More than 20,000 people, both foreign tourists and Spanish residents, took part yesterday in the annual tomato battle, known as Tomatina, organised in the town of Bunol, in the east of the country.more

Self-service checkouts are one of the factors that may increase Americans' sense of loneliness - reports the Insider website, citing PlayUSA research. According to this poll, two-thirds of Americans believe that technology makes it harder for people to socialize.more

According to the latest report by the Emancipation Observatory of the Spanish Youth Council (CJE), for the first time in 20 years the average age at which young people in Spain become independent from their parents has exceeded 30.more

Meta has announced that it has identified and disrupted China's largest propaganda operation to date, removing more than 8,000 images. fake accounts spreading anti-Western and pro-Chinese propaganda. The owner of Facebook also took action against Russian accounts impersonating well-known media and official profiles, including Polish authorities.more

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France's largest air traffic controllers' union SNCTA has announced a nationwide strike for September 15, demanding wage increases, the daily "Le Figaro" reported.more

In smaller companies, full-time remote work is more popular than in the largest ones, according to analysts of the Polish Economic Institute. They added that, for example, in the US, in companies employing less than 500 people, 76 percent of employees work remotely. staff, and in the largest - 16 percent.more

The inhabitants of Hallstatt in the Salzburg Alps protest against the influx of tourists. Although only 700 people live in the Austrian town, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is visited by up to 10,000 people in the season. tourists per day.more

A 58-year-old British citizen wanted by the so-called Dorota Kądziołka, a spokeswoman for the Carpathian branch of Border Guard, announced today that he was arrested by Interpol with a red notice for rape in New Delhi.more

If current trends continue, migration will account for most of France's population growth in the coming years, according to Institut Montaigne expert Bruno Tertrais, whose research is cited by the French daily Le Figaro.more

From Monday, Finnish citizens can pass border control without having a paper passport, just by showing an electronic travel document on a mobile phone.more

Heineken has finally withdrawn from Russia and sold its assets, including 7 breweries, for 1 euro, the Dutch company said. The company was previously criticized for continuing to operate and introducing new products to the Russian market over a year and a half ago, despite announcing its withdrawal from Russia.more

The district of New York - Manhattan, ranks first in the United States in terms of the cost of living. Two more occupy Hawaiian Honolulu and San Francisco, California.more

Poppea attacks Italy. After weeks of record-breaking heat, exceeding 40 degrees in many cities, a wave of bad weather came over the country, which was named after the second wife of Emperor Nero - a strong, calculating and ruthless woman. According to meteorologists, these days will end this exceptionally hot phase of summer, and temperatures will drop sharply by 10-15 degrees.more

The government-approved project is intended to make it easier for transgender and non-binary people to change their gender. It will also be easier to change your name, said Family Minister Lisa Paus, adding that this is an "important moment" for transgender people in Germany.more

Yesterday, large parts of Spain were hit by violent storms with torrential rains and hurricane-force winds. Several people were injured. Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencia have been placed on an orange alert, meaning a high level of threat.more

"Crossing the border with Russia is strictly forbidden, also for reindeer," said the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture, announcing the repair of the 150-kilometer fence. This is to stop reindeer from fleeing to Russian pastures, the AFP agency reported.more

Nearly 10,000 emperor penguin chicks died off the coast of Antarctica in late 2022 when the ice melted and collapsed beneath them, the BBC reported. The penguins fell into the water before they could develop the waterproof feathers necessary for swimming in the ocean, which is why they most likely drowned or froze to death. Global warming is responsible for this catastrophe.more

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will clarify the rules for the use of names typical of food products of animal origin in the case of plant-based foods, reported the Brussels portal Euractiv.more

As of yesterday, 19 very large - with at least 45 million monthly active users - online platforms and search engines operating in the European Union must meet new, high requirements for content moderation, among other things. This is a consequence of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), which went into effect last year. The list includes Facebook, X, Wikipedia, YouTube, and Google, among others.more

Berlin is the dirtiest city in all of Germany, according to nearly half (44.9 percent) of the participants in a survey conducted in May by the t-online portal. Respondents also indicated which districts of the German capital are the dirtiest in their opinion.more

The European Union is heading towards a fierce clash with Eastern Europe, the background of which is the October elections in Poland - wrote on the portal of the weekly "The Spectator" prof. Andrew Tettenborn from Swansea University.more

A 44-year-old Polish woman who was found dead on Saturday in Roosendaal in the south of the Netherlands was the victim of homicide, police announced today.more

Nowhere in the EU are so many asylum seekers as in Germany. The number of people crossing the German border illegally is growing rapidly, and crimes committed by people with a migrant background are making headlines. Politicians warn that "the policy of open arms towards refugees will overwhelm our country".more

Residents of the La Isleta district of Palma, the capital of Gran Canaria in the Spanish Canary Islands, protested this week in front of a former military base where illegal immigrants are now housed. They demanded a solution to the problems posed by newcomers, reported the local newspaper "Canarias7".more