Christianity
Afterlife in Orthodox perspective (3rd part)
It is believed that until the third day after death the soul remains in the house, and then until the 40th day it travels around all the places where the…
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BIC New York: Equality of women and men necessary for response to climate crises | BWNS
A new BIC statement explores how the principle of gender equality will need to be woven into processes of governance for effective responses to the climate crisis.
Europe
Human rights defenders threatened at Poland-Belarus border
Independent UN experts expressed deep concern on Tuesday over allegations that human rights defenders have been threatened at the Polish-Belarusian border, including media workers and interpreters.
International
Concern over low vaccination rates as ‘Omicron tidal wave’ floods Eastern Europe, Central Asia
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) top official in Europe on Tuesday called on governments and health authorities to “closely examine” why there is low demand and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines,…
Health
WHO alert over childhood cancer inequalities in Europe
Progress in the overall survival rate for children with cancer is uneven across Europe, with a significant proportion of the thousands diagnosed with cancer each year, still dying, the UN…
Europe
Space and defence press conference by Commissioner Breton
European Commission Speech Strasbourg, 15 Feb 2022 Today, I am not going to promise to be concise, because presenting two packages on such a wide range of topics in a…
Charities
New Innovation Fund launched to catalyse rewilding projects
Rewilding Britain is launching the UK’s first Rewilding Innovation Fund to boost locally led land and marine nature recovery projects across Britain, including community initiatives and those focused on improving…
Europe
MEPs call for a ban on ‘golden passports’ and EU rules for ‘golden visas’
The draft legislative initiative report sets out an array of measures to address problems linked to ‘citizenship and residence by investment schemes’. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home…
News
Turkic States Organization on the implementation of “Sacred Pilgrimage”
UZBEKISTAN, February 13 - The Organization of Turkic States discussed the implementation of the “Tabarruk ziyorat” (Sacred Pilgrimage) project Samarkand hosted the 16th meeting of the working group, consisting of…
Health
Scale of childhood cancer inequalities in Europe: New WHO report
On International Childhood Cancer Day, 15 February 2022, WHO/Europe launched the report “Childhood cancer inequalities in the WHO European Region”. This report sets out for the first time the evidence…