The Danish government and the majority of political parties in Parliament (Folketing) have reached a political agreement that will allow for the capture and underground storage of at least 34 million tonnes of carbon dioxide [Read More]
The Swedish government’s 2024 budget, unveiled on Wednesday, aims to combat high inflation, bolster defense, and improve the judicial system. “With the highest inflation in 30 years, a recession and a difficult security environment, Sweden [Read More]
The Swedish government called a crisis meeting on Tuesday due to an escalation of gang violence across the country recently, with a spate of killings that the national police commissioner has called “unprecedented”. Shootings have [Read More]
Russia has made the decision to withdraw from the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC), the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The BEAC “has been a useful and effective format for cross-border interaction” throughout [Read More]
Health authority in the Australian state of Queensland on Monday issued a public health warning of Listeria, as the potentially deadly bacteria was detected in a commercial chicken product. The alert also came a day [Read More]
Tens of thousands of people across the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia have been affected by power outages as post-tropical storm Lee made its exit, provincial agencies said on Sunday. In its latest update, [Read More]
Progress towards the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 has been too slow in Europe and Central Asia, with most countries likely to miss the interim targets set by the United Nations AIDS [Read More]
The Hungarian government has extended and expanded a ban on Ukrainian agricultural imports . The decision was announced by Hungarian Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy. Nagy highlighted the termination of the European Union (EU)’s import restrictions [Read More]
Russia’s Central Bank raised the key interest rate by 100 basis points from 12 to 13 percent. The bank last lifted its interest rate during an emergency meeting one month ago in August, where the [Read More]
European stocks closed higher on Thursday after the bloc’s Central Bank (ECB) raised interest rates to 4.0 percent, but hinted this could be the last in a record-setting series of rate hikes. The European Central [Read More]
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