Europe
Plenary highlights: Sakharov Prize, digital policy, gender
Alexei Navalny was awarded the 2021 Sakharov Prize, MEPs voted on laws shaping the digital world, and pushed for gender equality in the last plenary of 2021.
Year: 2021
ECHR
Lifesaving support for new mothers in crisis-wracked Afghanistan
The Malalai Maternity Hospital is one of the busiest in the Afghan capital, Kabul, welcoming around 85 babies into the world every day, including 20 by Caesarean section. But the…
Europe
Foreign Minister Schallenberg meets the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Mijatović
AUSTRIA, December 16 - On 17 December 2021, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg welcomed Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, for a friendly exchange at the Foreign Ministry....
Economy
Inflation rate hit a record high in the Eurozone in November 2021
The inflation rate reached a record high of 4.9 percent in November 2021 in the nineteen Eurozone countries, the highest since the European statistics institute Eurostat began its estimates more...
News
Abaco Systems Selected for New Long-Range Methane Detection System for the Oil and Gas Industry
System yields faster analysis and repair of oil and gas operations to reduce the accidental leakage of methane HUNTSVILLE, AL, USA, December 16, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Abaco Systems announced an…
News
Cardinal Parolin presides over ‘Economy and Society’ award ceremony
The Vatican’s Palazzo della Cancelleria hosted an award ceremony on Thursday afternoon, which saw two scholars granted the 5th International “Economy and Society” Award. The event was presided over by...
ECHR
Migrant workers still at great risk despite key role in global economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the key role that migrant workers play in the global economy, as well as the “terrible risks” that they are forced to take, to find…
Europe
Slovenia: Parliament takes stock of the state of EU values
Focusing on concerns about prosecutor appointments, media freedom, and risks to the rule of law in Slovenia, MEPs also note progress achieved in several areas.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and…
Europe
Slovenia’s EU values is assessing by European Parliament
Focusing on concerns about prosecutor appointments, media freedom, and risks to the rule of law in Slovenia, MEPs also note progress achieved in several areas.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and…
Environment
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) Project Explained
How Garbage Fuels Ocean Cleaning | Gianni Valenti | TEDxMünster Imagine this vast area—that is in this very moment continuously killing wildlife, poisoning our waters and blocking Phytoplankton from completing...