Tensions over vehicle licence plates and anti-smuggling operations, between authorities in Kosovo and Serbia, in recent weeks, may contribute to unravelling “steady but fragile progress made in rebuilding trust among communities” in Kosovo and Serbia.
From electric cars and buses to zero-carbon producing energy sources, new and emerging technologies along with innovative policy changes, are critical for combating climate change. But to be effective, they…
A farmer in the central European country, Georgia, has been sharing her lifetime of knowledge with other women farmers in the region, saying that “there is nothing in agriculture that a man can do and a woman can’t.”
Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs combined – a UN-backed report revealed on Tuesday.
In his address to the UN General Assembly on Monday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian upheld multilateralism as the key to overcoming global challenges including conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
Launch of the WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines
The out-of-home (OOH) food environment – from takeaway cafés and restaurants to food delivery services – is a rapidly expanding sector across the entire WHO European Region.
An estimated 10 700 new cancer cases and 4850 alcohol-related cancer deaths could be avoided annually in the WHO European Region by doubling current excise duties on alcoholic beverages.
“Health and care workers have been critical in caring for us during this pandemic and continue to play a critical role in the recovery. We cannot let them down. We need to invest in our health workers and protect them,” said WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, at the closing of today’s ministerial side event at the 71st session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe.
WHO/Europe’s 71st session of the Regional Committee (RC71) concluded yesterday, bringing to a close a busy 3-day agenda that saw delegates endorse the launch of the European Immunization Agenda 2030 as well as resolutions on primary health care and mental health.
