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Institutions

UNGASS 2021 – Young people gather to find ways to tackle corruption

© UNODC New York/Vienna, 24 May 2021 — Young people have much to lose from corruption, as it affects their employment prospects and impedes their access to basic services such…

25 May 2021 · 3 min read

Europe

Alert: European Union leaders agree on new sanctions against Belarus, including ban on use of EU airspace, airports

24 May 2021 · 1 min read

America

More than 50 billion birds fly around the world, most of them rare species

Most birds are located in the Northern Hemisphere According to a new estimate, there are at least 50 billion individual wild birds in the world. House sparrows alone make up…

24 May 2021 · 3 min read

Europe

EU Leaders Arrive at European Council Meeting – Day One

Sputnik is live from Brussels, Belgium, where members of the European Council are arriving for the first session of a special meeting. The event is taking place on 24 May.…

24 May 2021 · 1 min read

International

Hundreds of anti-vaccine protesters in Bucharest against what they call a “medical dictatorship”

Romania is vaccinating at one of the fastest rates in the EU, but this is also causing resistance. The campaign is hampered by people talking about "immunization genocide", "muzzles", "dictatorship"…

24 May 2021 · 3 min read

International

Manifestations of hate against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the media

On May 18-19, 2021, Bishop Viktor Baryshevsky, Chairman of the Representation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to international European organizations, took part in the OSCE Stockholm Meeting on Freedom of…

24 May 2021 · 3 min read

Europe

European Parliament calls for ‘immediate’ and ‘unconditional’ release of Armenian prisoners

“European flags at the European Parliament” by TPCOM is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This article was first published on OC Media's website. An edited version is republished here via a content…

24 May 2021 · 2 min read

Food

Discovery of rare mushroom in northern B.C. a biology mystery

…  cauldron is typically found in northern Europe, where it's threatened … in the forest, decomposing that organic matter? Or is it actually … the tree ... in exchange for…

24 May 2021 · 1 min read

Institutions

Importance of international cooperation in addressing crime and promoting the rule of law – Crime Commission adopts seven resolutions

© UNIS VIenna Vienna, 24 May 2021 - The thirtieth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Crime Commission, CCPCJ) concluded in Vienna on 21 May. Participants from…

24 May 2021 · 3 min read

News

Man accused of possessing Isis material was ‘learning about religion’, jury hears

123RF The man is on trial in the High Court at Auckland. A man accused of possessing Isis propaganda material took the stand to defend his actions in front of…

24 May 2021 · 4 min read