Smokers in Italy's financial and fashion capital of Milan risk being fined for lighting up on city streets or crowded public areas, after the country's toughest ban came into effect on Wednesday. The latest smoking ban, effective January 1, applies to "all public spaces, including streets", with the exception of "isolated places where it is possible to maintain a distance …
A major fire is raging at a company in Boekel, Noord-Brabant. A lot of smoke is released and the fire is causing traffic problems on the N605 highway, according to the fire department. The fire has broken out at Dutch Plantin, a producer of coconut as raw material, in the industrial area de Vlonder. The fire department expects that the …
