Europe

Angela Merkel visiting the devastated town of Bad Munstereifel has promised government aid within days and a massive clean-up operation is underway in the country, although the damage will not be repaired for many months

Golden Sands resort near Varna entered the 50 Best Beaches in the World Ranking by Big 7 Travel website

Iceland's Reynisfjara is in 6th place in the Best Beaches World Ranking by Big 7 Travel website

The Swiss Alpine Club would like to build new huts for hikers after the big boom in tampon-free local holidays; environmental organisations, however, find the construction of new huts to be an encroachment on the last ecological spaces

Air Malta has cancelled more than 6.000 flight bookings in a single week in response to an increase in the pandemic

A meter-long mammoth tusk and about 4 thousand artefacts of the Paleolithic era were discovered at the “Afontova Gora-IV” early man site in Krasnoyarsk

Experts and observers have pointed out that the country should quickly develop a long-term strategy in waste management, as the recycling rate is too low to be sustainable

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a €5 million credit line to Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo under its Green Economy Financing Facility programme, to provide funds to private households for investments in energy efficiency measure

Saaremaa Opera Festival by Eesti Kontsert Foundation will open today in Kuressaare Castle

An international study conducted by scientists from the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Coimbra has identified the presence of microplastics - plastic particles smaller than 5 mm - in the faeces of penguins in Antarctica

The App "Pole Abroad" has been launched by the foreign ministry to help keep citizens travelling abroad duly informed during the pandemic

For the second time in history, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival was won by a woman director, Julia Ducournau, also the youngest ever, for her film "Titanium"