The World Health Organization said today it expects “high levels” of Covid-19 cases this summer in Europe and urged its members to monitor the situation closely after infections tripled in the past month. “As countries across Europe ease social distancing measures, the virus will circulate at high levels in the summer,” said WHO Europe Director […]
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Russia: Top economist Mao accused of ‘wide-scale’ fraud
Top Russian economist Vladimir Mau has been charged with fraud “on a particularly large scale”, the Interior Ministry announced on Thursday, sending shockwaves through Russia’s academic and financial elite. The statement said Mau is accused of embezzling money from the institute where he is dean, as part of a wider case involving another top academic, […]
About 16 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN
About 16 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian assistance and more than 6 million are still displaced inside the country, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the war-torn country said in Kyiv today. “Nearly 16 million people in Ukraine today are in need of humanitarian assistance: water, food, health care,” Osnat Lubrani told a news […]
Britain: ‘Do not bring your babies to the House of Representatives’, parliamentary committee rules
The British MPs will not be allowed to bring their babies to the sittings of the parliament, as decided today by a committee for the revision of the regulations, the Committee of Procedure of the House of Commons. The decision is expected to provoke a debate on whether the work culture in parliament works as […]
London sends military experts to counter Russian influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Britain announced today that it would send military experts to Bosnia and Herzegovina to counter Russian influence and to “strengthen the NATO Mission and promote stability and security” in the country. “We can not allow the Western Balkans to become another arena for the destructive aspirations of (Russian President Vladimir Putin). By fomenting the flames […]
Ukraine: Russian forces withdraw from Fidonisi
LAST UPDATE: 13.46 The Russian military announced today its withdrawal from Snake Island, a strategic position on the Black Sea, which had been occupied by Moscow forces, in a major victory for Ukraine that is likely to ease Russia’s grain embargo. The Russian Defense Ministry described the decision as a “goodwill gesture” showing that Moscow […]
Panic in the Turkish media with the request of Greece for F-35: ‘They are trying to change the balances’
The official request of Greece for the acquisition of F-35 fighters from the USA became a topic in the Turkish press. In the Turkish media, either in the same article or right next door, the news about the F-35 is combined either with news that the US supports the upgrade of the Turkish F-16 fighters […]
Coronavirus: Pfizer and BioNTech sign agreement with US government to supply 105 million vaccine doses
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech announced yesterday that they have signed a $ 3.2 billion (€ 3.6 billion) deal with the US government to supply 105 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine. The installments are expected to be delivered by the end of the summer. The deal includes a vaccine adapted to the Omicron variant, and […]
Germany: BDEW calls for more wind energy
The German energy association BDEW has called for the country to double its target for wind energy, as Berlin looks for ways to reduce its dependence on Russian fossil fuels. yesterday, Wednesday, in an article in the newspaper “Bild.” About 0.8% of the land in Germany is used for wind energy production. Of this percentage […]
Amnesty International: Theater bombing in Mariupol was ‘clearly’ a war crime committed by the Russian army
Amnesty International, a non-governmental human rights group, has concluded after an extensive investigation that the March 16 theater bombing of Mariupol in southern Ukraine, for which the Russian military is responsible, was a crime. The organization has been gathering information about the episode for three months and is presenting its findings in a report released […]
