Europe
At the forefront of curtailing the pandemic
04 February 2021, Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, 142nd plenary session – European Committee of the Regions: I am very happy to be here today,…
Year: 2021
News
Protests on agri laws pick up in Rajasthan, across caste, religion
Over the past one week, protests against the three farm laws in Rajasthan, which were earlier concentrated at Shahjahanpur in Alwar district, along the state border with Haryana, have spread…
Health
Unless COVID is suppressed everywhere, we’ll be ‘back at square one’, Tedros warns
The number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected, the head of the UN’s health agency said on Friday, while warning that after inoculating…
Europe
European Union funds new project to improve personalized treatments for ovarian cancer
The European Union has funded a project to improve personalized treatments for ovarian cancer with nearly 15 million euros for five years. The international DECIDER project has partners from 14…
Food
Contaminated sesame seed recalls continue in Europe
A European alert food system is nearing 500 reports because of the unauthorized substance ethylene oxide in products with sesame seeds. Belgium made the first alert in early September 2020…
Europe
Burundi, European Union agree to work together towards restoring relations
Burundi's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Albert Shingiro. After a nearly five-year suspension of direct collaboration between the Burundian government and the European Union, a high-level political dialogue was launched…
Environment
Carbon levy on EU imports needed to raise global climate ambition
To raise global climate ambition and prevent ‘carbon leakage’, the EU must place a carbon price on imports from less climate-ambitious countries, say Environment MEPs.Committee on the Environment, Public Health…
Europe
EU flags concern over Austrian minimum airfare plan
The EU has raised concerns over Austrian plans to set a minimum airfare, a spokesman said, weighing in on an environmental policy debate that pits traditional airlines against low-cost carriers.…
Europe
Air France, unions rail against EU bailout conditions
Air France and its pilot unions protested on Wednesday (3 February) against EU demands that the airline give up takeoff and landing slots at its Paris base in return for…
Europe
EU presidency trio assesses European defence policy progress
Portugal’s defence minister, João Gomes Cravinho, held a videoconference with his German counterpart and the Slovenian secretary of state on Wednesday (3 February) to take stock of “developments in European…