Yesterday in Stockholm, this year's Nobel Prize winners in five fields received gold medals and calligraphed diplomas from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. The special guest at the ceremony was Polish Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk.more

According to European Commission data, in October, the price of milk in the EU exceeded 50 euro, the raw material went up by 16.6 per cent y/y . In Poland, we recorded a price increase of more than 18 per cent year-on-year, the Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Milk Producers said in a report.more

The world record for a 100-kilometre run with a pushchair was set by Lorenzo Lotti, head of the sports department in the Italian town of Predappio. He ran the route in eight hours and one minute. His seven-month-old son slept almost the entire race.more

Since Russia's attack on Ukraine, more than a thousand companies have severed business contacts with the aggressor country. But almost as many are still doing business there, writes today's ‘Rzeczpospolita’.more

A list of people who have died, Democratic US presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the history of the Indian cricket league are the most popular search terms on English-language Wikipedia pages in 2024, the Wikimedia Foundation, which manages the service, has announced.more

Dutch F-35 fighter jets intercepted three Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Friday and escorted them at a distance over international waters to the border of the NATO area of ​​responsibility, the Dutch defence ministry said on Monday.more

Due to the situation in Syria, the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf) yesterday issued a decision to stop accepting asylum applications from Syrians. The same is true in Austria and Denmark.more

Due to the pilots' strike, the national carrier Finnair had to cancel about 140 flights scheduled for today, including European, intercontinental and domestic connections. The Finnish airline's pilots are demanding, among other things, pay increases.more

13% of surveyed EU residents continued working after retirement in 2023, Eurostat reported. In Poland, the figure was 13.1%.more

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced today the creation of a police unit responsible for combating anti-Semitism, AFP reported. It was in response to Friday's arson attack on a synagogue in a Melbourne suburb that was deemed a terrorist attack.more

The topic of overtourism and its consequences was one of the most discussed travel issues of the past year. We will learn which corners of our globe are particularly struggling with this problem by studying the "No List" list, prepared by the publisher of travel guides Fodor's. It indicates places that are better avoided in 2025.more

This year belongs to tacos. First, in May, a Mexican street food mini-bar offering tacos (four items on the menu, no tables) received a Michelin star. Now, these crispy patties stuffed with meat or vegetables have won the ranking for the most popular street food in the world. The victory was decided by almost two million posts about tacos on TikTok.more

The nuclear power plant on the island of Beznau in Switzerland – the oldest in Europe and one of the oldest in the world – will be closed in 2033, Swiss energy group Axpo said in a statement. Meanwhile, Greenpeace is demanding its immediate decommissioning.more

Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, a place of worship and one of France's most important monuments, opens its doors today after a five-year restoration following the 2019 fire. Guests at the ceremony will include leaders of states, international organisations and churches.more

Iceland, which is the only country along with Norway and Japan that allows whale hunting, has agreed to allow its two whaling vessels to continue hunting until 2029. The Icelandic government announced the decision on Thursday.more

A court today sentenced a Bangladeshi man to life imprisonment and 13 years in prison for the kidnapping, rape and brutal murder of a Polish woman, Anastasia, on the Greek island of Kos in 2023, reports the Rodiaki portal and other Greek media.more

I would not say that we are at war with the United States, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with right-wing columnist Tucker Carlson. He added that the main condition for ending the war is Ukraine's neutral status and suggested that Russia could provide it with security guarantees.more

Russia's foreign ministry announced yesterday that it was closing the Polish consulate general in St Petersburg in retaliation for the earlier closure of the Russian consulate general in Poznan. Three Polish diplomats have also been declared undesirable and are to leave Russia.more

Sake, a traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage, was inscribed on Wednesday on the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the Associated Press reported yesterday.more

For the 92nd time, the coloured lights on the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in New York's Manhattan were lit yesterday. This year, the festivities were accompanied by a massive police presence due to this morning's murder in close proximity to the head of a major insurance company.more

A court decided yesterday that the perpetrator of Norway's biggest ever terrorist attack, Anders Breivik, will remain in prison, the NTB news agency reported.more

The French Parliament yesterday passed a motion of censure against Michel Barnier's government forcing him to step down. Prime Minister Barnier's government is the first cabinet to step down as a result of a vote of no confidence since 1962.more

From 1 January, a tourist tax will come into force in the Portuguese-owned Azores. The fee will be levied on the archipelago's main island, Sao Miguel.more

In Italy, a ban has been introduced on the online registration of tourists in rental flats and the placing of special lockers on the door with keys for them. Under an Interior Ministry decree, guests of rental flats must be received in person in order, as noted, to avoid risks to the local community.more

Although the EU has allocated more than €1 billion to migrant integration in recent years, including language training and career guidance, the effectiveness of this aid has not been demonstrated, EU auditors revealed yesterday. In 2023, migrants accounted for 6.1 per cent of the Community's population in the EU.more