EU funding at risk when public tenders impose confidence tests
Audit rules designed to protect the EU budget may collide head-on with “faith-breaking” clauses that ask bidders or candidates to renounce a…
EU funding at risk when public tenders impose confidence tests
Audit rules designed to protect the EU budget may collide head-on with “faith-breaking” clauses that ask bidders or candidates to renounce a…
World news in brief: school shooting in Canada, cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, evacuations in Gaza
António Guterres was “saddened to learn of the tragic shooting in Tumble Ridge, British Columbia,” his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said during the…
Why does the world still not trust Saudi Arabia?
We must recognize one thing: Saudi Arabia impresses. Arriving in Riyadh today, you no longer see the same country that existed fifteen…
Measles cases will fall in 2025 in Europe and Central Asia, but epidemic risks remain
“Even though cases have declined, the conditions that led to the resurgence of this deadly disease in recent years remain and must…
Traveling in Europe: what you need to know in 2026
Europe remains one of the easiest parts of the world to explore across borders, especially by train, but ‘simple’ travel still depends…
Traveling in Europe: what you need to know in 2026
Europe remains one of the easiest parts of the world to explore across borders, especially by train, but ‘simple’ travel still depends…
South Sudan’s surge in violence puts civilians at risk and peacekeepers are stretched thin
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council on Tuesday, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said instability has increased sharply in recent weeks, due…
Achaemenids, dynasty of Persian kings (2)
By Father Dmitri Yurievitch Darius [Old Persian – preserving good; Hebrew: ; Greek: Ϫαρεῖος]name of three Persian kings of the Achaemenid dynasty,…
New report warns fish fraud extends to a fifth of global catches
Although there are no official estimates of the scale of fraud in the $195 billion global fisheries and aquaculture sector, empirical studies…