Agriculture minister Marek Sawicki has said that cabbage and pepper growers may be the first Polish farmers to receive compensation in connection with Russia’s import ban. Vegetables that would normally be exported to Russia will have to be withdrawn from … Read More
Federal justice minister Heiko Maas will seek to criminalize the buying and selling of stolen data following Tuesday’s news of the mass theft of login details by a Russian hacker group. “At the moment we’re checking how we can close … Read More
Do you want to track how much ozone, black carbon and other pollutants you are exposed to when out cycling or walking? This is possible with an app – AirProbe – combined with a small sensor box. Partners from Belgium, … Read More
Because of the upcoming sanctions authorized by the Russian President, food producers in Latvia urge to create crisis management measures that would assist entrepreneurs and employers. Agriculture market promotion centre’s manager Ingūna Gulbe has said in an interview to Rīta … Read More
Russia may restrict or impose a ban on Asian-bound European airlines from flying over its Siberian territory as part of a retaliatory move against western-imposed sanctions. On Tuesday (5 August), President Vladimir Putin asked his government to draw up counter … Read More
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are considering to recognize the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as terrorist organizations, Baltic diplomats in Kiev have stated. “The Latvian Foreign Ministry has already stated that it is prepared to do this,” Latvian Ambassador … Read More
The European Commission has adopted today the Danish national Operational Programme for the implementation of the European Social Fund in the period 2014-2020. This programme outlines the priorities and objectives to spend €400 million (of which over 200 from the … Read More
Up to now, sunrise to sunset was the limit for staying on unmarked private land. Not anymore, so feel free to spend the night. A ban on picking berries and mushrooms must be separately signified by owner. Since Friday, new … Read More
Poland may ask for up to 500 million euro in compensation for fruit and vegetable growers hurt by the Russian import ban, depriving farmers of one of their main export markets. Following Russia’s introduction this month on a ban on … Read More
In a country of a hundred thousand lakes, it may surprise you to find out that 32 percent of Finnish adults cannot swim. But one swimming instructor tells Yle that despite the shame some grown-ups feel about taking swimming lessons, … Read More
German plans to impose a highway toll on foreign drivers are against EU law, according to research from Germany’s own parliament. Lawyers from the parliament’s Research Services presented a 23-page report stating that Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt’s plan would lead to … Read More
68% of Lithuanians support permanent presence of NATO forces in their country, a public opinion poll by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence shows. About 85 percent of respondents expressed the view that Lithuania’s security was enhanced due to NATO’s deployment … Read More
Despite a shortage of nurses in many parts of Sweden, last year 1,300 Swedish nurses obtained Norwegian nursing licenses - one third of all the nurses who graduated in Sweden during the year. Statistics from Norway’s social and health services … Read More
Two thirds of Berlin’s 12,000 tourist apartments advertised on sites such as Airbnb were being run illegally from Friday following a law change, leaving hosts open to potential punishment. People renting out their apartments to tourists had until Thursday to … Read More
Since the Kaliningrad amber Company intends to place the export of its goods until further on ice, the Polish Amber processors and sellers think about how they might come in the future to the coveted commodities. As is well known, the … Read More
Finnish experts and politicians are divided over the impact of the latest EU sanctions against Russian individuals and firms. A new list of Russians subject to European Union sanctions over the Ukrainian crisis includes Arkady Rotenberg, co-owner of the Helsinki … Read More
Latvians volunteering to fight on the behalf of Ukraine’s breakaway eastern provinces could find themselves charged with terrorism offenses, Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis said Wednesday. Speaking on LTV’s Rita Panorama morning news show, Kozlovskis said changes to existing laws might … Read More
The government today decided to back a bill to allow 16-year-olds to vote in local elections, a move which would need amendments to the Constitution. The change in the Constitution would need the approval of two parliaments, which means if … Read More
In the last Calls of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) Programme the European Commission selected a total of 106 projects that will benefit from over €320 million in EU support for improving transport infrastructure across Europe. The 52 projects selected … Read More
Following the decision of the EU to impose further sanctions on Moscow, Russia decided on Tuesday to place an embargo on the import of Polish fruit and vegetables. Officially, the decision was taken as Russian sanitary inspectors claim that Polish … Read More