Tekijä: Tuula Pohjola
Step up investment to deliver safe drinking water to all
Governments must invest more in building safe drinking water systems, both to ensure greater access to this resource and to mitigate the effects of climate…
Children in Africa five times less likely to learn basics: New report
African leaders gathered in Mauritius on Thursday, to mull solutions to the education gap highlighted by a new UN education agency report which shows children…
Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness
Physical activity improves overall well-being. Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between…
Critical Infrastructure: Commission accelerates work to build up European resilience
The Commission is proposing to strengthen the resilience of EU critical infrastructure. The proposal for a Council Recommendation builds on the 5-point plan for resilient…
Commission adopts its Work Programme for 2023: Tackling the most pressing challenges, while staying the course for the long-term
] The Commission adopted its 2023 Work Programme. It sets out a bold agenda to respond to the current set of crises affecting the everyday…
Lifting 100 million out of poverty by 2025 still possible, despite recession threat
A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, finds that significant poverty reduction is possible, and new…
World Food Day 2022 : Global food crisis: Let’s move from ‘despair to hope and action’, urges Guterres
In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization stressed on Friday, ahead of World Food…
Finland: Rights of Finnish children detained in Syria camps violated
Finland’s failure to repatriate its own child citizens held for years in camps under life-threating conditions in northeast Syria, is a violation of their rights,…
12 countries elected to serve new terms on Human Rights Council
The UN General Assembly elected a dozen new countries on Thursday to serve on the Human Rights Council, while Germany and Sudan secured second terms….
EU to tackle disinformation in classrooms
The European Commission published guidelines for teachers in primary and secondary schools Tuesday on how to address disinformation and promote digital literacy in their classrooms….
Solidarity with Ukraine: EU takes new steps to provide certainty and access to employment to beneficiaries of Temporary Protection
The Commission announced a series of measures to continue supporting those fleeing the unprovoked Russian aggression. A new online job-search tool launched will help people…
2022 Report on migration and asylum: The adoption of the migration asylum Pact remains key for lasting progress
This report presents key developments in the area of migration and asylum, and it takes stock of the progress achieved in the New Pact…
EU adopts emergency measures to reduce energy prices
] EU states formally adopted a regulation Thursday on an emergency intervention introducing common measures to reduce electricity demand and redistribute the energy sector’s surplus…
European Year of Youth 2022: EU adopts the first Youth Action Plan in EU External Action to strengthen engagement with young people worldwide
Today, the Commission and the High Representative adopted the Youth Action Plan in the European Union external action for 2022-2027, the first-ever policy framework for…
European Year of Youth 2022: EU adopts the first Youth Action Plan in EU External Action to strengthen engagement with young people worldwide
Today, the Commission and the High Representative adopted the Youth Action Plan in the European Union external action for 2022-2027, the first-ever policy framework for…
EU, US prosecutors step up cooperation in fight against environmental crime
Specialised public prosecutors from the United States and EU Member States agreed Monday to step up cooperation on tackling major cross-border and intercontinental environmental crime….
European Research Council grantee wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
On Monday, it was announced that Svante Pääbo has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning the genomes…
Ilmasto- ja energiapoliittinen ministerityöryhmä keskusteli ilmastotyön etenemisestä ja hiilinielujen vahvistamisesta
Ilmasto- ja energiapoliittinen ministerityöryhmä keskusteli perjantaina lokakuun lopussa julkaistavasta uudesta ilmastovuosikertomuksesta sekä selvityksistä ja lisätoimista hiilinielujen vahvistamiseksi. Ministerityöryhmä käsitteli kokouksessaan hallituksen ilmastovuosikertomusta, joka on tarkoitus…
Olkiluoto 3 ensimmäistä kertaa täydellä teholla
Olkiluoto 3:n koekäyttö on edennyt täydelle, noin 1600 MW:n sähköteholle. Laitosyksikkö on nyt Euroopan suurin ja maailman kolmanneksi suurin sähköntuotantolaitos. Säännöllisen sähköntuotannon on määrä alkaa…
Education: A record budget of €384 million under Erasmus+ to support European Universities alliances
The Commission announces a fourth Erasmus+ call for proposals to support the further rollout of the European Universities initiative. With a record total budget of…
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