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The authorities of Karlovy Vary, a Czech spa city close to German borders, face criticism for a campaign attracting Russian-speaking tourists. The Russian clientele was crucial, but the number of Russians in Karlovy Vary has dropped significantly due to sanctions....

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a report on Thursday (8 December) dissecting how biases develop in algorithms apply to predictive policing and content moderation models.

On November 30, 2022, the European Commission published the Circular Economy Packaging II introducing the awaiting revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, turning it into a Regulation (PPWR).

More Poles have died in 2022 than in 2019, which means that Poles are now dying more than before the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, 408,000 people died in Poland. This is 30,000 more than in 2019. Specifically, 56,000 more Poles...

The final text on decriminalising medically assisted death was approved on Wednesday in the committee stage and will go ahead to the final plenary vote on Friday. The vote on the text in favour of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs,...

Der Basketball-Star Stephen Curry postete vor kurzem ein Video, indem er fünfmal hintereinander, den Korb übers ganze Spielfeld traf. Aufgenommen wurde das Video vom Produzenten Ari Fararooy, der bereits Videos für Marken wie Audi, Nike oder Apple produziert hat.

The government is considering measures to contain food prices to be adopted in the framework of a new anti-crisis package before the end of the year, revealed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

At least 150 people were injured after two suburban trains collided in the Spanish town of Montcada i Reixac, near Barcelona on Wednesday, emergency officials said. The local emergency services reported that 150 people were in a “mild condition” and...

Das Vertrauen vom 43-jährigen Tätowierer Zaki Sayyed aus Stockholm in seinen Sohn Kix ist offensichtlich riesig. Der Kleine darf für seinen Papa nicht nur ein Tattoo entwerfen, er darf es auch gleich noch selber stechen.

Sara Evans, ein grosser Fan der Luftfahrt, darf an ihrem 40. Geburtstag einen Helikopter-Flug geniessen. Doch dieser endet beinahe in einer Tragödie! Kurz nach dem Start stürzt die Maschine nämlich ab. Sara überlebt mit einer Gehirnerschütterung.

Son gouvernement a mis trop de temps à réagir au comportement agressif de Moscou à l’époque, a déclaré l’ancienne chancelière allemande Angela Merkel lors d’une interview, ajoutant qu’une solution diplomatique doit être trouvée pour mettre fin à l’invasion de l’Ukraine par la Russie.

Milan's La Scala theatre opened its 2022-2023 opera season on Wednesday (7 December) with a gala performance of the Russian work "Boris Godunov" as protesters against the Ukrainian war demonstrated outside the venue.

The parliament elected social democrat Élisabeth Baume-Schneider and nationalist-conservative Albert Rösti to the government in a vote on Wednesday after the resignation of two members of the seven-headed Swiss Federal Council. Baume-Schneider will replace the social-democrat Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga,...

The EU carbon removal framework has the right level of ambition, but needs clearer definitions and strategy to drive growth in this market, writes Victoria Harvey.

Workers’ net monthly salary in both the private and public sectors will increase by at least €50 starting in January. Workers’ salaries will increase by €600 net per year due to tax scale adaptation and the calculation of the withholding...

The government’s new circular economy strategy focussing on higher recycling rates in 2030 should help reduce Austria’s resource use significantly by 2050.

French citizens who drive to work will be eligible for a new 2023 direct transfer scheme amounting to €100, announced Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne, adding that it will only be granted to those earning under a specific salary.

Following explosions and attacks amid preparations for elections to replace ethnic Serb representatives in institutions in the north of Kosovo, the head of EULEX, Lars-Gunnar Wigemark expressed concern over the situation. Kosovo police said that masked individuals damaged the offices...

Southern Slovak gas stations were flooded with Hungarians from border regions this week as Hungary deals with fuel shortages caused by the government’s price cap.

If government rules are broken one more time, there will no longer be a government, Prime Minister Sanna Marin warned after a turbulent day in the parliament and a meeting between five party leaders on Wednesday. From tax issues to...