Fraud and error on the main universal credit benefit have reached record levels, according to new official figures. According to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), £8.4bn was lost in 2020-21, up from £4.6bn the previous year.more
Introducing a curfew or a ban on moving between provinces for people who do not want to be vaccinated in Poland - suggests prof. Miłosz Parczewski, one of the prime minister's pandemic advisers.more
Thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians on Saturday in major European cities including London, Berlin, Madrid and Paris, as the worst violence in years raged between Israel and militants in Gaza.more
GPs in France report that more and more people in the country are refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 with AstraZeneca. Patients cancel their visits demanding access to mRNA vaccines.more
Scottish police ordered the release on Thursday of two Indian men who had been detained by British immigration officials, after hundreds of protesters in Glasgow blocked the path of a van carrying the detainees.more
In 55 years, the divorce rate has more than doubled in Europe: from 0.8 per 1 thousand. people in 1964 to 1.8 in 2019 - Eurostat reported today. In the same period, the number of marriages per 1 thousand inhabitants fell from 8.0 to 4.3.more
People should "live responsibly" with Covid and stay vigilant to the risks as England's lockdown is further eased, the PM has told a No 10 briefing.more
Boris Johnson is set to announce some huge changes to lockdown restrictions at a 5pm press conference today. Dozens of Covid rules are finally expected to lifted from May 17 following months of harsh rules. more
Dutch people cook less at home and love ordering take-out food, according to research by the FoodService Institute (FSIN), the results of which were published yesterday in the daily De Telegraaf.more
Alcohol killed more people in 2020 in England and Wales than in any of the previous 20 years, official data shows. There were 7,423 deaths from alcohol misuse last year - a rise of 20% from 2019, the Office for National Statistics says.more
The Dutch Institute of Public Health (RIVM) has conducted a study which shows that 45 percent of people quarantined after returning from a high-risk country do not comply.more
Most Greeks want Germany to pay for their country's destruction in World War II. According to research conducted by various centers, support for reparations ranges from 90 to as much as 97 percent.more
What in the centenary of the establishment of Northern Ireland unites all residents is their commitment to the peace process, because no one wants to return to the past problems, but how to avoid it is already a controversial issue - says Prof David Phinnemore of Queen's University Belfast.more
Thirty percent of the Dutch population does not want to take the corona vaccine out of a fear of needles. AINAR offers a solution in the form of a game app.
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"I believe that the time is coming when we will return to the tracks of normal life; it is also a matter of the vaccination program," President Andrzej Duda said yesterday. However, he indicated that he would like vaccinations to remain optional.more
UK clubbers have returned to the dance floor for the first time since the pandemic began, as part of trials to see how venues can reopen. Some 6,000 partygoers are expected at a warehouse in Liverpool across a two-day event that started on Friday.more
The Irish government has announced a phased relaxation of its strict Covid-19 lockdown over the next six weeks. The country has been at Level Five, its highest level of restrictions, since Christmas.more
The popularity of the Dutch royal family has gone down compared to previous years and support for the monarchy has taken a significant hit as well, the annual King’s Day survey has shown.more
Vaccination is slowly growing in popularity in Poland. Poles appreciate the government positively for organizing the action - the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more
The Majority of people in Northern Ireland and the Republic fear a return to violence in the north is entirely possible. A new BBC show which aired last night looked at Northern Ireland's past, present and future as communities prepare to celebrate 100 years since its creation after the Republic won its independence from Britain.more
Thousands have gathered on London’s Oxford Street yesterday (April 24) to protest current lockdown restrictions. At least 10,000 people attended the protest today, with local shoppers reportedly heckled by some of those on the demonstration.more
74 percent of Poles, 8 percentage points more than in March, have a bad opinion of what is happening in the country in April, and 21 percent are of the opposite opinion, according to data published by Kantar.more
