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The recent European Union chemicals strategy for sustainability aims to ensure that chemicals make a positive contribution to society without...

COVID-19 impact exposes millions to the risk of human trafficking

“Millions of women, children and men worldwide are out of work, out of school and without social support in the...

7 February – Day of Solidarity with Belarus

Ahead of the 7 February Day of Solidarity with Belarus, the High Representative / Vice-President Josep Borrell and Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WHO President

WHO criticizes EU over vaccine export controls

The World Health Organization (WHO) criticised European vaccines export controls and urges effective and fair use of COVID vaccines. With...

Visit of Josep Borrell Fontelles, Vice-President of the European Commission, to Russia

Sergey Lavrov EU debates with Josep Borrell in Moscow

Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister and Josep Borrell Fontelles gave a joint press conference in Moscow. EU condemns the arrest...

How the EU wants to achieve a circular economy by 2050

EU’s circular economy action plan want to reduce waste and make products more sustainable. If we keep on exploiting resources...

ECB extends liquidity lines with non-euro area Central Banks

The European Central Bank (ECB) decided in December 2020 to offer a nine-month extension of its temporary swap and repo...

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Artificial Intelligence: European Parliament ask for AI rules

The EU is currently preparing its first set of rules to manage the opportunities and threats of AI, focusing on...

ECB-Eurotower European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Eurosystem accepts climate change-related sustainable investments

Eurosystem central banks aim to start climate-related disclosures for these types of portfolios of sustainable investments within two years. The...

An EU-supported health worker prepares a vaccination shot at a mobile health clinic in a camp housing thousands of displaced Yemenis.

COVAX progress for global access to COVID-19 vaccines

“Distributing vaccines globally is our exit strategy from the pandemic,” International Partnership Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen eudebates COVAX initiative. Parliament wants...

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World Cancer Day: how the EU is fighting cancer

Fighting cancer is one of the EU’s health priorities and World Cancer Day on 4 February is a global initiative to raise...

Smoke-free environments protect passive non-smokers and smokers

04/02/2021

Completely smoke-free environments protect smokers and non-smokers, reduce tobacco use in current smokers and also help those who want to...

EU debates Alcohol and Tobacco Cancer connection

04/02/2021

Europe has the highest levels of alcohol consumption in the world and smoking is responsible for 15-20% of all European...

Margaritis Schinas and Stella Kyriakides on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan

Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: New Health prevention, treatment and care

04/02/2021

European Commission presented Europe's Beating Cancer Plan – a main priority in the area of health of the von der Leyen Commission and a...

EU invests billions in a pan-European battery project

01/02/2021

Commission approved a new pan-European battery project to invest on batteries, support research and innovation in the battery value chain....

We are living longer and we need a European plan for ageing population

01/02/2021

EU Commission put demography and ageing population high on the European policy agenda. The European Commission presented a green paper...

Mateusz Morawiecki and Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels

Poland countdowns a month to respond to justice system fears

01/02/2021

European Commission gives Poland a month to respond regarding the new disciplinary regime for judges and Rule of Law in...

Find here the published EU – AstraZeneca vaccine contract