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Faced with sharply rising coronavirus cases, the caretaker prime minister of the Netherlands said Tuesday that the Dutch government is reinstituting an order to wear face masks in public places like stores and libraries and mandating an extension for the use of COVID-19 passes.more

Households will remain worse off than they were before the pandemic until 2023, the UK's independent forecaster has warned. more

51 percent Poles believe that homosexuality is admittedly a deviation from the norm, but it should be tolerated. 23 percent considers it normal, and 17 percent. as abnormal, which should not be tolerated - says CBOS.more

E-cigarettes could soon be prescribed on the NHS in England to help people stop smoking tobacco products.more

The hearing in the case of the Turów mine will be held at the Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg on November 9, the CJEU said in a press release.more

Fears of coronavirus infection have increased compared to September, the CBOS survey indicated. 51 percent of respondents fear coronavirus infection, while 48 percent have no such concerns.more

Sweden has the largest poverty gap in the EU between children born in the country and those from migrant families, to the detriment of the latter, according to a report published on Wednesday by the NGO Save the Children.more

President Andrzej Duda continues to be the country’s most trusted politician, ahead of the prime minister and the leader of the grassroots movement Poland 2050, a new poll has found.more

Supermarket’s latest addition tipped to challenge dominance of oat, almond and soy alt-milksmore

In the last 12 months, the fewest children have been born in Poland since the end of World War II - the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" reports.more

Sajid Javid has rejected calls to move immediately to Plan B following mounting pressure on the Government over the weekend.more

The majority of UK employers are planning to hire staff over the next 12 months, the highest recruitment intentions in eight years, as Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic have caused acute shortages of workers in sectors ranging from haulage to hospitality and social care.more

The Dutch government may impose new coronavirus restrictions to reduce pressure on hospitals struggling to deal with a swelling number of COVID-19 patients, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said on Monday.more

New coronavirus infections in the Netherlands jumped 44% in the week through Tuesday, forcing several hospitals in the country to cut back on regular care to deal with a rising number of COVID-19 cases.more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said "strong investment in public services" will be at the heart of his plans for rebuilding the economy when he sets out his Budget next week.more

Unvaccinated people in Austria could face new lockdown restrictions if coronavirus case numbers continue to rise, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said.more

After several phases of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy, the need for help from exorcists is growing. Earlier, for sanitary reasons, there was a decrease in requests for such a rite.more

Family doctors secretly vaccinate against the coronavirus in the town of Staphorst in the Netherlands, located in the so-called Bible Belt. "Some residents want to take a drug against the coronavirus, but are afraid of the judgment of the religious community" - explains Dr. Reza Pezeshki Nia, quoted by RTL Nieuwmore

Nine out of 10 people would vote the same way again, but leavers feel better about UK politics since Brexit.more

Lack of doctors, problems with getting to a specialist and distant appointments mean that more and more often we look for help in the private health service. It turns out that it is quite easy to go abroad for help - informs today "Rzeczpospolita".more

Households could be banned from mixing under a potential ‘Plan C’ for winter, it has been reported. Cabinet Office officials are said to be discussing proposals for a clamp down on socialising if booster jabs don’t bring the virus under control by Christmas.more

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, yesterday called on the US Congress to establish paid parental leave. The US is the only developed country that does not guarantee this.more

Centrepoint estimates 121,000 homeless or at risk, with analysis showing black people disproportionally affected. more

Cases of psychosis have soared over the past two years in England as an increasing number of people experience hallucinations and delusional thinking amid the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic.more

The Spanish government intends to launch procedures to ban prostitution, announced Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the congress of the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).more