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Vegan dishes will often be served on British tables during these world events, according to a study by the British Vegan Society (VS). A report by one of the main British supermarket chains, Tesco, indicates that every fourth British adult will prepare vegan or vegetarian dishes this Christmas.more

Elderly residents at a retirement complex in Kent have been threatened with fines by “Scrooge” housing association bosses who are refusing to let them put up Christmas decorations.more

56 percent of Poles treat Christmas as a family holiday. Only 6% of respondents plan to spend Christmas Eve with friends or close acquaintances from outside the family, according to this year's CBOS survey. Almost all Poles make Christmas Eve wishes, eat traditional dishes and share the wafer.more

In December the traffic in shopping centers is by one fourth bigger than a year ago. Despite this, the Internet sales are also growing at a record pace, which shows that Poles do not save money on Christmas - reports today's "Rzeczpospolita".more

Investec says regulator or government will have to implement ‘mitigating actions’ to soften blow.more

A quarter of Poles will reduce family holidays in connection with the pandemic - according to the latest United Surveys study for DGP and RMF FM, quoted in the Tuesday edition of the daily.more

Members of the public have been urged to reduce contact with others as Dominic Raab said he cannot rule out more restrictions before Christmas.more

Pret A Manger has received thousands of complaints over its drinks subscription service following frustration that not all promised beverages are available.more

"We want a veto!" - this is the most frequent exclamation during yesterday's demonstration in defense of freedom of speech in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw. Leaders of all opposition groups, representatives of social organizations and journalists took the floor.more

UK shoppers chose to avoid High Streets and city centres on the crucial weekend just before Christmas, amid fears over the Omicron Covid-19 variant.more

Since the beginning of December, protests against pandemic restrictions have increased significantly in Germany. In terms of the number of demonstrations and participants, almost all federal states have seen an increase of up to three times, the RND portal wrote yesterday.more

Unemployment in the Netherlands fell to its lowest level since 2003 and stood at 2.7 percent in November. - The Netherlands Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reports. November's figures are the lowest since the measurement began.more

The UK Supreme Court yesterday unanimously rejected a challenge to the inability to issue gender-neutral passports to people who identify as neither male nor female.more

As a result of the pandemic, the life expectancy of Poles has fallen by 1.4 years. In this respect we have one of the worst results in Europe. We are also in second place with the number of excess deaths - writes "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" today.more

Last night, thousands of people again protested in many German cities against the restrictions imposed in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. The police had to intervene during the illegal demonstrations. More than a dozen officers were injured, German media reported today.more

Nearly one in two Poles (48.8%) will do less shopping for Christmas this year, according to the SW Research survey published yesterday on rp.pl. 24.2% of respondents do not plan to save money over Christmas.more

The capital’s new LGBTQ+ Community Centre has opened its doors for a six-month trial period.more

Less than a half (47%) of adult Poles remember the exact date of the introduction of martial law, i.e. December 13, 1981, while almost one fifth (19%) do not know this date at all, according to a CBOS poll conducted in November.more

President Andrzej Duda is trusted by 43 percent of respondents, while Poland 2050 leader Szymon Holownia and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki are trusted by 39 percent each, the CBM Indicator poll shows. In the distrust ranking, PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński came first (57 percent).more

71 percent of Poles surveyed assess the living conditions in Poland as harmful to mental health. Only 17 percent of Poles have the opposite opinion, according to the CBOS survey "Mental health of Poles".more

More than 274,000 people are homeless in England — with a ‘rising tide’ of evictions leaving many families facing a desperately uncertain winter. more

In the Canary Islands, where there are already around 2 000 immigrant minors who have entered the Spanish archipelago illegally, protests by local residents are growing. The demonstrations are a form of expression of opposition to the crimes increasingly committed by the young arrivals.more

Just 9 per cent of Britons believe assurances that there was no Christmas party in Downing Street during last year's lockdown and only 12 per cent believe Prime Minister Boris Johnson is telling the truth on the matter, according to a poll published yesterday.more

The American multi-billionaire not only produces electric cars under the Tesla brand and space rockets under the SpaceX brand. He is also the co-founder of the neurotechnology company Neuralink, and this company has been developing chips to improve brain function for several years. The influential businessman said that after experiments on pigs and monkeys, the time has just come for humans.more

Already 68 per cent of employees believe that reducing the working week to four days would have a positive impact on their health, according to a survey commissioned by Personnel Service. Those against it include the self-employed and the over-55s.more