Laboratories in Czechia registered 2,295 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, the most since April of this year. Covid numbers have risen steeply in the past few weeks and experts say a summer wave...
Laboratories in Czechia registered 2,295 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, the most since April of this year. Covid numbers have risen steeply in the past few weeks and experts say a summer wave of the coronavirus pandemic should peak at the end of July. No restrictions have been...
European Union leaders on Thursday are set to make Ukraine a candidate for joining the 27-nation bloc, a first step in a long and unpredictable journey toward full membership that could take many years to navigate. Making Ukraine a contender now seems to be a done deal after national...
EU High Representative Josep Borrell said that the sixth sanctions package against Russia will not only include a ban on oil, but also cutting off three important banks from SWIFT. Earlier, it had been reported that Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, would be de-swifted. “It will still put more difficulties on the...
A book by Ukrainian author Serhiy Zhadan, ‘The Orphanage’, has been included on the list of three finalists of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Literature Prize 2022. The EBRD Literature Prize celebrates the very best in translated literature from the almost 40 countries where the Bank invests,...
The European Union has published a visual booklet in all EU languages to help overcome communication barriers with Ukrainian children, designed for classrooms hosting refugees across Europe. The illustrated bilingual booklet is available in combination between Ukrainian and all EU languages. It shows simple phrases and words in Ukrainian and the...
Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo April 19 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for a four-day Orthodox Easter humanitarian pause...
The “Stand Up for Ukraine” global pledging event and campaign has raised €9.1 billion for people fleeing the Russian invasion, inside Ukraine and abroad, including €1 billion from the European Commission. On top of that, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced an additional €1 billion in loan...
The ‘Vaccination is Care’ campaign, aimed at over-65s living in the regions of Armenia was launched last week at the Abovyan medical centre in Kotayk Marz, the first site to be covered by the campaign. The campaign is being carried out as part of the EU-WHO action to support deployment of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination in Eastern Partnership countries. It is...
On 25 March, the European Council announced new measures to diminish European dependence on Russian energy, including a common purchase platform that will be open to the three associated Eastern Partners, namely Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, and Georgia. EU leaders agreed that member states would work together on...
On 2 March, the Council of the European Union decided that the EU will urgently suspend the broadcasting activities of Sputnik and RT/Russia Today (RT English, RT UK, RT Germany, RT France, and RT Spanish) in the EU, or directed at the EU. This measure will be effective until...
