Europe United Kingdom The report on the National Health Service commissioned by the Labour government in early July shows that public health is worse off than in comparable countries in terms of economy and population, amidst long waiting lists and inadequate investment
Europe Italy An ancestor-based tourism initiative called Italea was launched earlier this year and will be introduced in New York, USA, in October to help those with Italian lineage reconnect with their family history
Europe Montenegro Hundreds of inmates of Montenegro's largest prison recently declared that they and their families will not vote in the next elections if the promised amnesty law is not presented
Europe Hungary Hungary and the Czech Republic are considering hosting the 2029 World Ice Hockey Championships; the centre of the championship would be Budapest with one suitable arena
Europe Russia 32 years after starting work in Russia, Doctors Without Borders had to close down its activities after the Russian Ministry of Justice removed the office from the register of affiliated and representative offices of foreign NGOs last month
Europe North Macedonia New road signs near the Bllacë border crossing in northern Macedonia could be subject to or provoke tension as the authorities excluded the Albanian language
Europe Spain Centre-right Partido Popular leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo compared Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to the late dictator Francisco Franco over a controversial media transparency plan
Europe Ukraine The Ukrainian defence industry has probably started to produce 5.45×39 and 5.56×45 mm ammunition for its armed forces, the Militarnyi portal reported, citing photos showing a test firing of 5.45×39 mm ammunition at a military firing range
Europe Slovenia Data published by the Statistical Office ahead of European Mobility Week show that CO2 emissions from road traffic have increased by 25% from 2008 to 2022; by the end of 2023, approximately 1,2 million passenger cars were registered and 2 million citizens
Europe Serbia Plans are underway to demolish the Hotel Jugoslavija built after the war in the New Belgrade neighbourhood, depriving Belgrade of another historical landmark, as art historian Marko Stojanovi stated
Europe France The parliamentary leader of the far-right Rassemblement National party called for new elections next year, just a few months after the snap elections that plunged the country into a political stalemate
Europe United Kingdom Ormiston academies trust, a 35.000-pupil academy chain that runs 44 state schools, will be the first in England to ditch phones, with eight secondary schools adopting new policies this term and others to follow
Europe Portugal Korean Air has launched flights between Lisbon and Seoul Incheon, becoming the second direct connection from Eastern Asia to Portugal; first route, linking Hangzhou to Lisbon via Beijing, was opened in 2017