Europe
WHO says higher taxes on alcohol could save 130,000 lives a year
Many thousands of lives could be saved each year in the WHO European Region, if Member States introduced more taxes on alcohol. Across the Region, taxes on the sale of...
Year: 2022
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Storie di madri e padri autentici, sempre in bilico tra figli, lavoro e il resto del mondo. Quelli che non avrebbero mai neppure immaginato di ritrovarsi a fare i funamboli,...
Europe
ECtHR / Russia: Two judgments in favour of 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses against Russia
On 22 February, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued two judgments in favor of 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses and found that Russia violated their fundamental rights to freedom of...
Defense
Romania can accept 500,000 refugees from Ukraine
Romania could set up reception centers, especially in major cities along its 650-kilometer border with Ukraine, and could accept half a million refugees from neighboring Ukraine if the crisis with...
Africa
Seized Benin bronze artifacts return to Nigerian palace a century later
© Son of Groucho/Flickr, CC BY Their return is a milestone in the long-standing struggle of African countries to reclaim looted works. Two Benin bronze figures have been returned to a...
Christianity
The Romanian Church canonized the Bulgarian Queen Teodora Tarnovska
St. pious Theophana Basarab is the new saint who will be inscribed in the calendar of the Romanian Patriarchate, decided Holy Synod of the Romanian Church at its meeting on...
Europe
Ukraine crisis testing ‘entire international system’ – UN chief
The latest developments in Ukraine are testing “the entire international system”, Secretary-General António Guterres said at a media stakeout on Tuesday, adding “we must pass this test.”
ECHR
Omicron sublineage BA.2 remains a variant of concern
The BA.2 virus, a sublineage of the Omicron COVID-19 mutation, should continue to be considered a variant of concern, scientists convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a…
Europe
Malawi president, an ordained church minister, visits World Council of Churches in Geneva
(Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC)World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Ioan Sauca meets Rev. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, president of Malawi at the Ecumenical Center in Geneva on Feb. 21, 2022....
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Pandemic recovery must put people first: UN Secretary-General
People must be at the heart of post-pandemic recovery, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a global meeting that opened on Tuesday to examine the economic and social impact of the…