Portugal's general prosecutor's office has launched an investigation against seven Ukrainians residing in the country, who allegedly used threats against a Russian woman who ran a USSR souvenir shop in Braga. The Ukrainian men say they only demanded that goods promoting "Russian imperialism" be removed from the trading post.more

The authorities of Edinburgh signed the Plant Based Treaty. Thus, the city became the first European capital to officially support a plant-based diet as an important factor in the fight against the climate crisis.more

Brazilian national football team defender Dani Alves was detained yesterday morning by police in Barcelona, the Catalan capital. The former FC Barcelona player was alleged to have committed sexual assault, according to the charges.more

Canadian provincial governments face a growing problem of public health inefficiency, with a shortage of doctors and nurses. The Ontario provincial government has just announced a partial privatization, and the federal government is announcing new money.more

Researchers at Imperial College London studied life expectancy in thousands of areas alongside house prices.more

There are plenty of blockbusters in European football this weekend for fans. In London, Arsenal will face Manchester United, while in Italy, among others, Napoli will play against Salernitana.more

The fact that the forthcoming summer Olympics in Paris are being prepared with the help of illegal workers is becoming a source of political and social tension in France, the France 24 portal assessed yesterday.more

Campaigners say long delay is adding to pollution and not including glass will break manifesto pledge.more

No. 10 seed Hubert Hurkacz defeated Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov (No. 20) 7:6 (7-3), 6:4, 1:6, 4:6, 6:3 to advance to the 1/8 final of the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne.more

Skiers in Italy are required to have valid third-party liability insurance, and all under-18s must wear helmets; stopping on the slopes while intoxicated can result in a driving licence or arrest - these and other regulations were reminded on Twitter by the Polish Consulate General in Milan to Poles going skiing.more

Gdansk Airport In 2022, Lech Wałęsa served nearly 4.6 million passengers, which accounted for as much as 112 percent. more than in 2021.more

Dawid Kubacki finished second in today's ski jumping World Cup competition in Sapporo. The winner was Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi. The third place went to Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud. Right behind the podium was Kamil Stoch, Piotr Zyla was 14th.more

Annual energy bills are expected to fall to about £2,200 from July in a fillip for the government and households struggling with ballooning costs.more

Barcelona beat third-placed Ceuta 5:0 away and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Spanish Football Cup. Two goals - his first in this competition - were scored by Robert Lewandowski. Real Madrid won promotion with great difficulty.more

Ten more days of strikes by ambulance workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been announced by the Unite union.more

Contrary to widespread belief, the majority of Western companies have not withdrawn from Russia since the start of the aggression in Ukraine, writes think-tank Eurointelligence in an analysis citing two studies by the Swiss University of St Gallen and the US-based Yale. The G7 and EU companies that still have subsidiaries in Russia are 19.5 per cent from Germany and 12.4 per cent from the US.more

Downing Street says PM made ‘brief error of judgment’ by removing safety device as he promoted levelling-up funding in Instagram video when he visited Lancashire.more

Defending champions Manchester City were losing 0:2 at home to Tottenham Hotspur until the break, but eventually beat the Londoners 4:2 in an outstanding English Premier League football match.more

CIA Director William J. Burns made a secret visit to Kiev last week. He briefed President Volodymyr Zelensky on his predictions for Russia's future military strategy in the context of the recent massive attacks on Bakhmut, among others, and Ukraine's preparations for a counter-offensive.more

Prince William is facing a substantial dip in popularity in the U.K. after his brother, Prince Harry, shared some not-so-flattering revelations about the heir to the throne in his new memoir, Spare. more

France's eight largest union centres have agreed that further strikes and protests against the government's proposed pension reform will take place on Tuesday 31 January. The decision was announced last night, the first day of nationwide protests in which more than one million people participated, according to the Interior Ministry.more

Juventus Turin advanced to the quarter-finals of the Italian Football Cup by beating Monza 2:1 at home. Polish national team goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny spent the entire match on the substitutes' bench for the hosts, while Arkadiusz Milik was introduced in the 82nd minute.more

At midnight on Thursday-Friday, another deadline passed for the formation of a government in Northern Ireland, but as expected, the political parties there failed to break the deadlock that had been in place since last February.more

In the provincial offices, which report to the Prime Minister, spending and employment have increased dramatically under the Law and Justice government, reports the 'Rzeczpospolita' today.more

Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals for a team made up of An-Nassr and Al-Hilal players, but it was Paris Saint-Germain, with Lionel Messi in the line-up, who won a 5:4 friendly match in Riyadh. This is another, perhaps the last, installment of a direct duel between these great footballers.more