Activists working with sea-rescue charities in Italy should not be criminalized, a UN independent human rights expert said on Thursday, ahead of a trial against crew members from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Read the full story, “Righ…
Earthquake disaster: ‘We must put people first’ urges Guterres in race to save lives
Now is the time to stand up for the people of Türkiye and Syria living in the region of the deadly earthquake disaster, said the UN chief on Thursday, and show them “the same kind of support and generosity” which they have displayed in recent years, ai…
First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster
As a UN aid convoy reached Syria on Thursday for the first time since devastating earthquakes cut off supply lines from Türkiye three days ago, UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, called for assurances that desperately needed assistance inside S…
NATO Deputy Secretary General: to protect cultural property is to protect our values
On Thursday (9 February 2023), Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană participated in the conference on ‘Cultural Property Protection and NATO: Experiences, Practices and Trends’, held at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. In his remarks, Mr. Geoană em…
NATO Secretary General meets the President of Poland
On Thursday 16 February 2023, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the President of Poland, Mr Andrzej Duda, at NATO HQ.
NATO Deputy Secretary General at the Munich Security Conference 2023 Kick-off Event
On Monday, 13 February 2023, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană will attend the Kick-off event ahead of the 59th Munich Security Conference. The event will take place in Berlin, Germany.
Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That
People in Europe are making GDPR requests to have their private messages erased, but Elon’s team is ignoring them.
Economic and Budgetary Outlook for the European Union 2023
In seven chapters, the authors of the publication explain and analyse the annual EU budget and give an overview of its headings for 2023, all within the wider budgetary context of the EU’s post-2020 multiannual financial framework and the Next Generation EU recovery instrument.
Search and Rescue dogs head from Co Down to Turkey to help in disaster zone
Ryan Gray, of the K9 Search and Rescue charity, said they have been preparing since hearing news of the earthquakes on Monday
Erdogan faces backlash after blocking Twitter with Turkey’s earthquake response under fire
The Turkish President visited quake-hit areas as more than 15,000 people have died after three powerful earthquakes hit his country and neighbouring Syria.