Health
Consecutive drop in new COVID-19 cases ‘encouraging news’: WHO
The number of new COVID-19 cases globally has fallen for the third week in a row, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Monday, though urging countries not to let…
Year: 2021
Europe
European Union toughens rules on entry for non-EU visitors
Brussels – The European Union tightened its rules for visitors from outside the bloc on Monday, specifying that they would only be allowed in freely from countries with very few…
Europe
BioNTech-Pfizer pledges up to 75 million more jabs to European Union
BERLIN: BioNTech and Pfizer said Monday they will ramp up their coronavirus vaccine deliveries to the European Union, pledging to send up to 75 million extra doses to the bloc…
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WCC looks to its 11th General Assembly with call for an “ecumenism of the heart” – Vatican News
The World Council of Churches prepares its 11th General Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, with a call for an “ecumenism of the heart” in a broken world.
Europe
Spanish State Secretary for Migration visits EASO following launch of new operation in the country
Last week, EASO carried out a targeted needs assessment mission to the Canary Islands in order to quickly begin implementing effective reception support to the Spanish authorities in the region. …
Europe
EU-funded medical supplies in Kazakhstan to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 delivered by WHO
WHO, with financial support from the European Union (EU), delivered over 8 tonnes of medical supplies to Kazakhstan to support the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The delivery included…
Europe
PH, EU meet on trade, investment and economic cooperation
n the middle of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic that is currently sweeping the globe, the European Union (EU) and the Philippines have jointly convened a “friendly and constructive” sub-committee…
Health
Hopes of fresh momentum in fight against leprosy, but stigmatization persists
Progress is being made in the fight against leprosy, but millions are still affected by the disease, and many sufferers have to contend with social exclusion. On World Leprosy Day,…
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Fair Finance: The women entrepreneurs lifting communities out of poverty
Helping women start and grow businesses in the world’s poorest countries is a path to lifting them and their families out of poverty, the high-profile businesswoman, and new UN Capital…
Europe
Interview with Deutschlandfunk
Interview with Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Klemens Kindermann on 29 January 2021 and published on 31 January 2021 31 January 2021 Perhaps…