The French Interior Ministry announced today that in the first round of the parliamentary elections, the far-right National Rally and its allies obtained 33.2 percent. votes, the left-wing New Popular Front - 28 percent, the centrist camp of President Emmanuel Macron - 20 percent, and the right-wing Republicans - 6.6 percent.more

According to the results of the latest report of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), France still enjoys the interest of tourists, hosting just over 82 million of them annually. The country on the Seine has consolidated its leadership position over the years. However, as it turns out, he may lose it in the coming years.more

The starchy-looking moon Phobos, destined to crash into Mars' surface, has been revealed in new detail by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 'space potato' image was recently shared on NASA's Instagram.more

Yesterday, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense launched a preparedness course for Day X, aimed at strengthening society's resilience in the event of war. About 33,000 are expected to take part this year. people, and next year – 50 thousand.more

A Polish man is among four victims of accidents that occurred within two days in the Mont Blanc massif on the French and Italian sides, the ANSA news agency reported. These accidents occurred in good conditions in the mountains, but after heavy snowfall.more

A new, exotic species of tick called Dermacentor marginatus has been discovered in Sweden, reported the Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA). This type of arachnid naturally occurs in southern Europe, Iran, Kazakhstan and the mountainous areas of Central Asia.more

Magnets, T-shirts, local handicrafts and delicacies - these are the most common souvenirs brought back from holiday trips. Local shops and stalls offer a multitude of souvenirs, from the very interesting to the slightly less sophisticated. And it is precisely the latter that Barcelona's local authorities want to tackle. Offensive, sexist and homophobic souvenirs in particular are on their target.more

After Joe Biden's performance in yesterday's presidential debate, there has been "aggressive panic" in the Democratic camp, and party activists are considering whether to ask the president to withdraw from the election race, CNN and other media reported. These reports are also confirmed by a source within the party of the Polish Press Agency.more

The leaders of the 27 EU countries decided to divide the highest EU positions. Ursula von der Leyen will remain President of the European Commission. Portuguese Antonio Costa will be head of the European Council; Estonian Kaja Kallas - head of EU diplomacy.more

A liberalised law on the granting of German citizenship came into force yesterday. The new provisions, which include a reduction in the naturalisation period to five years, will enable Poles living in Germany, among others, to obtain second citizenship more quickly.more

All residents of the province of Trento should be equipped with bear spray, said the president of the local authorities, Maurizio Fugatti. According to him, this is necessary due to the increasing population of bears entering towns and villages.more

The new strain of the mpox virus spreading along the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is "extremely worrying," the BBC reported yesterday. The virus causes death in 5 percent. sick adults and 10 percent kids. The pathogen is also responsible for miscarriages in infected women.more

Ukraine will win in the war with Russia - 80 percent are convinced of this. participants of the Kiev Razumkov Center survey, the results of which were published yesterday. For 42 percent respondents, victory will be the complete expulsion of Russian troops from Ukraine.more

Forty-two per cent of employees would refuse a promotion to a higher position in order to maintain their wellbeing at work, according to the Talent Trends 2024 report. For 39 per cent of respondents, flexibility at work is a deciding factor when choosing a job.more

The North Atlantic Council today decided to elect Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next Secretary General of NATO. Rutte will replace Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg.more

The candidate of the center-left opposition Democratic Party, Sara Funaro, won the local elections in this city that ended on Monday. She defeated the center-right candidate, former director of the Uffizi Gallery Eike Schmidt. This is a historic achievement to serve as mayor of this historic city.more

From 1 July, a six-day working week of 48 hours will start to apply in the private sector in Greece, the Greek Reporter portal reported. This does not apply to workers in the catering and tourism sectors.more

Russians use deception, pressure and sometimes force to conscript foreigners into their armed forces and to fight in Ukraine, the US State Department reported in its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Poland has risen to the top of countries fighting human trafficking, while Belarus has been downgraded due to its exploitation of migrants.more

A politician from the Christian Democrat CSU party Alexander Dobrindt has proposed that non-working Ukrainian refugees should be sent back from Germany to "safe areas in western Ukraine". Dobrindt's populist initiative further poisons the debate on migration and asylum, comments the RND website.more

Polish Radio correspondent Marek Walkuski will head the White House Foreign Press Group, a group of foreign correspondents at the White House. The group participates in the presidential pool as part of the press corps that follows the activities of the US president.more

Falsified versions of a popular weight-loss drug are being offered online and could be harmful to health, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning.more

According to Italian media, a small island, Santa Maria, located near the shores of Sicily and opposite the city of Marsala, has been put up for sale. This is the second attempt to sell the island. Five years ago, the owners wanted £4.4 million more for it.more

As a result of a Russian missile attack on the Kiev Oblast, in the center of Ukraine, 72 private houses were damaged, as well as apartments in eight blocks of flats, a hospital and 13 other buildings, the military administration of the Kiev Oblast reported yesterday evening.more

Apple announced that it is postponing the introduction of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) system to the EU market due to "regulatory uncertainty" regulating digital markets in the Community.more

Over the last four decades, the water around the Spanish archipelago of the Balearic Islands has warmed by 1.6 degrees Celsius, said a team of scientists from the Informe Mar Balear research project in their report.more