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Thousands of people in Sweden have been implanting microchips in their hands as part of a new biohacking trend in the country that aims to make people's daily lives easier.

Athens was awarded the European Capital of Innovation prize for 2018 for the innovative ways it has sought to improve the daily lives of its residents and to overcome social and economic challenges.

Ten European Union finance ministers want any unsustainable public debt in the eurozone to undergo restructuring, with losses imposed on the private sector, before a public bailout is organized, a joint position paper by the 10 ministers said.

The State of Concept art space presents a solo exhibition of works by Petra Bauer, an artist, filmmaker and professor at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm who is hailed as one of the most prominent artists from Sweden and an important proponent of the women's movement. This show represents the third part of the gallery's "State Affairs" exhibition cycle, focusing mainly on video art.

Eurobank has joined the we.trade blockchain-based trade financing platform whose services have now been extended to Greece, the Greek lender has announced.

The addition of Eurobank to the platform as a licensee banking partner means market leader we.trade has expanded the number of its licensee banks to 14 in as many countries, from just seven a year ago.

Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti writes on Wednesday that these are the UK, the US, France, and Sweden.

According to the paper, these four countries are trying to prevent including in the agenda of the next session of the Council, to be scheduled for November 8, a discussion about the situation in the southern Serbian province.

Serbia said on Tuesday it was not considering participating in a mooted peacekeeping mission in Ukraine after a US official said Belgrade was among a number of capitals willing to contribute.

(CNN)The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years, and for only the third time in its history.

More than 50,000 national and international observers will monitor Bosnia's eight post-war election whose campaign has less than a week to run.

The Central Electoral Committee has accredited 2,9191 observers, but this figure only refers to those who will be observing the CIK and the main vote collection centre.

Bulgaria will be selecting among four offers of multi-purpose jet fighters to regenerate its ageing fleet of Soviet MiG-29 planes, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.

The four options came from Italy, the US and Sweden.

US contractor Lockheed Martin has proposed the newest version of its F-16 Fighting Falcon platform, the fourth generation F-16V "Viper".