A health alert has been issued in Madrid due to the detection of 7 initially confirmed and 22 suspected cases of monkeypox virus infection in the region, Europa Press reported. Swedish health authorities yesterday reported the first confirmed case of monkeypox in a person living in the Stockholm area.more

Nearly 54,000 refugees from Ukraine have now arrived in the UK, half of those granted visas, according to Home Office statistics released yesterday. This is a noticeable improvement on previous figures, when it was less than a third.more

Seeded eighth, Magda Linette lost to a German of Polish origin, Angelique Kerber (No. 2.) 2: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6 in the quarter-finals of the WTA tennis tournament on clay courts in Strasbourg.more

1.2 million people in Italy over the age of 50 have so far received a notice to pay a fine of 100 euros for failing to vaccinate against Covid-19, Ansa news agency reported citing the Health Ministry. The fines were introduced over the winter along with mandatory vaccination for this age group.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski yesterday about continued military aid to the country and the threat to food security from the Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports, Downing Street reported.more

Fiona Hill, who was Donald Trump's Russia adviser, had the opportunity to meet Vladimir Putin in person - she sat across from him at dinner. One of the things she remembered was that Putin smelled strange, as if he had come out of a dry cleaners. He also gave the impression of someone who needed corrective glasses, as his co-workers handed him fiches with directions written in large print.more

Szymon Marciniak was among the 36 main judges for the World Cup in Qatar. Among the nominated assistants are Tomasz Listkiewicz and Paweł Sokolnicki, and among the judges of the VAR - Tomasz Kwiatkowski. For the first time, women were called up to the football World Cup.more

There may not be much to smile about with inflation hitting a 40-year-high, but customers could be able to pay for their grocery shopping by smiling at a camera as facial recognition technology is rolled out to supermarket checkouts.more

The Belarusian authorities have banned the sale of George Orwell's 1984 book, Nasha Niva, independent and blocked by the authorities, reports.more

Reports of war, inflation or interest rate hikes did not put Poles' holiday plans on hold. A survey conducted by Profitroom among over 3 thousand hotel guests shows that as many as 93.6% of them will go on holiday. Most will even decide on more than one trip.more

Ministers are facing growing calls to bring forward large increases in benefits and the state pension which will be paid from next April.more

Marston’s phases out two-for-one meal offer while Mitchells & Butlers increases prices to cope with rising costs of utilities, wages and food.more

A man has been charged with the murder of a 21-year-old Polish woman who was stabbed to death in London just after midnight on Tuesday. more

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) awarded Iga Świątek with the Billie Jean King Cup Heart Award for special commitment and exemplary attitude in the match of the national team.more

Marks & Spencer has written to the chancellor warning that an online sales tax would damage the High Street. more

The Russian military has made adjustments to its objectives and modus operandi in Ukraine. Faced with organizational problems and fierce Ukrainian resistance, the invaders are sending fewer formations into battle and attacking in relatively safer locations, the Washington Post newspaper reported Wednesday night and Thursday, citing a source at the Pentagon.more

Pugs have high health risks and can no longer be considered a typical dog from a health perspective, a new study suggests. Experts are advising people not to buy the dogs until there is an improvement in their health and their body shape shifts to being less extreme.more

Andriy Shevchenko, a long-time Ukrainian football player, received a new mission from the president of the country, Volodymyr Zelensky. The 45-year-old former Chelsea London and AC Milan player is set to become the ambassador of the foundation that will support the reconstruction and development of Ukraine.more

If former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder continues to work for Russian companies, the European Union should impose sanctions on him, the European Parliament has demanded. Even the Brussels activists of the German SPD are in favour of the draft resolution, the German media reported yesterday.more

Russian airlines will not be able to sell their unused slots at UK airports, the country's government announced today as part of further sanctions on the Russian aviation sector.more

The probability that an obese preschooler will be an obese adult is more than four times greater than that of his peers with the correct body weight. WHO reports that children in Poland gain weight the fastest in Europe - the National Health Fund said.more

Officers of the Pomeranian National Revenue Administration (KAS) revealed in a package from Great Britain that was supposed to contain containers for spices, live insects and spiders. Among them was one of the largest jumping spiders in the world.more

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) and Formula 1 authorities have decided that the canceled Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi street circuit will not be replaced by another race.more

One of the infamous characters in the scandal surrounding Downing Street parties during the covid restrictions, former private secretary to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is to become Britain's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Sky News revealed yesterday.more

An advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolak reported yesterday that the evacuation of defenders of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol is underway and that the process is difficult. He appealed to refrain from commenting on the situation for now.more