Thursday, 30 January 2025 20:37
Italy: social media tourists overwhelm ski resort
A surge of ten thousand unexpected day-trippers overwhelmed the Italian ski resort of Roccaraso after viral social media posts promoted the area’s heavy snowfall. Influencer Rita De Crescenzo’s videos encouraged budget tour companies to offer cheap…
Thursday, 23 January 2025 22:04
Trade: EU’s desire to negotiate with Trump
The EU has signalled its readiness to negotiate with Donald Trump, hoping to avoid a damaging trade conflict. Ursula von der Leyen highlighted growing global competition and warned against trade policies that disrupt economic bonds. Trump’s…
Thursday, 23 January 2025 22:01
Netherlands: government has to reduce nitrogen pollution
A Dutch court has ruled that prime minister Dick Schoof’s government must intensify efforts to reduce nitrogen pollution in protected areas, marking a legal victory for Greenpeace. Half of the country’s vulnerable habitats must meet nitrogen…
Thursday, 23 January 2025 21:59
Turkey: 76 killed in hotel fire
A devastating fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort has killed at least 76 people, marking one of the country’s deadliest hotel fires. Survivors reported that fire alarms failed to activate, and…
Thursday, 16 January 2025 21:30
Poland / Ukraine: agreement on exhumation of WW2 massacre victims
Tensions between Poland and Ukraine have been strained for years over the Volhynia Massacre, in which Ukrainian paramilitary forces killed around 100,000 Polish civilians during World War 2. Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has now announced…
Thursday, 16 January 2025 21:23
Georgia: former PM brutally attacked
Giorgi Gakharia, former prime minister and leader of the opposition party For Georgia, is in hospital with facial and head injuries, after a brutal assault by several men in a hotel lobby. His health was later…