35 percent students of Viennese primary schools are Muslims, forming the largest religious group in the capital of Austria - according to research by local education authorities. The local authorities want to replace religion classes with a compulsory subject called "Life in a democracy".more

Grzegorz Braun, a Polish far-right politician known for his anti-Semitic acts, and Daniel Obajtek, a village head-turned-top-CEO, have been listed among the '23 kookiest MEPs heading to the European Parliament' by the news outlet Politico.more

As the climate warms, invasive mosquitoes carrying tropical diseases such as dengue and West Nile fever are spreading across Europe, warns the latest ECDC report. The tiger mosquito is increasingly detected in central and northern Europe.more

Francis will be the first pope in history to guest at the G7 leaders' summit today. During a several-hour visit to the meeting venue - Borgo Egnazia in Puglia in southern Italy - he will hold 10 bilateral talks, including with the presidents of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and the US, Joe Biden.more

Rhinoceros vipers were observed in two locations in Zadar, located on the Croatian coast, on the same day, the Dnevnik portal reported on Wednesday. These snakes are considered the most dangerous European viper due to their size, long fangs and highly toxic venom.more

A Dutch court yesterday convicted three Poles on trial for the contract killing of investigative journalist Peter De Vries, state broadcaster NOS reported. Kamil E. received a 28-year prison sentence for the murder, while Krystian M. received a 26-year sentence and Konrad W. - 14 years in prison for complicity in the crime.more

EU citizens in the UK took a different position to people in the respective countries when voting in the European Parliament election last weekend. At the EU level, conservative parties came out as the winners, together with the far-right, which made significant gains in several EU member states, while losses were recorded among the Greens and the liberals. more

Persistent heavy rainfall in the Balearic Islands since Tuesday afternoon has led to traffic paralysis and numerous floods on the Spanish archipelago's popular tourist islands of Ibiza and Mallorca.more

Atlantic whales appear more and more often near the beaches of Portugal, which are popular among tourists, including: Meco near Lisbon - say biologists quoted by local media.more

A Polish citizen died on the shores of the popular La Roqueta beach in Guardamar del Segura in the province of Alicante, in eastern Spain. According to witnesses of the tragic event, a 46-year-old man took part in an operation to save a group of drowning vacationers.more

President Joe Biden has a slightly better chance of winning the November presidential election than his rival Donald Trump, according to the inaugural forecast of the renowned FiveThirtyEight center. The model constructed by analysts gives Biden 53 percent. chances of winning, even though the polls themselves are slightly in Trump's favor.more

A Polish daredevil was arrested in Buenos Aires Tuesday as he tried to scale a 30-story building without ropes, only to be removed by firefighters.more

A three-phase clinical trial of the first dual mRNA vaccine against influenza and Covid-19 has been successfully completed and has proven to be as effective as separate vaccination against these infections.more

Since 2016, the sea has encroached up to 45 metres into the Costa del Sol, Spain's popular southern coastline for tourists, according to estimates from the Ministry of Ecological Transformation, quoted by local media.more

The latest global fertility surveys show that the rate is falling faster than UN projections predicted and the global population will peak in 2061, 20 years earlier than originally estimated, the Polish Economic Institute reported on Thursday.more

The first heatwave of the season begins today in Greece and is expected to last until Thursday. In some places, thermometers are expected to show up to 43 degrees C. Some schools have closed, some budget workers are working remotely and a fire warning has been issued.more

From about 30 to even 700 euros a day you have to pay for a stay on a paid beach in Italy with sun loungers and an umbrella - such data were presented by the consumer rights organization Codacons. She noted that compared to last year's summer season, these prices increased by 3 to 5 percent.more

A statue of King George V has been beheaded and covered in red paint in the latest attack on colonial monuments in Victoria. Police were called to the statue in Melbourne’s Kings Domain on Linlithgow Avenue just after 9am on Monday.more

A 59-year-old man in Mexico has died with a type of bird flu - H5N2 - never recorded in people before now. There is no risk to the wider public, say authorities, and none of the man's close contacts have caught the virus.more

Canada's first food bank organized as a free supermarket will soon open. Food banks are testing new ideas because, according to Statistics Canada, almost 23 percent Canadians have trouble buying food.more

For the first time, a Ukrainian combat aircraft fired a missile that hit a target on Russian territory, the British station Sky News reported yesterday, citing a Ukrainian military source.more

One in four workers employed on agricultural plantations in European Union countries is an immigrant, according to estimates from Madrid's Comillas University, published by Spanish media on Wednesday.more

The Czech police tightened security measures with immediate effect on the night from Saturday to Sunday. The alert covers public places, shopping malls, means of transport and railway stations. The measures taken are said to be related to the suspicion of a possible terrorist attack.more

A court in Copenhagen yesterday arrested a 39-year-old man on charges of punching Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Danish media reported that the suspect in the attack was Polish.more

The Earth's atmosphere is now retaining more than twice as much heat as it did in 1993, which is of growing concern to scientists, reports the journal ‘Earth System Science Data’.more