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Barcelona offers 60,000 euros for residents to install elevators

Barcelona has launched a generous grant program offering residents up to 60,000 euros to install elevators and improve their homes. In Greece, emergency services successfully rescued 70 migrants found stranded south of Crete. Meanwhile, Ukraine secured a 300 million euro initiative to rebuild its battered power grid, and Cyprus announced a timely tax reduction on heating fuel ahead of the winter months.

Bright spots across Europe

🗣️  Belgium — Children master English via YouTube

Many children are now proficient in English before their first formal school lesson, having bypassed the classroom in favor of social media and streaming platforms.

✈️  Bosnia and Herzegovina — Mostar Airport plans terminal expansion

Mostar Airport is preparing for a busy year with projections of over 70,000 passengers, prompting a planned expansion of its terminal facilities.

🚌  Bulgaria — Extra-long buses arrive in the capital

The first 20-meter-long buses have arrived in Sofia as part of a fleet modernization project.

⛽  Cyprus — Heating fuel tax expected to drop

A reduction in the tax on heating fuel is expected to take effect this Friday, providing some seasonal relief for households.

💡  Germany — Investment summit targets AI ‘treasure trove’

At an investment summit in Berlin, an economist noted that the country's data reserves are a ‘treasure trove’ for AI growth, while Friedrich Merz sought a signal effect to boost the domestic economy.

🫂  Greece — Seventy migrants brought to safety off Crete

A rescue operation successfully saved 70 migrants about 52 nautical miles south of Crete, bringing them safely to the island.

🏠  Ireland — Cork apartments offered at 25% discount

New apartments in Cork City are being made available to local workers at 25% below market rates.

📱  Latvia — Home Guard volunteer builds drone-spotting app

A member of the Latvian Home Guard is developing a mobile application to help citizens and soldiers identify drones, turning a hobby into a national security tool.

🔌  Malta — Second Sicily power link nears completion

Work on the second electricity interconnector with Sicily is almost finished, with 92% of the land cable now installed.

➕  Moldova — Cabinet plans to increase social benefits

The Cabinet of Ministers intends to raise several social benefits and amend the regulations for repaying unjustified payments to the state.

📈  Montenegro — Parliamentary vote clears path for closing accession chapters

The support of 56 deputies for constitutional amendments has been hailed as a move that enabled the final steps towards closing negotiation chapters with the European Union.

🚆  Netherlands — Meppel wins railway upgrade in infrastructure reshuffle

The cabinet's new infrastructure priorities include significant improvements to the railway system in Meppel, promising wider platforms and shorter travel times, much to the satisfaction of the local community.

🛶  Norway — Safe return for 93-year-old paddleboarder

Emergency services rescued a 93-year-old who had ventured out onto the water on a paddleboard.

💸  Poland — Pensions expected to rise faster than projected

Retirees are expected to receive a larger financial bump in 2027 than previously forecast, with new calculations based on a 3.9% index.

🏠  Spain — Barcelona offers grants for elevators and renovations

The city of Barcelona has launched a program offering residents up to 60,000 euros to install elevators and 6,000 euros for home renovations.

💡  Ukraine — RAMP UP program allocates €300m for power

The RAMP UP initiative will direct €300 million toward building new power generation facilities to repair the battered national grid.

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