Estonia calls for VAT reduction for food
The head of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Toomas Luman, has called on the government to reduce the value-added tax (VAT)…
Category: World
Trump accuses Xi of conspiring
US President Donald Trump has accused Chinese President Xi Jinping of plotting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,…
WHO calls for increased budget for mental health
Europe spends more on improving the mental health of its population than any other region in the world, but with such high rates…
Britain suspends migrant applications for family reunification
Britain has said it will suspend applications from asylum seekers already in the country who request to bring in other family members to…
Experts: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) has issued a statement saying that Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip meet the UN definition…
Von der Leyen’s plane suffers GPS jamming; blames Russia
The GPS of the plane of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has suffered jamming on its way to Bulgaria, and Russia…
Power outages – is Lithuania at risk?
In the spring, large parts of Spain and Portugal were left without electricity for about ten hours after a power outage, which renewed…
Australia to ban children from social media; seeks age verification methods
Australia could use a wide range of technologies to restrict children’s access to social media, but each has its own weaknesses, writes the…
Britain uses drones and dogs to fight the eight-toothed bark beetle
As in continental Europe, forests in Britain are also threatened by the eight-toothed bark beetle – a small but voracious beetle that reproduces…
