When news first emerged last weekend that Poland’s justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, was considering pulling the country out of an international treaty designed to prevent and combat violence against women, there was a great deal of confusion...
Tag - World Health Organisation
A new international project looking at the impact of alcohol control policies on morbidity and mortality in the Baltic states could provide vital clues for identifying...
Eleven European countries – of which eight are in emerging Europe – are seeing accelerated transmission of Covid-19, which has led to a “very...
The current pandemic creates major challenges for international institutions and global governance. A lack of responsible and forward-looking governance means that the...
Georgia’s coastal city of Batumi is set to be one of the first destinations in the world to reopen to international tourists. Following the recommendations of the...
Lithuanian scientists have devised an exercise programme for managing lower back pain that could bring an end to years of misery for office workers. After carrying out...
With some notable exceptions, curves are beginning to flatten across emerging Europe, both in terms of the number of people infected with Covid-19 and the number of...
This was a week in which the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, called for “a global response like no other to deal with a...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an emergency support package for Bosnia and Herzegovina to the tune of 361 million US dollars. Due to the shutdowns in...
Recent news that Covid-19’s mass cancellation of sports fixtures has led gambling companies to offer bets on some of the only soccer matches still being played (in...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently ranked Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, as the third most polluted city in Europe. The organisation’s data shows that...
New figures from Eurostat have revealed that Poland accounts for 30 per cent of the European Union’s annual consumption of coal. In 2017, Poland burnt 73.8 million...
