According to a report issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, during 2022, multiple nations in the region had their warmest year on record but the expanded use of renewable energy provides a silver lining. Extreme heat, drought and wildfire, marine heatwaves, unprecedented glacier melt – the…
Al-Fa port under construction in southern Iraq from where the ‘development road’ will start. Iraq has announced a $17 billion project that will connect Asia and Europe. The project will increase regional cooperation and economic opportunities. In a one-day conference in Baghdad, the transport ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Organization (GCC) countries, Iran, Turkey, Syria…
Europe has provided about 62,000 weapons to Ukraine last month to improve its resistance against Russia. This batch of weapons includes more than 20,000 weapons compared to the first installment. According to the sources, these weapons have been provided under the Ammo track 1 policy, under which European member states are supplying weapons requested by…
Josep Borrell, file photo EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell says that if India buys cheap oil from Russia and supplies it to Europe after refining it, it could be banned. He has expressed these views while giving an interview to a news agency, a day before the first ‘EU-India New Trade Council’ meeting to…
Advance bookings on the Europe tour can be made until May 24; Photo: File Abu Dhabi: Emirates Airline has announced a new scheme for its customers going on a Europe tour, under which a Europe tour can be booked on payment of just 9 dirhams. According to Arab media, the last date to take advantage…
European Commission President Ursula Vanderleen arrived in Kiev, the capital of war-torn Ukraine, to celebrate ‘Europe Day’. Upon arrival in Kiev, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed him, the President of the European Commission arrived in Kiev by a long train journey through Poland In this regard, in a message released on his social media…
“I’m from Jarra, a rural area in the Lower River Region of The Gambia, in the middle of the country. I moved to the capital, Banjul, when I was 15, to live with my brother and go to high school. I didn’t graduate, though, because we couldn’t afford the fees. Around five years ago, when…
The Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia 2022 report is a joint effort by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Development fund, IFAD; the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF); the UN Development Programme (UNDP); the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); the World Food Programme (WFP); the World Health…
The report on children’s rights is the first of its kind to bring together existing data and analysis for all countries in the region, while highlighting critical data gaps that need to be filled. Data deficit UNICEF Regional Director Afshan Khan said the war in Ukraine, the pandemic, climate change and the current economic and…
While European prisons managed adequate COVID-19 pandemic responses for inmates, concerns remain about poor mental health services, overcrowding and suicide rates, the report stated. “Prisons are embedded in communities and investments made in the health of people in prison becomes a community dividend,” said Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, regional director of the WHO regional…
