Yesterday in Stockholm, this year's Nobel Prize winners in five fields received gold medals and calligraphed diplomas from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. The special guest at the ceremony was Polish Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk.more

Billionaire Nick Candy has moved to Nigel Farage's group, the right-wing populist Reform UK, from the Conservative Party to become treasurer. He has announced that he will raise enough money for his party to win the next UK election, ‘The Guardian’ reported yesterday.more

According to European Commission data, in October, the price of milk in the EU exceeded 50 euro, the raw material went up by 16.6 per cent y/y . In Poland, we recorded a price increase of more than 18 per cent year-on-year, the Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Milk Producers said in a report.more

Train operators serving the UK are the most expensive in Europe, according to new analysis. Great Western Railway fares are two-and-a-half times higher than the average across European Union (EU) and Swiss operators for routes of similar lengths, the study by campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) found.more

‘Sigma’ in young people's slang means a successful, confident, outstanding person to be admired. And it was this word - by the decision of internet users - that became the Youth Word of the Year 2024. Also on the plebiscite podium were ‘azbest’ and ‘czemó’. The chapter singled out the word ‘czemó’.more

At the general meeting of Bayern Munich's supervisory board, the number 5 jersey was reserved as a tribute to Franz Beckenbauer, who is a legend of the club and of German football as a whole. The 1974 world champion died on 7 January at the age of 78.more

When all Londoners want is a commute under an hour, the universe starts creating a train that would get you to NYC in 54 minutes.more

The world record for a 100-kilometre run with a pushchair was set by Lorenzo Lotti, head of the sports department in the Italian town of Predappio. He ran the route in eight hours and one minute. His seven-month-old son slept almost the entire race.more

Home Office has postponed transition to digital visas but campaigners fear ongoing technical problems could cause travel chaos, writes 'The Guardian'.more

World women's tennis ranking leader Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka has been voted WTA player of the year for the first time in her career, it was announced yesterday. The last two editions have been won by current runner-up Iga Swiatek.more

Hundreds of Transport for London workers are going on strike twice ahead of Christmas amid a dispute over pay. Officers in the Compliance, Policing, Operations and Security Directorate will walk out on Thursday, December 12 until Saturday, December 14.more

London and Berlin have signed an agreement allowing German people smugglers organising the transport of migrants across the Channel to the UK to be penalised. So far, German law has not provided for sanctions for smuggling people into non-EU countries, the BBC reported today.more

The price of Christmas dinner for four has shot up 6.5% this year, far outstripping inflation, according to industry experts. Market researchers Kantar found a festive feast will set you back £32.57, up from approximately £30.58 last year.more

Since Russia's attack on Ukraine, more than a thousand companies have severed business contacts with the aggressor country. But almost as many are still doing business there, writes today's ‘Rzeczpospolita’.more

English Premier League football match referee David Coote has lost his job for inappropriate comments against former Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp.more

Thousands more people have been priced out of the car insurance market over the past year, according to estimates from Citizens Advice. The charity estimates from research it commissioned that around 2.6 million people across the UK do not drive as they cannot afford the cost of cover.more

A list of people who have died, Democratic US presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the history of the Indian cricket league are the most popular search terms on English-language Wikipedia pages in 2024, the Wikimedia Foundation, which manages the service, has announced.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces greater state commitment to stability in the Middle East, according to a Downing Street release yesterday. Starmer was in the United Arab Emirates, where he met with President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.more

If Rafał Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki were to face each other in the second round of the presidential election, the former could count on 46 per cent support and the latter on 34 per cent. 17 per cent of respondents would not vote for either of them, according to the latest CBOS poll.more

Kylian Mbappe has admitted that he reacted with disbelief when he saw media reports from Sweden two months ago that he was under investigation for rape. The Real Madrid footballer spoke publicly on Canal Plus for the first time.more

Marriages between first cousins would be banned in the UK under a proposal to be tabled in Parliament. Conservative former minister Richard Holden said such marriages have been linked to a higher rate of birth defects and can also “reinforce negative structures and control women”.more

Dutch F-35 fighter jets intercepted three Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Friday and escorted them at a distance over international waters to the border of the NATO area of ​​responsibility, the Dutch defence ministry said on Monday.more

Most services are operating normally over the festive period apart from on the bank holidays but Transport for London advises passengers to check before they travel. Transport for London has confirmed its Christmas and new year timetables, which will mean some disruption for a week and a half. more

Due to the situation in Syria, the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf) yesterday issued a decision to stop accepting asylum applications from Syrians. The same is true in Austria and Denmark.more

In the latest world ranking of tennis players, there has been a change in the ranking of vice-leader Iga Świątek, which is a consequence of her suspension due to doping. Maja Chwalińska, who won the WTA challenger in Florianopolis, Brazil, moved up 30 positions - to a career-high 128th.more