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A study found that serious COVID-19 illness is linked to an increase in the risk of long-term adverse mental health implications, such as depression and anxiety.

The Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ) said it received reports of school administrators being forced by the school district centres to break the law to keep teachers’ from striking on Wednesday, Telex reported via Népszava. Teachers will strike for the second time this year after...

Climate Minister Anna Moskwa appealed for the suspension of Russia as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) amid the country’s military actions in Ukraine, especially at the occupied nuclear power plants in Chernobyl and Zaporijia reports Polish...

Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant continues to have power supply problems that could affect the reactor cooling and “tension” between technicians and the occupying Russian military, the director of the UN Agency for Atomic Energy said on Monday. In an interview with...

Ukraine fears that the agreement on the safety of nuclear power plants it is negotiating with Russia will be used by Moscow as a future “tacit recognition” of its control of the facilities according to the UN Agency for Atomic...

Mathias Cormann, secretary general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), on Monday recommended raising taxes on electricity companies to offset rising electricity bills for the most affected consumers and businesses, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. “Given the profits...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows the urgent need for an EU common defence policy, said the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, on Monday EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. The EU needs a “truly common foreign and security...

If China were to support Moscow in any way, there will be implications, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in Rome after US National Security Advisor Jack Sullivan and Chinese Communist Party diplomacy chief Yang Jiechi met behind closed doors...

NATO’s major winter exercise Cold Response in which 30,000 troops from nearly 30 countries – including non-NATO countries Sweden and Finland –  began on Monday in various parts of Norway, making it the largest exercise of its kind since the...

Finland’s political leadership has opted for a cooling-off period in an attempt to find the best way to shape their security policy. The Russian attack on Ukraine shook the foundations of Finland’s security policy. Questions now on the table involve...

The UK government is expected to add the names of hundreds of oligarchs, individuals and organisations to its sanctions list on Tuesday, as soon as a key piece of new legislation is adopted by lawmakers. The move will come after...

Michael van de Kuit, owner of the GelreDome stadium, hopes to acquire the Vitesse Arnhem football club from Russian owner Valeri Oyf. Van de Kuit, who bought GelreDome for almost €14 million in 2014, sent an email to Pascal van Wijk, General...

France continued to issue arms export licences to Russia after the 2014 embargo, investigative website Disclose has revealed. According to leaked documents, French companies delivered arms to Russia after the EU imposed sanctions, including an arms embargo, against Russia in...

It is now unclear whether Turkey will buy Russian weapons in the future, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday. “Of course, there are weapon systems that we bought. Under the current circumstances, it...

Slovak security forces arrested at least three people on Monday for suspected Russian espionage, including a colonel from the defence ministry, a representative of Slovak intelligence service and a person involved with a conspiracy website that was already shut down,...

Danish companies in Russia could be taken over within days, causing deep concern in the Danish business community. In an article published on Politiken Mandag, the Russian Ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, warned of measures that will be “sensitive for...

Austria is looking to reduce the burden caused by record-high energy prices by dropping taxes below the EU threshold after recently launching a €1.7 billion package to alleviate the strain on households and firms. The flexibility of the EU’s minimum...

An anti-war protester interrupted a live news bulletin on Russia's state TV Channel One on Monday (14 March), holding up a sign behind the studio presenter and shouting slogans denouncing the war in Ukraine.

The EU is neglecting emissions from building materials and construction, but the negotiations on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive can fill this gap, writes a group of leading Danish professional associations and NGOs.

The EU's fourth package of sanctions coming into effect on Tuesday (15 March) is set to target more oligarchs, ban the sale of luxury goods exports to Moscow and hit several defence companies.