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Briton’s are creatures of habit and have picked up at least five new rituals as a result of being home more than usual during the pandemic. A study of 2,000 adults revealed that more than a third have picked up “good” habits during lockdown.more

A record number of 1 205 coronavirus infections were detected in the last 24 hours in Ireland, the country's health ministry said yesterday. Another three deaths due to Covid-19 were also recorded.more

The restrictions related to the epidemic resulted in a large drop in the number of marriages. The data of the Central Statistical Office show that in the first half of 2020 over 37 thousand marriages, by approx. 29 thousand less than in the same period a year ago. The number of deaths in the first half of the year fell by approx. 700.more

It is estimated that up to a third of the population will not develop Covid-19 - Polish geneticist and biologist prof. Marek Sanak saidmore

We can get a fine for eating a waffle or smoking a cigarette in the street. Reason? There is no derogation from the obligation to wear a mask - and with the face mask it is difficult to eat, drink or smoke - writes today's Rzeczpospolita.more

51 percent of Poles misjudge the course of things in the country, and 28 percent think the opposite, according to a Kantar survey conducted at the beginning of October.more

Amazon is facing boycott calls over its business practices and a strike in Germany as its Prime Day sale begins.more

UK unemployment rose to 4.5% in three months, the highest level in more than three years, and the number of layoffs was the highest since 2009, the National Statistics Office (ONS) reported.more

Londoners who flout coronavirus restrictions are less likely to be fined than people in most other regions of England and Wales, police data shows.more

More people are being born without wisdom teeth and an extra artery in their arm as a result of a human "microevolution" in recent years, a study has found.more

Over 40 per cent of Spaniards support establishing a republic following the abrupt departure abroad of former king Juan Carlos amid a cloud of scandals, according to a poll published on Monday.more

Less food was wasted in Poland during the lockdown caused by the coronavirus in Poland, according to the analyzes of researchers from the University of Life Sciences in Poznań. Fruit, vegetables and dairy products in particular were thrown away less frequently.more

From October 15, from 10:00 to 12:00 in shops and pharmacies there will be hours for seniors, informed Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The head of the Ministry of Health, Adam Niedzielski, assured that the number of beds and ventilators for COVID-19 patients will increase in hospitals. The government also donated PLN 38 million to the DPS.more

One of the severities of the pandemic in Spain is youth unemployment - 44% unemployed persons were less than 25 years old. This is the most, after Greece, in the EU and three times more than the EU average of 17.6%. - notes the portal 20minutos.es.more

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for its efforts to combat hunger. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the WFP had acted "as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict".more

PKN Orlen is in talks with the German publishing house Verlagsgruppe Passau (VGP) about the purchase of its Polish branch, Polska Press, the British weekly The Economist reported yesterday evening.more

European Commission today adopted a 10-year plan to support Romani people in the EU. "Many Romani people continue to experience discrimination and racism. We cannot accept this" said the deputy head of the European Commission Viera Jourova.more

Boris Johnson has vowed to defeat Covid and build a better country over the next decade in his leader's speech to the virtual Conservative conference.more

Compliance with the restrictions is not only our duty to ourselves, but also our responsibility for other people - emphasized yesterday Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski. Thus, he announced a "zero tolerance policy" for non-compliance with the restrictions.more

The age at which most people start to receive the state pension has now officially hit 66 after steady rises in the qualifying age in recent years.more

Minister Marlene Schiappa, responsible for citizenship in the Ministry of the Interior, announced on Monday that polygamists would be deported from France and that the production of “virginity certificates” for women and girls was prohibited.more

A nationwide move to Level 3 restrictions for the next three weeks has been confirmed this evening by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.more

Boris Johnson is being urged to show he has got his "mojo" back, as the Conservatives' virtual conference gets under way.more

Norway will allow most amateur team sports to resume in mid-October and permit larger crowds at matches, as the government looks to ease nationwide restrictions enforced to contain the coronavirus epidemic.more

The Prime Minister is set to deliver an update to the public today as the number of coronavirus cases has reached its highest level since the start of the pandemic. more