The European Commission has adopted measures to restrict the use of microplastics intentionally added to products on the basis of European Union chemicals legislation (REACH).more

More than half of Italians (57%) have reduced their meat consumption for ecological reasons, according to a survey conducted by the national Council for Agricultural Research (CREA). As the respondents explained, they replace meat mainly with eggs and vegetables, but most do not intend to eat insects and synthetic meat.more

The Russian Black Sea Fleet has suffered a series of serious attacks in recent weeks, culminating in those targeting its headquarters on September 20 and 22. They were more destructive and coordinated than ever before in the war, the British Ministry of Defense said today.more

"Jarosław Kaczyński says that there is no visa scandal. And our allies in NATO, including the Americans, are very concerned that migrants with Polish visas are even on the Mexican-American border. At least several hundred people suspected of terrorism have just entered Europe on Polish visas," said PO chairman Donald Tusk in Otwock.more

The world's largest media wrote on Sunday and Monday about honoring the criminal of the Ukrainian SS division by the Canadian Parliament. The case was reported by, among others, CNN, BBC, "Washington Post", "Telegraph", "Guardian", "Israel Hayom" and the weekly "Newsweek".more

Experts fear that bird flu, which will most likely appear in Antarctica in the coming weeks, may cause the death of thousands of penguins - the British newspaper "Daily Telegraph" reported yesterday.more

Over the past two months in Romania, the number of weekly confirmed Covid-19 infections has increased more than 25 times, reports Digi24.ro, analyzing data from the Ministry of Health. The latest statistics indicate over 11.2 thousand. confirmed cases within a week.more

The Brussels website Politico describes how Russia is trying to recruit mercenaries in Cuba for the war against Ukraine. The desperation of young Cubans is so great that they decide to serve in the Russian army - we can read in the article.more

For the 6th time, the meeting of Polish media from all over the world, gathered around the World Association of Polish Media. The 3-day series of lectures, meetings and discussions focused on building a community of Polish media and the challenges that social media and artificial intelligence pose to all editorial offices nowadays.more

Students in Rome and Milan again pitched tents in front of universities to protest against the lack of places in dormitories and high room rental prices. Thus, they resumed the campaign from the spring, after which the Italian government promised to allocate funds from the budget to create an accommodation base and allocate unused buildings, for example former barracks, for dormitories.more

"We cannot accept all the misery in this world. Europe is the continent that is doing the most. We, the French, are doing our part, welcoming more and more children," said President Emmanuel Macron last evening in an interview with TF1 and France 2 television stations.more

As a result of the war in Ukraine, Poland doubled its military spending. The August 15 military parade in Warsaw was the largest in decades; 2,000 people took part in it. soldiers, 200 vehicles and almost 100 jet planes at a time when the war in neighboring Ukraine has been going on for a year and a half - the website of the daily "Handelsblatt" reports today.more

Almost 400 skulls of protected primate species have been confiscated in seven months; a sign of the growth of the lucrative trade in this commodity, said French customs, as cited by France24.more

For the first time in Switzerland's history, imports of foreign cheeses will exceed exports of Swiss cheeses; this imbalance casts a shadow over the country's rich dairy tradition, according to Swiss producers, who are quoted in an article by the SwissInfo portal.more

Hundreds of cows have died of epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD), known as "cow Covid" - an infectious, viral disease of cattle that has been spreading throughout Spain for many months. In addition to farmed cattle, it also affects wild animals, mainly deer and roe deer.more

Former German diplomatic chief Sigmar Gabriel has warned of negative consequences if Donald Trump is re-elected as US president. For Trump, alliances such as NATO are not a value in themselves. "It is therefore to be feared that he will withdraw support for Ukraine and bet on a quick 'deal' with Putin," - conveyed the politician to the Table.Media portal.more

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) has admitted that she is open to the possibility of temporarily introducing border controls at the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic. "In my opinion, this is an opportunity to fight more decisively against the crime of people smuggling," Faeser confirmed yesterday in an interview with Welt am Sonntag.more

The National Commission for State Language Standards of Ukraine has decided that it is permissible to write the words "Russia", "Moscow", "Russian Federation", etc. in Ukrainian in lowercase in unofficial texts.more

Spanish police officers have broken up a large-scale international drug trafficking group. By this afternoon, 197 members of the gang, including Polish nationals, had been arrested.more

Almost a year ago, Philip Paxson drove his car onto a collapsed bridge in North Carolina and drowned. Now his widow is taking Google to court because, she claims, the accident happened because her husband was following directions given by Google Maps. Alicia Paxson believes that her husband died because of Google's negligence, as the company failed to update the map, even though the damaged bridgemore

I believe that Poland will continue to support Ukraine, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Thursday, referring to the Polish Prime Minister's statements on the transfer of equipment to Ukraine. He added that the US would consult with Poland to ascertain Warsaw's position on the issue.more

The International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) has been the victim of a cyber attack, said the tribunal's spokesman. The NOS website revealed that hackers managed to intercept a large number of confidential documents.more

68 percent Russians are definitely against having a person over 70 years old hold the office of president, according to a survey published by the Kremlin-independent website Viorstka. In October, Vladimir Putin will turn 71.more

The governments of Turkey and Hungary have signaled that they will ratify Sweden's accession to NATO next month, reports the American magazine "Foreign Policy", citing a high-ranking official in the Pentagon.more

For the first time since 1975, Hong Kong did not take first place in the World Economic Freedom ranking published by the Fraser Institute. The Canadian think tank blames the degradation on interference from the communist authorities in Beijing. The Hong Kong administration does not agree with this view, reports the independent website Hong Kong Free Press.more