The attack on Catfish was horrible, but I was told the Russians made a mistake, US President Donald Trump announced yesterday. However, he stated that it was not his war, but Joe Biden's war.more

Crowds of tourists from Italy and many countries around the world flocked to Venice on the last weekend before the requirement to register arrival and pay a fee on public holidays and weekends comes into force, for the second year in a row. It will remain in force until the end of July. The fee must then be paid by tourists who are not staying overnight in the city.more

Members of the World Health Organization are close to a deal on a treaty to prepare for future pandemics, sources involved in the talks told Reuters on Saturday, with a WHO spokesperson saying discussions had been paused until Tuesday.more

By 2150, Venice and the islands and marshes of the Venetian Lagoon could be periodically under water during sea floods, an analysis by Italian scientists has confirmed. Oceanologist Professor Jacek Piskozub stressed that by the end of the century some Polish towns and cities, including districts of Gdansk, could also be flooded.more

The first minimum wage figures for 2025 show that in 10 EU countries the minimum wage was below €1,000 per month, in six other countries it ranged from €1,000 to €1,500 per month and in the remaining six countries the minimum wage was above €1,500 per month.more

US President Donald Trump stated that he did not rule out withdrawing some US troops from Europe and suggested that this could be the subject of trade negotiations. He also expressed satisfaction that the EU had not immediately decided to impose retaliatory tariffs in response to the new US tariffs.more

The topic of over-tourism has been raised for several years, as have the ways of local authorities to deal with too many visitors. Recently, the mayor of the Italian town of Teulada announced his new idea. From July, a visit to one of Sardinia's flagship beaches is to require tourists to make a reservation via an app.more

There were 1,518 executions worldwide in 2024, the highest number since 2015. - reported Amnesty International (AI) yesterday in its annual report on the use of the death penalty worldwide. Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are responsible for the increase, with a total of 1,380 executions.more

Ukraine's ambassador to the UK and former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, has confirmed the existence of a secret Ukrainian-US headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany. The site had become a ‘secret weapon’ in cooperation with the US; operations against Russia were planned there, war games were played and weapons were requested, he revealed.more

Relocation is just one option in the EU's migration pact, which is intended to ease the burden on countries struggling with high numbers of arrivals or the instrumentalisation of migrants. Countries can also opt for a financial equivalent or to second their staff to assist in asylum procedures.more

Polish consular authorities in Rome have reported a wave of thefts, with Polish tourists and pilgrims falling victim to them. They are appealing to everyone to be particularly careful and warning that thieves are becoming increasingly bold.more

Transfers to Poland from emigrants in Q4 2024 amounted to PLN 5 billion, compared to PLN 5.1 billion in Q4 2023, the National Bank of Poland reported in its full balance of payments for Q4. Transfers from Poland from working immigrants at that time amounted to PLN 5.5 billion; 55.2 percent of transfers went to Ukraine.more

Americans have worse survival rates than Europeans and at all levels of wealth. At the same time, there is a survival gap between rich and poor Americans. In Europe, the disparity is much smaller.more

Representatives from France, the United Kingdom and Ukraine are meeting in Kyiv on 4 April to discuss the deployment of a military contingent to Ukraine.more

Yesterday, new housing laws took effect in Spain to curb the phenomenon of illegal home occupation, known as "okupas". According to lawyers and advocates for those affected by wild tenants, this will only reduce the scale of the problem, but will not solve it.more

France or Britain should take the lead in engaging with Russia about Ukraine as part of European efforts to support Kyiv, Finland's president Alexander Stubb said on Thursday. European countries who joined a "coalition of the willing" to back Ukraine agreed at a meeting last week that at least one of their leaders should engage with Russia at some stage, Stubb told reporters in Helsinki.more

Bali authorities have issued new guidelines to address “misbehaviour” among foreign tourists in a bid to protect the Indonesian island’s cultural integrity, including a rule prohibiting menstruating women from entering sacred temple areas.more

Mohammed Khalid M., 18, who was sentenced in early March to 14 years in prison for murdering a Pole, Mikael (Michał), in front of his son, has appealed against the verdict of the first instance court, the Polish Press Agency has learned from the Court of Appeal in Stockholm.more

Dutch prosecutors said the Amsterdam knife attacker may have been acting with terrorist motives, but his motives remain unclear. Five people were injured in the attack last Thursday.more

At the beginning of April, tougher migration regulations came into force in Sweden, forcing almost 5,000 people to leave the country. This applies to immigrants who were refused asylum but found work and remained in Sweden on that basis.more

A global trade war between the US and its trading partners could cost $1.4 trillion, according to a report by Aston Business School. British economists have presented several potential scenarios, from a series of unilateral actions to a global trade war, reports the Guardian.more

Tourists in Madeira, including Poles, are jumping over fences and breaking bans to get to popular trails, some of which were closed after last year's fires, according to Portuguese media reporting on the increasingly widespread disregard for the rules.more

A volcanic eruption occurred on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland today, local meteorological services reported. Earlier, an earthquake swarm was recorded there, after which a group of residents and tourists were evacuated.more

The custom of April Fools' Day jokes was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans. It is the only day of the year when one can cheat and lie with impunity, but in the British Isles, for example, only until noon.more

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for public office for five years - derailing her bid to run in the next presidential election. The National Rally leader, who left court before the verdict was read out, was found guilty in an embezzlement case.more