famous as a beach destination

Although the country had been banned from the Tokyo 2020 Games by unanimous decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency, their athletes have been entered by and representing the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) for a country name and winning 70 medals

With Olympic medals won until the very end of the games today, the Netherlands scores impressive results in relation to country population