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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

At the weekend, in the 18th district of Paris, the organisation Je Consomme Noir (I consume black) organised a Christmas market exclusively for black exhibitors and traders. Parisians complain about racial discrimination after this event.more

About half of humanity still lacks access to the internet and digital technologies that accelerate development in the modern world, UN Deputy Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin highlighted at the UN Digital Summit - IGF 2021 in Katowice, Poland.more

During Saturday's protests in Berlin against new restrictions on the coronavirus outbreak, several journalists were attacked by demonstrators, the daily Bild reports.more

More than eight days of power outage following a snowstorm is "totally unacceptable", UK Business and Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng said today. Meanwhile, meteorologists forecast another snowstorm next week.more

Not so long ago, if you asked Poles what kind of Christmas they missed, most would say snow outside the window. And although 27 percent of Poles declare a longing for snow on Christmas, we definitely dream more of holidays with our loved ones. more

16.1 percent of working Poles are considering economic emigration in the coming year, twice as many as before the pandemic, according to the study "Earnings Migrations of Poles". It added that Germany would still be the most preferred destination.more

An average of two people died homeless every day of 2020 as the country struggled with the Covid-19 outbreak. more

The competences of the Polish Institute of Family and Demography, which PiS deputies want to establish, go far beyond demographic research. For example, the president of the institution will be able to take part in cases concerning minors, writes today's "Rzeczpospolita".more

A typical UK family will spend £1,700 more per year on household costs in 2022, according to a forecast for BBC Panorama. more