In one of the Kiev clinics, newborns were sold for 70,000 dollars under the guise of surrogacy. 13 children ended up in one of the East Asian countries.more
As of today, you can buy two collector coins "Polish Olympic Team Tokyo 2020" - gold with a face value of 200 zlotys and silver with a face value of 10 zlotys - informed the National Bank of Poland.more
Spain's center-left government is considering raising the minimum wage despite the prevailing coronavirus crisis. At the same time, it is expanding the state administration and the number of jobs in the budgetary sphere to an unprecedented level.more
A month before his abdication in 2014, the then King of Spain, Juan Carlos, asked his friend Corinna Larsen to marry him, the Madrid daily La Razon reported yesterday. The newspaper claims that Bourbon transferred 64.8 million euros to his would-be spouse.more
A statistical Pole spends about 25 percent of his budget on the maintenance and equipment of his home, indicated HRE Investments analysts, citing Eurostat data. The same is true in the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark and Germany.more
The world record holder in pole vault Armand Duplantis will receive a bonus of 6 euros for a possible Olympic gold medal. This is the price of the plush mascot that was received by Daniel Stahl for winning a competition in the discus throw, and only such bonuses are awarded to Swedish medalists by their Olympic committee (SOK).more
YouTube pranksters have released a video in which they reveal that high-profile anti-vaxxer Piers Corbyn accepted a donation of £10,000 while being urged to stop campaigning against the AstraZeneca jab.more
Google “unfairly and excessively” charges people for digital purchases in its Play Store, a new legal action brought against the tech giant in the UK claims. The action is seeking damages of up to £920 million on behalf of 19.5 million Android phone users in the UK.more
A Bavarian resident who won around € 33 million in the Lotto carried the coupon in her purse for almost six weeks before discovering her winnings. "The thought of having carelessly carried almost EUR 33 million in my wallet for several weeks still makes me dizzy," she said.more
A 30% increase in the daily congestion charge for driving into central London will be made permanent under Transport for London (TfL) plans. TfL had said the rise - from £11.50 to £15 a day - was a temporary measure when it was introduced in June 2020.more
Selfridges’ billionaire owners, the Weston family, have launched a formal auction to sell the historic department store business. It is understood that advisers at Credit Suisse will start looking for a buyer, with the company valued at as much as £4 billion.more
The European Commission plans to limit cash payments in order to hinder criminal activities, especially money laundering. The Austrian government is opposed to these intentions and doubts their benefits.more
This National Ice Cream Month, those with a sweet tooth could get paid £1,000 to indulge in their favourite dessert. There is a small catch though - you must go sugar-free. Wheyhey, the naturally sugar-free ice cream brand, is on the hunt for one candidate to take part in a study focussed on finding out if sugar-addicts can get the same enjoyment from sugar-free snacks.more
Britain effectively covered the cost of Poland's EU membership with the £11.1billion it paid into to Brussels last year despite having quit the bloc, a new investigation has demonstrated.more