It is impossible to talk about a standard Polish family today. Admittedly, a marriage with 1-2 children is invariably dominant, but more and more people remain childless or do not enter into marriage - explain the demographers.more
More than half of Italians do not lose hope in the difficult months of the pandemic and are already planning their summer holidays, the tourism industry reports.more
More than 17.6 million people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, official data showed on Sunday, as daily deaths and coronavirus cases slipped.more
While a quickening vaccine rollout has some U.S. officials predicting a return to normalcy by the end of this year, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said it’s “possible” the Covid-19 precaution of mask usage will linger into 2022.
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An outpouring of support from strangers is lifting up an Ohio woman who found herself in a very tough spot: Go to work to support her family but leave her children alone or stay with them and lose her job. more
Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied to live, work and study in the United Kingdom under a new visa scheme which opens up a path to British citizenship for people fleeing China’s crackdown in the former colony, The Times newspaper reported.more
54 percent of Poles are currently repaying loans or credits - according to the study of the National Debt Register. Nearly every third who have such obligations spends the borrowed money on the purchase of household appliances or audio and video devices.more
BORIS JOHNSON hailed Brexit Britain for already making its mark as a leader on global issues at a virtual session of the Munich Security Conference on Friday.more
Some of the party-goers moved from Krupowki to hotels and guesthouses. During the night from Friday to Saturday, policemen in the Tatra poviat recorded 103 interventions, and 84 people were fined, informed Roman Wieczorek, spokesman for the Zakopane police.more
Midwives in England have been told to stop using terms including “breastfeeding” and “breastmilk” when working with transgender patients as part of a new trans-friendly policy at a National Health Service trust.more
There are many more cases of violence and harassment in EU countries than official statistics show - this is the main finding of a survey by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). more
A UK company, Camellia Group, agreed to settle legal claims from a number of Kenyan and Malawian women over gross human rights abuses and rape allegations.more
Accorording to the study condacted in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria and the United States, the pandemic lockdown has changed saving behavior.more
The number of people heading out to shops across Britain increased by 1.5% last week from the previous week, a fourth straight week of rises, indicating that Britons are increasingly tiring of lockdown, industry data showed on Monday.more
Many European countries are extending restrictions introduced due to the coronavirus pandemic. The quarantine in Germany will last until March 7, in the Netherlands until March 2, in the Czech Republic until March 1. Some countries, including Italy and Austria, eased some of the restrictions.more
Anniversary of the death of St. Valentine's Day, celebrated on February 14, has been accepted as the holiday of lovers all over the world. Most places celebrate this day similarly by giving gifts to loved ones. This year, people in many countries are trying to celebrate Valentine's Day despite the coronavirus pandemic.more
The coronavirus will probably continue to circulate long-term despite the roll-out of vaccines, the head of the EU's ECDC health agency told AFP on Friday, urging Europe to keep its restrictions in place for now.more
A cross-party group of MPs has urged ministers to retain the £20 a week universal credit Covid top-up for at least another 12 months, saying failure to extend the payment would help trigger a spike in poverty not seen since the Thatcher era.more
Britain may have to keep “some measures” in place to restrict the spread of COVID-19 until its entire adult population is vaccinated, Susan Hopkins, the managing director of Public Health England, said on Thursday.more
Every third Pole misses meetings with family and friends - according to a survey by Santander Consumer Bank. The inability to play sports bothers 22 percent of respondents.more
'The curfew has been extended until Wednesday, March 3, 4:30,' the cabinet said. This is necessary because new, more contagious variants of coronavirus are gaining ground in the Netherlands, which could lead to a new wave of infectionsmore
