The Polish national football team has moved up from 31st to 30th place in the latest FIFA ranking. World champions Argentina remain the leader, ahead of France and England. There was no change in the top 10.more

The Residential Tenancies Board has said it will resume charging late fees to landlords who fail to register a tenancy on time — more than a year after suspending the penalties due to significant delays and backlogs. The regulator said the move comes after it had “worked continuously to address the issues and concerns raised by users of the platform”.more

The number of sick leaves issued for mental and behavioural disorders is increasing, these include depression, neurosis and reactions to severe stress, according to data from the Social Insurance Institution. In 2023, the Social Insurance Institution received 8.7 per cent more such exemptions than in 2022.more

In the decades spent waiting to ascend to the throne, King Charles has always ensured he maintained a strict diet and rigid daily exercise routine. The 75-year-old monarch was diagnosed with a form of cancer on Monday, after a check up last month found an unrelated, enlarged prostate that proved to be benign.more

In the north-western Spanish city of Vigo, there are more dogs and cats than children and adolescents, according to regional government statistics published by Atlantica TV.more

Poland's national football team will play in a two-legged qualifying round for Euro 2024 in Germany in March, but the Polish Football Association (PZPN) must already be preparing for possible participation in the tournament. Three potential bases have been selected - near Bremen, in Berlin and Dortmund.more

The UK fell into recession during the final three months of last year, official figures show, after the economy shrank by more than expected. Gross domestic product - a key measure of economic activity - dropped by 0.3%.more

A mother-of-three has warned “the right to fall in love with a foreigner is something that only rich people can have” as incoming Home Office visa changes threaten to split her family up. Families which face uncertainty over the “draconian” measures are presenting petitions, which have garnered more than 250,000 signatures, to Downing Street on Valentine’s Day.more

Tube insiders on Wednesday raised alarming new concerns about the state of the Central line — and warned that passengers faced years of chaos due to “inexcusable” delays in upgrading the clapped-out trains. Whistle-blowers contacted the Evening Standard to reveal a multitude of “foreseeable” problems on the line caused by years of under-investment.more

Bayern Munich's players unexpectedly lost to Lazio 0:1 in Rome in the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League. On the other hand, Paris Saint-Germain won confidently, beating Real Sociedad 2:0 at home. The replays in these pairs will be played on 5 March.more

The Conservative Party, which has been ruling in Great Britain for 14 years, is in danger of falling into political irrelevance after this year's elections to the House of Commons. According to a poll published yesterday by the Daily Mirror, it would only have 80 of the 365 seats won in 2019.more

We cannot show the same weakness towards Vladimir Putin as we did towards Hitler in the 1930s, because the same will come for more, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron wrote yesterday, calling on American congressmen to adopt the aid package for Ukraine.more

Victoria Azarenka will be the rival of world ranking leader and defending champion Iga Swiatek in the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Doha. The Belarusian tennis player defeated Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6:0, 6:4 in the 1/8 final.more

The Body Shop has collapsed into administration in the UK less than three months after it was taken over by a private equity company, in a move that puts more than 2,200 jobs at risk at the cosmetics chain. Aurelius, the German company that bought The Body Shop for £207m in November, said it had been unable to revive the fortunes of the business after dismal trading over Christmas and new year.more

Influencers from six countries, paid by the British Ministry of Home Affairs, will use TikTok to persuade their compatriots not to make illegal attempts to cross the English Channel to Great Britain, The Times revealed yesterday.more

Mike Turner, head of the Intelligence Committee in the House of Representatives (the lower house of the US Congress), announced yesterday that the committee had shared information about a "serious threat to national security" with all members of Congress. Turner did not specify the nature of this threat.more

Footballer Quincy Promes has been sentenced to six years in prison by a district court in Amsterdam for smuggling more than a tonne of cocaine into the Netherlands. However, the Spartak Moscow player will not end up behind bars as Russia does not have an extradition agreement with the Netherlands.more

Campaigners say renters served notices of increases of 30% to 60% in advance of cap and other emergency protections ending.more

An increased Garda presence in Dublin, a crackdown on youth offenders, more 24-hour public transport, and safe taxi hubs are among the proposals made to the government by DublinTown.more

The British are facing a shortage of their national drink - tea. The reason is attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on ships passing through the Red Sea, through which most of the tea reaching Britain is transported.more

Polish confectioner Rafał Perz has won a competition for the best semla this year in Stockholm. These yeasty buns with almond paste and whipped cream were enjoyed by Swedes on Tuesday, the last day of the carnival.more

Scam involves more than 700 healthcare workers who used proxies to pass test in Nigeria enabling them to work in the UK.more

"We are all incredibly motivated for the year ahead and on this 'journey' we will give everything we have to get back to the top." - announced British driver Lewis Hamilton, who is entering his final season competing in Mercedes colours, at Silverstone today.more

Violence and abuse against shop workers rose to 1,300 incidents a day last year, according to a leading trade body. Incidents against staff were up by 50% in the year to September 2023, up from 870 incidents a day the year before.more

Kinoteka 2024 has just announced a full program of feature films and special events. The festival will start on March 6 and last until March 28.more