Debates

20/03/2021

Renovation Wave in the EU with a refurbished and improved building stock will help pave the way for a decarbonised...

Libya arms embargo ‘totally ineffective’

19/03/2021

An arms embargo imposed on Libya by the Security Council in 2011 remains “totally ineffective” a UN Panel of Experts...

EU-Georgia Association Council debates current political crisis in Brussels

18/03/2021

European Union and Georgia held the 6th meeting of the Association Council to review EU-Georgia relations since the last Council...

When will we travel again in Europe?

The Commission adopted a common Digital Green Certificate to travel again covering vaccination, testing and recovery. A technical framework will...

This is EU Digital Green Certificate to re-Open tourism and save summer

EU tourism economies have pushed for common Digital Green Certificates that would restore some travel and save European summer. Ahead...

Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission

President von der Leyen looks to speed up vaccine rollout

European Union has secured up to 2.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far and negotiations are underway to speed...

Digital Green Certificate to re-Open safe free movement of EU citizens

The European Commission presented a proposal to create a Digital Green Certificate to facilitate the safe free movement of citizens...

The label of the empty vial is crossed out to prevent further fraud and thrown into a specific container

WHO: Do not STOP vaccinations of AstraZeneca Vaccine

Many more countries have suspended the AstraZeneca vaccinations as a precautionary measure, after thromboembolic events with vaccines. EU countries have...

Astrazeneca Doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in a fridge

EMA investigates AstraZeneca Vaccine and thromboembolic events

Several authorities responsible for national vaccine campaigns in EU countries have temporarily paused vaccination with COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. This is...

A shipment of Astrazeneca Covid-19 is received and checked in Coimbra

WHO and European Medicines Agency investigate AstraZeneca vaccine

Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after several...

Climate adaptation: Green Deal Going Local to adapt to global warming

The involvement of local and regional authorities in the Climate adaptation agenda will also be reinforced through key EU programmes....

Signature of the UK Withdrawal Agreement Brexit

EU warns United Kingdom for its obligations in Ireland and Northern Ireland

The European Commission has sent a letter of formal notice to the United Kingdom for breaching the substantive provisions of...

Hearing loss: A Common Health Problem for 2.5 bn people worldwide

By 2050, around one-in-four people will be living with some degree of hearing loss, the UN health agency warned, in...

EU secures a toxic-free environment with the EU Chemicals Strategy

The Council of the European Union endorsed a new chemicals strategy securing a toxic-free environment, through a long-term vision for...

Syria: Grim 10-year anniversary of ‘unimaginable violence and indignities’

Syria will “go down as one of the darkest chapters in recent history” and Syrian people will be among “the...

Juvenes Translatores Winners-award translator contest

Juvenes Translatores: Winners at translation contest for secondary schools