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Germany introduced the Chancenkarte or 'opportunity card' visa earlier this year in a bid to increase skilled worker immigration from outside the EU. How popular is it so far?

In this week’s Inside Spain we look at how for 40 years successive Spanish governments have allowed private companies to buy almost all the country's public housing, and how polluted drinking water is as big a problem as is water scarcity.

The countries bordering the North Sea meet in Denmark on Thursday to seal commitments to boost offshore wind power, a sector that is suffering from stiff competition from China.

If gender equality in company leadership progresses at the current rate, it will take until 2135 for men and women to be equally represented on top-level management teams, new figures reveal.

The damage from storm surges in Denmark could exceed 450 billion kroner a year by the end of the century, with some 328,000 Danes directly affected, according to a new study by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

Sweden's fleet of ice cream vans come pre-loaded with a tune considered so annoying by some Swedes that they have taken the company behind the ditty to court, writes The Local's Paul O'Mahony.

There has been shock and outrage since it emerged that Spain's government will reduce jail sentences for terrorists who worked and killed for Basque separatist group ETA.

The bustling port city of Hamburg is a popular choice for foreigners looking to settle in Germany. But what kind of salaries can they expect - and how high is the cost of living?

Sweden's Migration Agency has lowered its forecast for the number of first-time work permit applications after a 'downward trend' due in part to the 'underestimated' effects of the work permit salary threshold and the economic situation.

Travelling from Austria to Sweden by train for a work conference might not be the choice of many but Valéria Schörghofer-Queiroz decided to avoid flying and stay on the rails. Although her trip wasn't without its problems.