Germany's greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 were the lowest since the 1950s. - reported the dpa agency yesterday. According to preliminary calculations by the Agora Energiewende think tank, CO2 emissions fell by 73 million tonnes compared to 2022, to 673 million tonnes. According to experts, this does not yet signify sustainable success.more
The number of visitors to the Louvre is returning to pre-pandemic levels. In 2023, the Paris museum was visited by 8.9 million tourists, in 2019 there were 9.6 million of them, the AFP agency reported, citing the institution's authorities.more
Any solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians will have to be "imposed from outside" by the international community because "both sides will never be able to reach an agreement," said European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.more
Last year, only 80 people died in airliner accidents around the world, the German aviation industry association reported. In the 1990s, the annual death toll often exceeded a thousand.more
The detention of 2,000 migrants who entered Poland through Slovakia has deterred more. The pressure from the Balkan route has eased, but Russia and Belarus are preparing new routes, "Rzeczpospolita" reports today.more
King Frederick X and Queen Mary are the titles that Prince Frederick, heir to the throne of Denmark, and his wife, Princess Mary, will receive on January 14, the Danish royal court announced.more
Due to the sudden drop in temperatures to -30 degrees Celsius, Estonian emergency services warned of an increased risk of fires in houses and apartments, ERR television reported.more
The sharp declines in gas and electricity prices last year suggest that Europe's energy crisis is over, according to a leading Belgian energy expert. "This should kill European inflation, which is mainly driven by energy," said Professor Damien Ernst from the University of Liege.more
Disruptions to air and road traffic, fallen trees, damaged cars and flooded houses are the effects of Hurricane Henk, which passed through the northern Netherlands last night, Dutch media report.more
The French authorities want to oblige sellers and producers to inform consumers that, despite the same price, the quantity of a given product has decreased, reported Just Food.more
In the north of Sweden, on the night from Monday to Tuesday, a cold record was broken in three towns, the temperature dropped below minus 40 degrees. Snowstorms hit southern Norway, where schools were closed.more
Tour groups of a maximum of 25 people, a ban on the use of loudspeakers during their guided tours - these are further steps announced by the Venice authorities to reduce the negative impact of mass tourism on the lives of residents. Earlier, a decision was made to introduce an entrance ticket to Venice for €5 from next spring.more
Today's collision on the tarmac of Haneda Airport in Tokyo led to a fire on a Japan Airlines plane whose passengers were evacuated. Five crew members of a Japanese Coast Guard plane died, according to media reports.more
Romania and Bulgaria will be admitted to the Schengen area from March 31, 2024, announced the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.more
There are certain professions that will not be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI), at least for some time, reports the BBC, citing a report by the investment bank Goldman Sachs from March this year.more
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address. She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen.more
In London, the New Year 2024 was announced by Big Ben, in New York, as usual, hundreds of thousands of people celebrated in Times Square and, as always, impressive fireworks displays took place in Hong Kong, Sydney and Dubai.more
With the opening of Rail Baltica, it will be possible to travel by train from Warsaw to Riga in five hours," said Marius Narmontas, a representative of RB Rail, the company responsible for the project. The investment has a practical and symbolic dimension and will have a positive impact on the safety of the Baltic countries, he added.more
There are more and more conflicts taking place in the world, in which civilians are suffering more and more - warns in an editorial comment today's "Financial Times". There is data to prove this assessment correct: the International Institute for Strategic Studies (MISS) has published an analysis that shows that there are 183 armed conflicts currently taking place. This is more than three decades more
More than half (53%) of women do not dare to walk down the street alone on New Year's Eve because of fireworks - according to research conducted for the RTL Nieuws portal.more
We must be seriously prepared for a possible armed conflict with Russia, said the commander-in-chief of the Dutch army, General Martin Wijnen, in an interview for the "De Telegraaf" daily.more
The war in Ukraine is far more significant from a geopolitical perspective than the one in Gaza, and it is the only one of the ongoing conflicts that has the potential for global escalation, said James Shea, a former high-ranking official at NATO Headquarters, now associated with several academic institutions, including the University of Exeter.more
This year's New Year's Eve promises to be exceptionally busy for all employees of the wedding industry in Las Vegas. Officials expect a record number of weddings, because Americans are particularly eager to marry on days whose dates are easy to remember, and the last day of this year - according to the notation used in the United States - is 12/31/23, so 123,123.more
Police arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of murdering a 39-year-old Pole in Leidschendam in the central Netherlands last week, said Fleur Mosterdijk from the police press office in The Hague.more
