The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has reportedly been snubbed by the Oscars for the second year in a row.more

The largest Spanish real estate portal Idealista pointed to the increased interest of foreigners in renting or buying a house in Spain, including Polish citizens.more

The Netherlands eliminated its last remaining restrictions and official advice regarding the coronavirus on Friday, exactly 1,107 days after the first person tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the country. more

Germany is losing popularity in the global competition for skilled workers. According to a study by the Bertelsmann Foundation, since 2019 Germany has fallen from 12th to 15th place among the 38 OECD countries ranked in terms of attractiveness for skilled migrants.more

Researchers in the US have developed a platform that allows wireless ingestible devices to be tracked in 3D as they travels through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, which may provide a cheaper, less invasive way of investigating, diagnosing and treating disorders that affect gastric motility.more

The majority of German citizens are in favor of limiting the right to strike in the area of critical infrastructure such as railways, air traffic or energy and water supply, according to a survey conducted by the Insa institute on behalf of the economic wing of the opposition CDU party.more

At least 14 people have died off the coast of Tunisia and 54 have been rescued after a boat on which migrants were trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy sank, the Tunisian coast guard said.more

Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, with several people killed and wounded, police said.more

A pensioner from Bologna kept about 100,000 valuable items, mostly stolen. Among them were diamonds, watches, weapons and even a mammoth tooth. The value of the collection confiscated by the police was estimated at 6 million euros.more

1,175 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa over the past 24 hours, the Ansa agency reported after local authorities. A total of 30 boats from Africa arrived there at that time.more

Polish journalist Bianka Zalewska has won the Women of Courage Award for her work in Ukraine. She and ten other recipients had beed presented with the honour at the White House on International Women’s Day by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and First Lady Jill Biden. more

In Spain, there is a "mysterious" phenomenon: at least 10 food items, including fruit and vegetables, which were cheaper from farmers in the countryside, have become much more expensive in supermarkets, Cadena Ser radio reported.more

Drunken men, provocations and cases of sexual harassment deter many women from mass events such as fairs and festivals. The youth wing of the SPD party (Jusos) in Bremen made a proposal to introduce "male days off" at local fairs.more

Heineken has admitted to a failure of communication in Russia but insists it is not dragging its heels over exiting the country.more

Unverified reports have been circulating on social media of a potential terrorist attack on Brussels' 2 and 6 metro lines on Wednesday.more

The White House backed legislation introduced on Tuesday by a dozen senators to give the administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok and other foreign-based technologies if they pose national security threats.more

The family that owns Germany's luxury car manufacturer BMW has ended decades of silence about its role during the Nazi era and admitted to taking over scores of Jewish businesses and using tens of thousands of slave labourers at its factories during Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.more

In its "Women, Business and the Law Index" report released Thursday, March 2, the World Bank says that women who are just entering the workforce will manage to retire before they have the same rights as men.more

Over the past three years – as a result of wars, pandemics and population exodus – Russia has lost about two million more people than excluding these factors, writes The Economist. “The life expectancy of boys, now 15, has fallen by almost five years in Russia to the same level as in Haiti,” it said.more

Two thieves stabbed four or five people before robbing them in a Milan street near the central train station in the northern city on Monday.more

At least 12 people have died across the U.S. in recent days from a mix of extreme weather events, including tornadoes, torrential rains and flooding across southern states, and historic snowfall on the West Coast. more

Farmers in Spanish Andalusia, apart from their daily work, are forced to patrol fields with crops at night due to a wave of fruit and vegetable theft by organized crime groups, according to Spanish media.more

A "biocomputer" powered by human brain cells could be developed in our lifetime, say researchers at Johns Hopkins University. They predict that such technology will exponentially expand the capabilities of modern computers and create new fields of research.more

The Spanish government of Pedro Sanchez has a very "sparse and unclear" policy of support for Ukraine attacked by Russia, according to the Madrid daily El Mundo, indicating that in terms of aid for Kiev, Spain is the least sacrificial country in the Western world.more

The South Korean government has introduced a draft amendment that would extend the maximum working week from 52 to 69 hours to allow companies greater flexibility. Koreans are already considered one of the most working nations in the world.more