The last few months have shown us vividly how important and yet how shaky a value peace is. When we feel the effects of war so strongly and see all kinds of social unrest, it is difficult to feel safe. However, there are countries that can boast a very high peace index. more

Many municipalities on the Spanish coast have introduced their own standards for beach use. Some of these provisions seem controversial and the risk of fines in the event of violation of them disproportionately high - assessed the daily "ABC", which presented the most important new rules.more

Representatives of Ukraine and Russia signed two separate "mirror" agreements with Turkey and the United Nations, which would unblock the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea ports. The agreement concluded yesterday in Istanbul is intended to guarantee safe sea corridors to three Ukrainian ports. According to the UN, it will take several weeks for the agreement to be fully implemented.more

Tasting the rainbow may come with a nasty side effect, if a recent US lawsuit is to be believed.more

Police yesterday arrested a woman who had earlier climbed onto the back of a whale in the seaside town of Zandvoort, media reports. Officers are still checking whether the woman's act is criminal.more

The European Commission launched four new legal procedures against the UK today after the lower house of the UK Parliament passed a bill to end some rules governing post-Brexit trade deals for Northern Ireland.more

The number of drug-related deaths is the highest it has been in 20 years, with almost 2,000 deaths in 2021, and the number is increasing every year, the ZDF station portal reported. The most common cause of death is heroin and long-term damage caused by the use of illegal substances. According to estimates, there are approx. 165,000 people in Germany are addicted to heroin.more

Ukraine is planning to establish a one-time international tribunal to judge the highest authorities of the Russian regime for an act of aggression against Ukraine, in particular by Russian President Vladimir Putin, informs The Guardian, citing the deputy head of the office of the president of Ukraine Andriy Smyrnov.more

US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday morning and is experiencing "very mild symptoms" of the disease, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre reported. She added that Biden has started treatment with the drug Paxlovid.more

In Spain, there is a shortage of 20,000 workers in the transport sector and 30,000 in the construction sector, while many young people still cannot find a job, said the director of the Adecco Group recruitment company Iker Barricat in an interview with the 20minutos portal.more

There is no intelligence that Vladimir Putin is unstable or in bad health, the director of the CIA has said.more

The EU member states (as part of the EU Council) adopted another - seventh - package of sanctions against Russia in connection with its aggression against Ukraine. It includes, among others a ban on the import of Russian gold, including jewelry.more

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi today handed in his resignation to President Sergio Mattarelli, the Presidential Palace announced after their morning meeting. The issued statement said that the head of state acknowledged the prime minister's decision. From now on, the government, with limited powers, will only deal with current affairs.more

Concentrations of ozone near the ground are increasing over a large area of Europe. Experts from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service warn against the phenomenon, which is associated with high temperatures. Ozone close to the ground is a pollutant and can damage health.more

Denmark yesterday recorded the highest July temperature ever measured in the country; in the town of Borris, in the south-west, the mercury column rose to 35.6 degrees Celsius, the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) reported on Twitter.more

Since 24 February, 457 anti-aircraft alerts have been issued in Kiev, lasting a total of 492 hours and 53 minutes. The last 36-minute alarm was declared on Tuesday. However, life in the Ukrainian capital is going on fairly normally. Shops are open, bridges over the Dnieper River are passable.more

We are raising the forecast of the final level of interest rate hikes by the NBP to 8%. - reported the research office of the Goldman Sachs bank.more

The German government's appeals to save water work: 62 percent. Germans now take shorter showers and less frequently than a few weeks ago, according to a study by the INSA center commissioned by the daily "Bild".more

Dutch monarch Wilhelm-Alexander pardoned famous TV presenter Frank Masmeijer, who was serving a nine-year sentence for cocaine smuggling. "Hundreds of officers are working to fight drug smuggling, what the hell is going on here?" - outrages Jan Struijs, head of the Dutch Police Association.more

The American chain Starbucks intends to close "many cafés" in the domestic market, announced CEO Howard Schultz in a video shared on Twitter. He justified his decision on security grounds, including nuisance from the homeless and drug addicts.more

The reception system is failing and regions may not be able to receive new asylum seekers from October, Security Council chairman Hubert Bruls said. "Images of people sleeping in the open air near the Ter Aper reception center cry out to heaven for vengeance," says Bruls, who is also the mayor of Nijmegen.more

Nearly 3 million new cases of Covid-19 were reported last week in the WHO European region, accounting for nearly half of all new infections worldwide. The number of hospitalizations at the same time has doubled, reported Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe.more

Ukraine is preparing to destroy, with the help of weapons received from the West, to destroy the Russian Black Sea Fleet and recover Crimea, the Deputy Minister of Defense of that country, Volodymyr Havrylov, assured in an interview with the British daily The Timesmore

After reaching its peak, the heatwave in Europe will continue until the middle of next week, the World Meteorological Organization WMO reported.more

In the first legal confrontation between Twitter's lawyers and Elon Musk, the court sided with the social networking site: it did not agree to postpone the trial until next year and set the date of its commencement in October. Twitter sued the billionaire because he withdrew from the planned purchase of the website.more