From 1 January, the Swedish government will significantly increase the amount of money available to migrants who decide to leave the country voluntarily. However, at least a quarter of Swedish municipalities have already refused to cooperate in the campaign to encourage this.more

Volunteers in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have discovered packs of dogs with bright blue fur, Daily Mail reports. According to researchers, the animals appear healthy and active despite their unusual coloration.more

In Sweden, dozens of people are mistakenly declared dead each year, either through a hoax or a mistake. One such person recently lost a lawsuit seeking compensation from the state for losses caused by administrative death.more

In Hong Kong, where real estate prices are among the highest in the world, budget-conscious buyers can find apartments with discounts of up to 34 percent - provided the property has a reputation for being haunted or is associated with a violent death, CNN reported.more

Space debris in Earth's orbit is a growing problem. The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that it will introduce a new metric in its annual reports to assess the state of the orbital environment in this regard.more

40,000 people born in 2007 will be able to travel around Europe for free for a month. The European Commission will once again make a pool of tickets available for free travel as part of the DiscoverEU programme to mark the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Schengen area this year.more

A dolphin has swum into the Venetian lagoon, refusing to leave, and is performing a spectacular show by leaping into the water to the delight of tourists. But scientists and some Venetians are concerned about the swimming mammal's safety and are mobilizing to relocate it to the open sea.more

The United States expects greater involvement from the United Kingdom in protecting Europe and Ukraine, according to Laurena Speranza, an expert at the Centre for European Policy Analysis, quoted on Friday by the UK Defence Journal website.more

The US has cancelled the planned summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Budapest after Moscow sent a note to Washington reiterating its tough stance on Ukraine, the 'Financial Times' reported today, citing sources close to the matter.more

General Gwyn Jenkins, commander of the Royal Navy, announced in Thursday's Forsvarets Forum that the two navies will form a joint fleet of thirteen frigates to protect the northern Atlantic. Eight vessels will be supplied by the British and five by the Norwegians.more

Five new suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre in Paris, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said today on RTL radio, adding that the stolen items have still not been found.more

Yesterday afternoon, users of the Microsoft Azure cloud platform experienced problems accessing key services, including Office 365, OneDrive and Minecraft. The outage was global and affected thousands of people. more

Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced yesterday that tests had been carried out on the Poseidon nuclear torpedo. He also commented on the design of the Burevestnik missile.more

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said Wednesday it has arrested a foreign military instructor who tried to spy on behalf of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The SBU said the accused is a European national without specifying his nationality.more

Powerful Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica yesterday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported. Winds gusting to nearly 300 km/h (180 mph) downed trees and downed power lines, but there are no reports of casualties. According to the NHC, it is one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic.more

Poland ranked 32nd in this year's Rule of Law Index, compiled by the Washington-based World Justice Project. Poland was among the minority of countries whose scores improved. Russia saw the largest decline.more

Unless serious reforms are implemented, the German economy will face further declines, warned Clemens Fuest, head of the Institute for Economic Research (IFO). He described the current economic situation in Germany as dramatic.more

If Russian tanks were to enter Poland and Lithuania, the modernised Via Baltica motorway would play a key role in protecting NATO countries, according to ‘The Telegraph’. The E67 route, over 1,600 km long, runs from Warsaw to Tallinn.more

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres admitted during a meeting of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva that we will not be able to limit global warming in the coming years to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius. He emphasized that exceeding this threshold "is inevitable."more

When Russia’s special forces hauled Mikhail Khodorkovsky at gunpoint off a private jet before dawn in Siberia in October 2003, it marked a pivotal moment in the early years of Vladimir Putin’s regime, writes 'Telegraph'.more

Ukraine is ready to fight Russia for another two or three years, but I fear the war could last a decade, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in an interview with the Sunday Times, which the newspaper published on its website on Saturday.more

900 kilograms of sand, pebbles, and shells, taken by tourists, have been returned to Sardinia's beaches. This is strictly prohibited on the Italian island, and fines range from €500 to €3,000. Tourists' luggage is inspected upon leaving Sardinia.more

On the night of October 25th to 26th, we transition from summer to winter time. In Poland and across the EU, clocks will be turned back from 3:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., and in the UK from 2:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., giving us an extra hour of sleep. Daylight saving time will return on the last weekend of March.more

At the EU summit in Brussels, leaders failed to reach a breakthrough on the use of frozen Russian assets to provide a loan to Ukraine. The European Commission was tasked with preparing proposals on this matter, which will be discussed at the next summit.more

Two Russian military aircraft briefly violated the airspace of Lithuania, a NATO member, yesterday, according to the Lithuanian Armed Forces. In response, Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets participating in NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission were scrambled.more