Euthanasia is permitted in Belgium despite being illegal in the vast majority of EU countries A terminally ill Belgian woman was ‘euthanized’ by suffocation with a pillow by a doctor after lethal drugs she requested to be administered to her to voluntarily end her life proved to be insufficient, according to reports by Belgian media.

Rising energy prices and higher living costs might spark protests and create fertile ground for radicals, German media outlets warn Germany’s federal and regional governments are bracing for a potential wave of protests which might come this autumn or winter, the state-funded ARD and RBB broadcasters reported this week.

The unemployment level in Russia plunged to a new all-time low of 3.2% in May, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Policy Tatyana Golikova said on Friday. According to the official, the number of jobless people recorded last month was 516,000, which is a 48,000 decline from the beginning of the year.