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The symbolic move is an attempt to buttress against right-wing governments' increased scapegoating of LGBTI people, particularly in Poland and Hungary.

EU states have exported 24.7 million doses of vaccines to 31 countries - almost half the number delivered to member states, leaked figures show.

Der scharfe Einbruch der Werbeeinnahmen im Zuge der Corona-Pandemie hat der TX Group im Gesamtjahr 2020 einen markanten Umsatzeinbruch und rote Zahlen beschert.

The EU Commission wants to add "grave violations of international humanitarian law" as a reason to impose EU sanctions, in an idea floated in a press conference on Ethiopia.

Efforts to shut down government-critical media go beyond Hungary and Poland, but current EU law means there is little the European Commission can do about it.

Libya's parliament on Wednesday approved a government of national unity headed by prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, Deutsche Welle reports. It is part of a UN-backed plan to lead the conflict-ravaged country through elections by the end of the year. The government will replace the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), which was in charge of western Libya, as well as the competing eastern administration linked to warlord Khalifa Haftar.

A court in Saudi Arabia has denied an appeal by Loujain al-Hathloul, one of the kingdom's most prominent activists that would have allowed her to travel freely, weeks after her release from prison. "The international community should be outraged at this judgment," her sister Lina al-Hathloul said. "The confirmation of the sentence of my sister Loujain is yet another confirmation of the abuse of power of the Saudi authorities."

The European Parliament president David Sassoli, the European Commission chief Usula von der Leyen, and Portugal prime minister António Costa on Wednesday signed a joint declaration on the Conference on the Future of Europe. An executive board, equally representing the three institutions, with national parliaments as observers, will soon be constituted - paving the way to launching a series of debates with citizens about reforms to the EU.

French president Emmanuel Macron has declassified national defence documents covering France's war in Algeria and other files previously deemed to contain state secrets, the Guardian writes. A statement from the Élysée said: "Determined to promote respect for historical truth, the president of the republic has heard the demands of the academic community to facilitate access to classified archives that are more than 50-years old."

Britain has rejected claims from the European Council president Charles Michel, who accused the UK of imposing a ban on vaccine exports. Meanwhile, one-third of vaccines produced in the EU last month were exported to the UK.

A highly-infectious variant of Covid-19 that has spread around the world since it was first discovered in the UK late last year is between 30 to 100 percent more deadly than previous dominant variants, researchers said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. "Coupled with its ability to spread rapidly, this makes B.1.1.7 a threat that should be taken seriously," said Robert Challen, a researcher at Exeter University, who co-led the research.

China and Russia aren't just selling vaccines—they're peddling a value set that undermines international norms.

This infographic provides an overview of respondents’ attitudes and awareness in 10 European markets on Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA) and the accompanying EDAA Programme. The 2021 European Advertising Consumer Research Report was commissioned by the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA) and...

A Za ľudí kormánypárt törekedni akar arra, hogy a négytagú kormánykoalíció része maradjon. Ugyanakkor változtatásokat szorgalmaz a járványkezelés terén, hogy az a tudományos ismereteken alapuljon.

MEPs have urged the European Commission to table an ambitious due diligence law obliging EU companies to address all aspects of their value chains that could affect human rights, the environment and good governance.

Un certificat vaccinal n’a de sens que si la vaccination limite beaucoup la transmission du virus, estime la professeure Samia Hurst-Majno.

Portugal will hold a high-level summit in Lisbon on 21 June focused on the recovery plans of the 27 EU member states, defending "smart fiscal policies" in response to the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic.

Seit Monaten haben sie mit den Lockdowns ihrer Betriebe zu kämpfen: die Wirte unseres Landes. Die SVP wollte den Bundesrat entmachten, um eine Öffnung am 22. März zu forcieren. Und scheiterte. Was halten die Beizer davon? Im BLICK kreuzen zwei Wirte die Kochkelle.

Seit Monaten haben sie mit den Lockdowns ihrer Betriebe zu kämpfen: die Wirte unseres Landes. Die SVP wollte den Bundesrat entmachten, um eine Öffnung am 22. März zu forcieren. Und scheiterte. Was halten die Beizer davon? Im BLICK kreuzen zwei Wirte die Kochkelle.

Nach der bisher todbringendsten Woche in der Pandemie hat Brasilien erstmals mehr als 2000 Corona-Tote an einem Tag erfasst. 2286 Menschen sind nach Daten des Gesundheitsministeriums in Brasília vom Mittwochabend (Ortszeit) innerhalb von 24 Stunden gestorben.