Up to several hundred thousand Ukrainian children have been abducted and taken to Russia since the beginning of the war, Daria Herasymchuk, Ukrainian ombudsman for children's rights, estimates in an interview with The Sunday Times. Only 307 children were brought back.more

The Italian Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Francesco Lollobrigida wants to discipline Italian restaurants in the world. "Enough with establishments that are supposedly Italian but use foreign products. Enough with cooks who can't cook in Italian and are the object of ridicule," he announced.more

Władimir Putin wierzył, że po inwazji na Ukrainę NATO się rozpadanie, a kraje zachodnie będą błagać Rosję, by nie wyrządzała im krzywdy - wynika z wyciekłych dokumentów rosyjskiej Federalnej Służby Bezpieczeństwa, o których donosi brytyjski "The Sun".more

Paris is the city most often visited by people traveling alone, reports the Belgian daily "Le Soir", referring to the research of the Airbnb booking platform. The top three in this category also include New York and London.more

More and more toilets for cows are being built in the Netherlands, reports the daily "Algemeen Dagblad". Not only can they help solve the problem of harmful nitrogen oxide emissions, but they can also - as the newspaper notes - become a source of profit for cattle farmers.more

Chinese armed forces must strengthen combat readiness - said Li Keqiang prime minister in the report delivered to the opening of the Parliament session in Beijing. The PRC defense budget will increase in 2023 by as much as 7.2 percent. up to 1.55 trillion yuan (USD 224 billion).more

Carabinieri in Sicily have found more than a thousand encrypted letters and notes written and addressed to Matteo Messina Denaro, the head of the local mafia arrested in January. The messages, called "pizzini" were in one of the boss's hideouts, in the homes of his partner and his sister, arrested before the weekend.more

The current year forecast promises to be an absolute record year for tourism in Italy. According to the forecasts presented, the highest ever number of hotel nights and tourists will be recorded. Half of them will be foreigners.more

The approval of cricket flour for use in food service has inspired Thomas Micolino, owner of an ice cream shop in Rottenburg on the Neckar River, to expand his offerings with a new flavor. Cricket ice cream there is served with a sprinkling of dried insects.more

This year's seasonal flu in Italy has broken all records for length and number of illnesses. It started unusually early, as early as last October, and continues to spread. The National Institute of Health Services reported that more than 11 million cases have been found so far.more

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday announced a new policy against sexual harassment. The catalyst for the changes was the "abhorrent cases" that occurred during the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, told reporters yesterday.more

The main reason for the "salad crisis"-a shortage and increase in the price of fresh vegetables in many European countries-is the bad weather in Spain and Morocco. In this situation, the priority for Spain is to protect its own market, the Spanish press reported.more

A biopsy confirmed that the skin lesion removed from Joe Biden's chest is a common form of skin cancer and all the cancerous tissue was successfully removed, White House physician Kevin O'Connor announced yesterday.more

In 2022, there were 121 documented attacks on refugee centers in Germany - nearly 50 more than the year before. Refugees are also being attacked outside the centers: on average, three asylum seekers were victims of such attacks in Germany every day, the ntv portal reports today.more

By the end of 2023, a railway line according to the European rail gauge is to be built, allowing direct access from Warsaw to Lviv. Then the next sections: also in the direction of Kiev - informs the latest issue of "Rzeczpospolita".more

Five teenagers from Almere in the Central Netherlands were falsified by euro banknotes, which were used in 22 countries - informs the daily "Financiele Dagblad" on Friday. "It was enough to instruct Google and an inkjet printer, they are child's play" - said one of the young counterfeiters detained by the police.more

The Ministry of Justice of the US issued an opinion that former President Donald Trump may be sued by congressmen and police officers injured during the assault on the Capitol; It is not protected by the privilege of executive power, because "calling for violence does not belong to the official duties of the president."more

On this year's list of twelve women of the year American weekly "Time" was included Actress Cate Blanchett, US representative in football Megan Rapinoe and Iranian activist for human rights and journalist Masih ALINEJAD.more

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is not only a military failure, but also an image disaster - Russia is the only country that has a worse result in the global Soft Power ranking than last year, while Ukraine improved it the most. Poland also recorded a lot of promotion.more

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule fired yesterday reached the international space station (ISS) safely. Four astronauts came to her station - two Americans, a Russian and a citizen of the United Arab Emirates.more

What time is it now on the moon? With many space missions planned, this question is not at all unreasonable. So that there is no need to wonder according to which Earth time zone to tell time on the Moon, the European Space Agency is advocating the introduction of a separate time zone there.more

Physical activity will be prescribed along with medication by doctors, Italian Health Minister Orazio Schillaci announced on Wednesday. This health-promoting step is part of a national program put forward in conjunction with World Obesity Day, which is celebrated on March 4.more

France has seen a big return of American and European tourists after a pandemic hiatus, with revenues for last year totaling €58 billion, an increase of €1.2 billion over 2019, RFI radio reported, following a report by the state tourism development agency, Atout France.more

Inflation in the Netherlands is on the rise again after months of declines. According to the European harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP), it stood at 8.9 percent in February this year. - the Netherlands Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported today.more

Police in the Netherlands received a record 9,900 reports of sexual assault and rape in 2022, the Dutch Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported. That's 1.1 thousand more than the year before and the most in the country's history.more