In recent days, the presence of Russian naval vessels in waters under Portuguese jurisdiction has significantly increased, said the commander of the Portuguese Navy, Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo.more

Madeira, the land of eternal spring, is a true paradise for nature lovers and hikers. This Portuguese island offers a range of trails and trekking routes. At the end of October, tourists who value active leisure had to pay a fee to walk the seven most popular trails. From January, the fee will apply to over 30 hiking trails.more

The New Zealand Parliament was suspended after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill to reinterpret an 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori. The controversial legislation is seen by many Maori and their supporters as undermining the rights of the country’s Indigenous people, who make up around 20% of the population of 5.3 million.more

Countries such as Denmark and Sweden have been among the happiest countries in the world for years. Referring to this, representatives of the Oresund region, also called Greater Copenhagen - covering eastern Denmark and southern Sweden, give "quality of life insurance" to those who move there. It is a kind of guarantee that their life and its quality will improve.more

We should do everything so that next year the war will end through diplomatic means, Volodymyr Zelensky stated today. He noted that talks with Russia are possible “provided Ukraine is not alone and is strong.”more

A few weeks before the winter season in Italy opens, the tourism industry is predicting a record-breaking arrivals. The number of foreign tourists will increase, above all. Poles are listed as the top foreigners heading to mountain resorts.more

An African woman is apparently ‘free’ on the island of Madeira after having given birth to a baby on a flight from Guinea-Bissau to Lisbon and relinquishing it to the care of authorities, saying she did could “not afford to keep the child financially or emotionally”.more

A Polish national who ran as a candidate in Iceland’s upcoming parliamentary elections is wanted by police in Poland. Icelandic media reported that Polish authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Christopher G. Krystynuson – who was previously listed in Poland’s population register as Krzysztof Gajowski – for financial fraud.more

The Norwegian parliament has adopted a report documenting decades of denationalization of ethnic minorities living in the north of the country. The authorities in Oslo have apologized to the Sami, Kwen and Forest Finns for years of suffering, harassment and destruction of their cultures and languages.more

President-elect Donald Trump's advisers are exerting pressure to ‘freeze’ the Ukrainian-Russian conflict and create a more than 1,200-kilometre demilitarised zone, US 'Newsweek' reported yesterday. According to the 'Wall Street Journal', the zone would be overseen by European forces, including Polish forces.more

The end of the year is a time for summing up, also in the tourism industry. One of the latest published analyses concerns which cities were the most popular places for weekend trips. It turns out that this year the city break category was dominated by Paris, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca.more

The European Commission on Tuesday called on Apple to end geo-blocking, which is illegal in the EU. An investigation by EU consumer organisations revealed, among other things, that users of Apple apps in one member state have access to different services than users of the same apps in another EU country.more

InPost has launched an international delivery service between Poland and France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, the company said in an announcement yesterday. The company plans to expand this list to include the UK in the future as well.more

A lack of warning systems and problems with the flow of information, as well as the long dinner of regional chief executive Carlos Mazon, had a bearing on the extent of the tragedy during the floods in Valencia in eastern Spain, the UK's ‘Financial Times’ reported yesterday.more

US President Joe Biden welcomed his successor Donald Trump to the White House yesterday, expressing hope for a smooth transition of power. Trump thanked Biden, acknowledging that ‘politics is tough in many cases’.more

A malnourished emperor penguin has been found in Australia for the first time - more than 2,200 miles north of the Antarctic coast. The adult male was discovered on 1 November on a tourist beach in the town of Denmark in southwest Australia.more

Russia has brought the war back to Europe, and even troops from North Korea. The threat of an armed attack on an EU member state is higher than at any time since the end of the Cold War, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, speaking yesterday at the Finnish-Swedish cooperation forum in Espoo.more

Billionaire Elon Musk has been meeting with Trump every day since November 5, the day President-elect Donald Trump was elected, influencing personnel decisions in the new administration, ABC News reports. The New York Times reports that he suggested hiring SpaceX employees in the Defense Department.more

Albania, years ago a closed country ruled by dictatorship, now attracts millions of tourists a year; more and more of them are seeking aesthetic medicine there, i.e. a more beautiful smile or fuller bust, reported the website of N1 TV, which broadcasts in the Balkan countries.more

The economic policies announced by US President-elect Donald Trump could elevate the exchange rate of the US currency; a strong dollar would in turn affect global trade and finance, stifling growth in other parts of the world, the UK's ‘Economist’ weekly assessed.more

Controls will be reintroduced at the Netherlands' land borders on 9 December and will remain in place for six months, the immigration and asylum ministry said yesterday. This is part of the anti-immigration campaign of the government coalition led by Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV), Reuters estimated.more

The European Commission yesterday dismissed media reports that it intended to send troops from European countries to Ukraine as part of a US plan to ‘freeze the war’ in the country.more

Copenhagen authorities yesterday announced the launch of a campaign to attract educated Americans who are disappointed by Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.more

Ryanair’s profits have dropped by nearly a fifth, as lower peak-season fares met higher costs that the airline blamed partly on problems at Boeing. Summer fares were down by an average 7% as Ryanair cut prices to keep its planes full, carrying 9% more passengers from April to September this year than last.more

We expect that diseases such as West Nile virus, or others transmitted by mosquitoes, will be encountered more and more frequently in our environment,' noted biologist and parasitologist, Professor Maciej Grzybek. He pointed out that the health system must be prepared to act.more